From Zero to 100,000: A Raw Startup Journey on YouTube

Starting from scratch can feel impossible. Yet sometimes, the most rewarding journeys begin with zero – zero subscribers, zero views, and zero certainty of success. This is the story of Raw Startup's path to 100,000 YouTube subscribers, a journey that shows how persistence and focus can turn seemingly impossible challenges into remarkable achievements.

The Early Days

When Raw Startup launched 6.5 years ago, progress was painfully slow. The first year brought just 1,731 subscribers – a pace that would have required 57 years to reach today's milestone. Even after four years of consistent effort, the channel had only reached 18,331 subscribers, making the goal of 100,000 seem distant.

Embracing the Challenge

What drives someone to persist in the face of such slow progress? For Raw Startup, it was an inexplicable love for starting from nothing. Despite the exhaustion of creating videos and the temptation to quit after almost every upload, the challenge itself became a source of motivation.

Key Success Factors

The journey to 100,000 subscribers revealed several crucial insights:

1. Find Your Audience: Success comes from identifying and understanding who you're truly serving
2. Build for Them: Create content that genuinely serves your audience's needs
3. Never Quit: Persistence is often the differentiating factor between success and failure

Dealing with Doubters

Age and experience can either be barriers or advantages – it's all in how you frame them. When some questioned whether a 45-year-old should start a YouTube channel, it became additional fuel for motivation rather than a deterrent.

Measuring Success

Today, Raw Startup's biggest video has reached 1.3 million views – meaning over a million people found value in a single piece of content. This success didn't come overnight but through years of:

• Consistent content creation
• Focus on value delivery
• Persistence through doubt
• Celebration of small wins
• Building genuine connections with viewers

The Power of Persistence

The journey from zero to 100,000 subscribers represents more than just numbers. It's a testament to the power of staying committed to a goal, even when progress seems slow. Each subscriber represents a small win that, over time, contributed to a significant achievement.

A Message to Fellow Starters

If you're at the beginning of what feels like an impossible journey, remember:

• Every major achievement starts from zero
• Progress often feels slower than you'd like
• Small wins compound over time
• Age is never a barrier unless you make it one
• Focus on serving your audience, not pleasing critics

Video: The moment Raw Startup hits 100,000 subscribers