Taijaun Reshard, 22, has established himself as a prominent figure in the marketing industry. Recently, he and Drell, his business partner, made $110,000 from the sale of a faceless Instagram page in the rapidly growing artificial intelligence market, per Black Business.
Within six months before the sale, the page, @aitherevolution, had over 700,000 followers and was making $5,000 to $10,000 or more per month.
The Atlanta native started using “Theme pages” to monetize Instagram at the age of 17 by getting products featured on pages with millions of followers, which caused it to go viral almost immediately, according to Black News.
He earned $250,000 at the age of 20 using the same app.
Taijaun said at the time, “Everyone always sees the success, but nobody ever knows the hard work that was put in. I’ve been creating & running my own businesses since I was 15 years old as a freshman in high school. When I got my first job at Kroger – every penny that I got, I would re-invest into my business. 5 failed businesses later, here I am.”
The Georgia State student only finished one semester before leaving to focus entirely on his entrepreneurial endeavors. Yadilka Reyes, his mother, saw through his tenacity and encouraged his entrepreneurial spirit throughout.
“Big shoutout to my mom, hands down. If it wasn’t for her constant belief in me I honestly don’t know where I’d be,” Reshard told ShoutOut Atlanta. “Growing up it was mainly herself raising 3 kids. There were times when she had nothing, I seriously mean nothing – but one thing about her, she’ll ALWAYS find a way to get it.”
“When I wanted to play sports and she had no money, she’d find a way to get it. When I told her I didn’t want to go to school, she was one of the very few who stuck by my side and believed in me. So 10/10 my determination and mindset comes from my mom,” he added.
Reshard now teaches other entrepreneurs how to develop their social media brands and currently has close to 500,000 followers on his @BlackWealth Instagram page.
The young businessman also operates one of the top Instagram training programs, Instagram Hacks University, with the sole objective of assisting 100 individuals in achieving their first $100,000 using just Instagram to enable them to lead fulfilling lives.
