Today on The Casey Adams Show I sat down with Val Katayev. Val Katayev is a serial entrepreneur who has been following his entrepreneurial journey since the late 1990s. He started with a PlayStation website, during the dot-com bubble, and eventually moved into search advertising. He has since grown his portfolio of companies, and today focuses his time on Jocalio, a new company he is building to become the backbone of the independent jewelry industry. Val preaches bootstrapping companies and has never looked into venture capital as a means of financing. 00:03:32 Bootstrap for success. 00:10:05 Create legitimate content sources. 00:17:11 Question existing paradigms. 00:20:06 Find people who understand you. 00:27:36 Test and put out value. 00:33:37 Aggregate audiences to monetize. 00:38:04 AI is transforming businesses. 00:40:42 Follow Val on social media. Follow Val Katayev on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ValKatayev - Subscribe to The Casey Adams Show on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-casey-adams-show/id1328795944 Follow me on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/casey Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/CaseyAdams  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@caseyadams YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/CaseyAdams - Follow The Casey Adams Show on social media: Follow me on social media: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caseyadamsshow Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/CaseyAdamsShow TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@caseyadamsshow YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CaseyAdamsShow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices