This 32-Year-Old High School Dropout Turned His Gaming Side Hustle Into a $105 Million Startup

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This 32-Year-Old High School Dropout Turned His Gaming Side Hustle Into a $105 Million Startup
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Josh Fabian left a web design career in the tech world to launch video game coaching startup Metafy in 2020. Now, his company is valued at $105 million.

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In addition to a six-figure salary, Fabian says he also got equity in the company. When Groupon acquired Obaz two years later — for approximately $250,000, according to"That was life-changing," Fabian says. That is, until the chip on his shoulder started telling him that he had something to prove again — and entrepreneurship seemed the most viable way to do it.In 2016, Fabian tried launching Kitsu, a social networking platform for fans of anime and manga comics to connect with each other and discover new titles. It struggled, running out of money, and Fabian kept returning to the idea of video game coaching.

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