I Turned His Crazy Idea Into A Business (In 60 Days)

Summary

In this inspiring video, Will, a man who lost his business and nearly everything he owned, is given a second chance by an investor. After his tech startup failed, Will was left struggling to support his family, even contemplating suicide. The investor offers him £10,000 to start a VR racing arcade business. Will must prove the concept by getting five people to pay £25 for a VR racing experience. The video documents Will's journey, his challenges, and the emotional moment when he successfully meets the challenge, receiving the full investment to turn his dream into reality.

Takeaways

• 🚀 Will, the protagonist, faced a significant business failure that led to financial ruin and emotional turmoil.
• 💔 Will's business, Show Co, became insolvent, causing him to feel worthless and guilty for letting down his family.
• 🏠 Will considered extreme measures like ending his life due to the immense stress and loss, highlighting the personal impact of business failure.
• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 The memory of his father's suicide and the support from his own family helped Will persevere through his darkest moments.
• 💡 Will's dream was to start a VR racing business, which was proposed as a potential path to regain financial stability and personal fulfillment.
• 💸 The video's host offered Will £4,000 to create a VR racing rig, with the challenge of proving its viability by getting people to pay for the experience.
• 🔥 The VR racing experience was a hit, with participants expressing excitement and willingness to pay for the immersive sessions.
• 🌡️ A technical issue with overheating threatened the challenge, but was resolved, demonstrating Will's ability to overcome obstacles.
• 🎉 Will successfully met the challenge by attracting enough customers willing to pay for the VR experience, proving the business concept's potential.
• 💰 As a result of his success, Will was awarded an additional £10,000, bringing the total investment to £14,000 to kickstart his VR racing business.

Q & A

Who is Will and what challenge is he facing?

Will is an entrepreneur whose tech startup, Show Co, became insolvent, causing him to lose all his money. He is struggling to support his family and has been dealing with emotional trauma from his past.

What led Will to consider extreme actions, and how did he overcome those thoughts?

After his business failed, Will felt worthless and let down his family. He even checked whether his life insurance policy would pay out if he did something drastic. Ultimately, the love of his wife and children helped him find purpose and prevented him from making tragic decisions.

What is Will's dream moving forward?

Will's dream is to build a VR racing business. He sees this as an opportunity to regain financial security and provide stability for his family while doing something fun and engaging.

What offer does the narrator make to Will to help him pursue his dream?

The narrator offers to give Will £4,000 to build a VR racing rig, on the condition that Will gets five people to pay £25 each for a session on the VR simulator.

What childhood trauma does Will reference in the video?

Will mentions that his father committed suicide when he was 12 years old, which deeply affected him. This trauma resurfaced when he considered taking his own life after his business failed.

What technical issue arises during the VR race simulator test, and how does Will handle it?

The VR race simulator overheated because it was left out in the sun for too long. Will allowed it to cool down and continued with the challenge once the equipment was functional again.

Did Will successfully meet the challenge of getting five people to pay for a VR session?

Yes, Will exceeded the challenge by getting eight people to pay £25 each for a 30-minute session on the VR race simulator.

How does the narrator reward Will for successfully completing the challenge?

After Will completed the challenge, the narrator rewarded him with an additional £10,000, on top of the original £4,000, bringing the total to £14,000 to fully fund Will’s VR racing business.

What is the significance of the £14,000 total amount given to Will?

The £14,000 is the amount Will needed to fully launch his VR racing business, providing him with the financial support necessary to make his dream a reality and help stabilize his family’s finances.

How does the video conclude, and what message does it convey?

The video concludes with a celebratory moment where Will is praised for his perseverance and success. The narrator emphasizes Will’s kindness, determination, and the potential of his business. The video conveys a message of hope, resilience, and the importance of supporting others through their struggles.

Outlines

00:00

🚀 Second Chance for a Struggling Entrepreneur

In this video, Will, a man who lost his business and is struggling to support his family, is offered a second chance by the host. Will's tech startup, Show Co, failed three years ago, leaving him feeling worthless and considering suicide. However, he found purpose in his family and is now given £10,000 to invest in his new dream: a pop-up race arcade using VR technology. The host challenges Will to prove his business idea by getting five people to pay £25 for a VR racing experience. Will's journey is interspersed with a sponsored message about Incognito, a service that protects personal data online by requesting data removal from brokers.

05:01

🎮 VR Racing Business Takes Off

Will successfully builds a VR racing machine with the initial £4,000 investment and is excited to test it. The host tries it out and is amazed by the immersive experience. Despite a minor technical issue with overheating, Will manages to cool down the equipment and proceeds with the challenge. He needs to convince five people to pay for a session to validate his business idea. The community supports him, with eight people expressing interest in paying for a VR racing experience. The host, impressed by Will's determination and the viability of his business, decides to give him an additional £10,000, making a total of £14,000 to help Will's VR racing business take off. The video concludes with a call to support the channel and help more dreams come true.

