1% Better Every Day (ft. Ansh Singhal)

**Ansh Singhal** (0:00)
I'm 18 years old, I go to Coppell High School. I run a digital marketing agency. In about four days, I'll be flying out to Japan to basically lead market an entire event over there. When I first started, actually, you don't think of it as a business necessarily. It was a big passion project for me.

**Ed Marx** (0:15)
That's one of the reasons I wanted to have you on the show is like what you've done at such a young age is super impressive.

**Ansh Singhal** (0:20)
One thing that I've realized that a lot of people in the older generation are a little lacking is social media and AI.

**Ed Marx** (0:26)
If you're not transforming your daily work today, you're going to be transformed out of it.

**SPEAKER_3** (0:31)
Oh, yeah.
Welcome to DGTL Voices, where healthcare and life science leaders explore the real work behind transformation. This podcast is about people, leadership, and the conversations that move healthcare forward. Now, your host, Ed Marx.

**Ed Marx** (0:49)
Hey, everyone. Welcome to another edition of DGTL Voices. So excited today because we're flipping it a little bit. We're going to have a lot of fun here with Ansh. Ansh, welcome to DGTL Voices.

**Ansh Singhal** (0:59)
Hey, thank you for having me today. I'm excited to hear about all the questions that you have for me. And it's a blessing to be here.

**Ed Marx** (1:06)
Yeah, we like to mix it up a little bit. A lot of times we just have healthcare, tech. But every, I don't know, seven or eight episodes, we like to do something different, just to add a little bit of diversity and flavor. And you and I got connected actually because of your mom and dad.

**Ansh Singhal** (1:20)
Yeah, exactly. Yeah. It was, it's a crazy connection because it's like our, like how I know you is really through my dad and my dad knows, like we basically got connected through the CEO, like De Mo basically connected us, which is like crazy connections and such.

**Ed Marx** (1:35)
So yeah. Yeah. Yeah. We were at a party together. I forget what Indian celebration it was.

**Ansh Singhal** (1:40)
It was the...

**Ed Marx** (1:42)
Related to Ganesh.

**Ansh Singhal** (1:43)
Yes. Yeah. Yes. It was related to that. You know, we do every year.

**Ed Marx** (1:47)
Yeah. It was a lot of fun. And then I found you to be super interesting.

**SPEAKER_3** (1:50)
Yeah.

**Ed Marx** (1:50)
I mean, you're like a high schooler.

**Ansh Singhal** (1:53)
I am a high schooler.

**Ed Marx** (1:54)
So tell us a little bit about yourself.

**Ansh Singhal** (1:55)
So I'm 18 years old. I go to Coppell High School. Again, like he said, my name is Ansh Singhal. I run a digital marketing agency. It's called A1 Media. I've been growing in it for about two and a half years now. I started my sophomore year of high school. And, you know, when I first started, I actually had a co-founder when I first started. So that's actually one of the biggest stories I like to tell people is like, if you're in high school and you're trying to start something, try to start it with someone, because it's way easier to start something in high school with someone else because they're going to push you and motivate you to do better than trying to do it yourself. It's like one of the biggest things that I stood by at first. And it helped me a lot.
So when I first started, actually, I didn't, you know, with any business and starting in high school, especially, you don't think of it as a business necessarily, you know, it was a big passion project for me. I love taking photos and videos before even I thought about starting a company. I love just, I had a freelance page. It was called Ansh Singhal Photos.
Funny enough, my brother actually pushed me to start that Instagram. So we were on a little family trip in Vegas and he was like, hey, you know, you started taking photos and everything, then you should start showing this to the public. And I was like, okay, maybe I'll start an Instagram.
And that was kind of my step into like the photo world, the video world, going into that first year, you know, my biggest thing was just like connecting with people and really learning the market, trying to see what I could do. Again, it wasn't in my mind that like, I wanted to start a business. It was just like, hey, this is a big passion for me. I love taking photos. So yeah, that's a little bit about me.