Katayev: Built his first computer at age eight using YouTube tutorials
Isaac Katayev · Meet the 14yo entrepreneur who's already launched 2 businesses · Oct 22, 2024 · at 11:29
Fourteen-year-old founder Isaac Katayev explains a childhood photo Sam Parr mentions of him assembling a PC with a screwdriver.
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“That was for my eighth birthday because my dad wouldn't let me just buy a computer. He wanted me to like actually build my own computer. So I was watching like YouTube tutorials before I asked him if I could build my computer. I was watching YouTube tutorials on how to build a computer, like what parts to pick out, and for my birthday, he let me do it.”
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