Keywords

💡Insolvency

Insolvency refers to a state where a person or a company is unable to pay their debts. In the video, Will's tech startup became insolvent, which led to the loss of his business and financial struggles. This concept is central to understanding Will's situation and the challenges he faced.

💡Bootstrapped

Bootstrapping in a business context means starting and growing a company using only the founders' resources, without external funding. Will's startup was bootstrapped, which implies that it was self-funded and relied solely on the founders' investments, making it particularly vulnerable to financial setbacks.

💡Life Insurance

Life insurance is a contract between an individual and an insurance company, where the company promises to pay a designated beneficiary a sum of money upon the death of the insured person. In the video, Will considered the payout from his life insurance as a potential solution to his financial troubles, highlighting the desperate measures he was contemplating.

💡Depression

Depression is a mental health condition characterized by persistent feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and a lack of interest or pleasure in activities. Will's feelings of worthlessness and thoughts of ending his life are indicative of severe depression, a critical aspect of his personal struggle.

💡VR (Virtual Reality)

Virtual Reality (VR) is a technology that creates immersive, computer-generated environments which users can interact with. In the video, Will's dream of starting a VR racing business represents his attempt to rebuild his life and find a new purpose after his previous business failure.

💡Financial Security

Financial security refers to the state of being financially stable and not being exposed to high levels of financial risks. For Will and his family, regaining financial security is a primary goal, as it would provide stability and peace of mind after the loss of his business.

💡Investment

An investment is an allocation of resources with the expectation of a future financial return. In the video, the offer to invest in Will's new business venture is a pivotal moment, as it provides him with the capital needed to pursue his dream and potentially change his life.

💡Challenge

A challenge in this context refers to a task or test that Will must complete to prove the viability of his business idea. The challenge of getting five people to pay for a VR racing session is a practical way to gauge market interest and determine if his business concept is viable.

💡Overheating

Overheating, in the context of the video, refers to the technical issue where Will's VR racing machine becomes too hot and stops working. This incident serves as a metaphor for the obstacles Will faces in his journey to rebuild his life and business.

💡Generosity

Generosity is the act of giving freely, often without expecting anything in return. The video highlights the generosity of the individuals who support Will's business, as well as the broader theme of kindness and support within the community.

💡Membership

Membership in the context of the video refers to the support system within the channel's community, where members contribute to help fund and support the channel's content and initiatives, such as helping Will's dream come true.

Highlights

Will lost his business and all his money, struggling to support his family.

Will considered ending it all due to the financial and emotional strain.

Will's business, Show Co, became insolvent in November 2023 due to a series of unfortunate events.

Will's life insurance policy gave him a reason to live, reminding him of his family's importance.

Will's childhood was marked by his father's suicide when he was 12, which he overcame with his family's support.

Will's dream is to create a fun and engaging VR racing arcade experience.

Financial security and stability are Will's family's top priorities.

The main obstacle for Will to start his VR business is the lack of funds.

Will is offered £4,000 to create a VR rig and prove his business concept.

Will successfully builds the VR racing machine within a short timeframe.

The VR racing experience is tested and receives positive feedback for its realism.

The VR rig overheats but is quickly resolved, showing Will's ability to handle technical issues.

Eight people express willingness to pay £25 for a VR racing session, indicating market viability.

Will is surprised with an additional £10,000 to fully fund his business, changing his life's trajectory.

The community's support and Will's determination are highlighted as key to his success.

The video concludes with a call to support the channel and help more dreams come true.

