App Expert: How to Build Viral Apps in 30 Days, Make Millions at 17, and Retire Before College

Zach Yadegari Podcast - Interview With Jack Neel Covering Cal AI, 18 Year Old Teenage Millionaires, and Mobile Apps Work with me 1-on-1: https://jackneel.com/call This is the 34th episode of the Jack Neel Podcast, where I discuss crime, business, and psychology with fascinating individuals. If you have any suggestions to make the content more engaging or requests for specific guests, let me know in the comments below. Socials: Follow my Instagram: https://instagram.com/jackhneel Add my Snapchat: @jack_neel We are hiring! https://jackneel.com/apply Business Related Emails: [email protected] Time Stamps: 00:00 - Intro 02:40 - Zach Talks About Developing Cal AI While Being Still in High School 04:20 - How Zach Sold a gaming site for 100K During His Junior Year 07:45 - How Zach Learned How to Code, Market and Monetize His Website 11:50 - Zach Talks About Investing All of His Money on His New Apps 15:05 - How Long it Took Zach to Make a 100 Million Dollar App 20:05 - Zach Shares the Blueprint For Developing Cal AI 22:40 - How to Find the Perfect Influencers For Your Products 26:06 - What’s the #1 Mistake Brands Make Working With Influencers? 30:30 - How to Strategically Use Paid Ads to Scale a Product 35:05 - Zach Shares the Secret to Making His App Insanely Profitable 37:20 - How Cal AI got a Million Downloads in 3 Months 39:58 - Zach Talks About Other App Ideas He Has Using AI 42:05 - How Would Zach Make an AI Version of Duolingo? 45:30 - Who Should You First Hire If You Wanted to Make an App? 47:30 - Why Doing the Ad Creatives First Could Be Better Before Launching the Product 52:25 - Zach Shares Some of the Previous Apps He Worked on Before Cal AI 56:15 - How Cal AI Could Take Over MyFitnessPal 57:45 - How The Meta Glasses Could be the Next Iphone 59:15 - The Major Upsides of Being an Entrepreneur 01:00:05 - Zach and Jack Talk About The Business Side of NeuraLink 01:02:45 - What is the Hardest Part of Being a Multi Millionaire at 18 Years old? 01:04:05 - Zach and Jack Talk About Some Fun AI Apps That Could Go Viral 01:08:55 - Why AI Apps Could Help A Lonely Generation of People 01:10:18 - Zach Shares the Secrets to Get Millions of Views on TikTok 01:12:10 - Zach Shares Some of the Planned Updates for Cal AI 01:13:18 - Could Chat GPT Give you Accurate Calories With a Photo? 01:14:50 - Why MyFitnessPal Cannot Compete with Cal AI 01:16:48 - There Are Millions of Apps that Could Be Rebranded with AI 01:18:37 - What’s the Next Industry That AI Will Replace 01:19:25 - Why Taking Action is Better than Brainstorming 01:22:55 - Zach Talks About How He is Scaling Cal AI 01:26:30 - How Does Cal AI Deal With Copy Cats? 01:28:25 - Zach Talks About Giving Rewards to Users as they Lose Weight 01:33:40 - Did Zach Get Anything Out of His High School Education? 01:34:50 - Zach Talks About His Plans for College & Why the College System is Broken 01:39:35 - Should Young Entrepreneurs Go to College? 01:42:12 - How Zach is Terrified By the Story of Minecraft’s Creator 01:45:12 - Why Do Most Entrepreneurs Fail? 01:46:35 - Did Zach Ever Doubt Cal AI’s Potential 01:47:55 - What’s the Best Way to Reach Influencers? 01:48:25 - How Can Teenagers Become Millionaires in 2025? 01:49:40 - Why The Marketing is the Most Important Thing Inside a Company 01:52:00 - Zach Talks About Wanting to Be One of the Wealthiest People in the World 01:56:00 - What is the Scrappiest Marketing Strategy Zach Has Ever Tried? 01:56:49 - Who’s the Most Impressive Person Zach Has Ever Met 02:01:12 - What’s the Best Piece of Advice Zach Has Ever Received?