Transcripts

excuse me if I gave you £10,000 to quit

your job would you do it this is will

last year his business failed and he

lost all his money since then he's been

struggling to support his family and

it's even considered ending it all in

this video I'm going to invest in will

and give him a second chance if

successful he'll be free to live the

life he dreams of but if he fails will

and his family will be in big trouble

hey I think I know this

guy excuse me will hello mate how are

you I'm good do do you know what what I

do for a living yes do yeah yeah so um

I'm doing this thing today if I gave you

£10,000 to quit your job would you do it

well right now I don't have a job you

don't have a job what's

happening where do I start um about 3

years ago I sted up a a tech startup

called called show Co and things were

going well it was completely

bootstrapped 23 it was like the perfect

storm of what could go wrong did go

wrong fundamentally what happened at the

end of 23 around November time the

company became insolvent I just felt

worth worthless and just i' let everyone

down most importantly my family we were

broke we had no money um obviously I

lost hundreds of thousands of pounds

that I put into the business and what I

did know is that we had I had life

insurance I mystery shoed my life

insurance company to check if I was to

do the unthinkable would they pay

out um which they told me that if I had

a a policy for more than 24

months they would what this did do was

bring up a lot of childhood TR Dr for

myself cuz

um when I was 12 my my my dad killed

himself when I was

12 and

um the I love you daddies and the

cuddles that I was getting at home is is

is what kept me and got me through it I

think if my kids weren't there my wife

wasn't there to keep hold of me I I

probably would have done it once I

discovered that I suddenly

found purpose in the sense of like I

knew I had my children my wife got my

family and I suddenly realized that's

that is what is all that's important in

life what's your dream going forward

then will sounds like you've had a tough

time in the past ultimately I want to do

something fun so I'm working with

something that's that's pretty cool so

it's a pop-up race arcade for utilizing

VR the key thing right now for us as a

family is to get the Financial Security

back and stability what's stopping you

doing it exactly now what what's feel

like you're hesitating a bit honestly

it's money how much you need one rig is

about 4 grand how about I'll give you

the four grand to make the rig and then

we'll get the business up and running

and I've got a party going on at my

staircase in twicker in London if you

can get five people saying they'll pay

you £25 for a go on this head it I'd

like to make you an offer you can't

refuse but if you really want to make

this business work people need to love

it it can't just be your childhood

fantasy all right yeah all right let's

do it

hey Will hello how's it all going it's

been a while I'm actually satting the

car right now all right well we're only

a few days away from the big event so

you're going to be all right to get

there and we'll see you there all good

all ready doing last minute testing we

have a little go on it make sure it all

works and uh send us a screenshot of you

having a go on it that'll be fun awesome

we'll do thank you so much mate see you

in a few days thanks bud bye bye Co do

are racing

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stream you made it I can't believe it I

was thinking you would take the four

grand and never turn off all right let's

get this up do you need any help setting

up uh yes I need at least one okay I can

do it I can do it so what will doesn't

know is I'm going to give him £10,000 on

top of the £4,000 I've already given him

to help his business fly cuz I know

that's all he needs and if he can

achieve this challenge today I'm going

to change his life but before the help

back arrived to put Will's creation to

the test I had to try out myself and

find out if this business was really

going to work let's play go right try

this thing out oh my

God Jesus who Over The Brak Jesus that

is

mad you really think you're driving this

thing

whoa oh my

God my brain really thinks it's going to

hit that car I had to close my eyes then

cuz I thought I was going to crash into

the barrier like my brain literally

thought I was about to crash into the

barrier that is so good this actually

blown my mind despite a successful first

trial there was a

problem hey mate's what's going on so

overheated was out in the sun too long

so what's what's happening are you going

to be able to do the challenge yeah

we're just going to let it cool

down we're back fortunately the race

simulator Co down but will still had to

get five people to pay him £25 each to

pass this

challenge did you pay £25 for a 30

minute session of VR racer yeah he would

yeah yeah wow you really feel like

you're in it recovery have a look in a

minute oh my

God you pay £25 to do that yeah yeah I

would yeah I would I'd give you 25 quid

darling you went to a venue you got a 30

minute session for £25 but you pay

25 the results were in it was time to

find out whether will had passed the

challenge first of all thanks everybody

for coming today we've been filming the

story of will he's uh an awesome person

an awesome father who's found it quite

tough the last few years and has found

it very hard to talk about this I know

but had a tough time to be honest you

know I went from every morning having a

purpose and having a goal and having you

know um this Mission and suddenly that

was taken away from me recently he had a

dream to start a VR racing business

which is just here I just felt worth

worthless and just i' let everyone down

most importantly my family and today I

asked you all here in part to find out

whether you'd pay him him £25 to have a

go on his VR racing dream for a period

of about 6 s weeks I was just thinking

about doing the the the um the worst

thing you could do and I've seen him

putting this together he's like a kid

again having fun like it should be in

business and I'd like will to come up

and just uh come here a second so today

we set will a challenge to make a VR

racing machine and I offered to give him

£4,000 to get him going to make that VR

racing machine which he done so a round

of applause for

[Applause]

that and today um how many people said

they would pay £25 to have a go eight I

believe it was eight yeah so um will

needs in total £14,000 to make his

business work so he met the challenge

today proved his business is viable and

we are all going to give him £10,000

today on top of the four to give him the

14,000 he needs

[Applause]

woo well your your dad will be proud of

you

man what you're doing is incredible and

what you've done is incredible for me

but I know everyone here has felt your

generosity and your kindness so thank

you mate and I'll always be grateful and

um good human being and this is going to

be huge so let's

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