Mark Vassilevskiy is a 19-year-old from Kazakhstan who built a $1M design agency in just 10 months. He went from zero clients to $80K/month revenue by mastering a strategy nobody else uses: public free redesigns. This video breaks down his "free work” formula and how he turned rejection into a repeatable client acquisition system. Get design inspiration from the world's best apps → https://go.starterstory.com/markv Build your own AI app→ https://build.starterstory.com/build/ai-build-accelerator?utm_source=youtube&utm_campaign=markv Mark's $1M business: https://skale.solutions/ Follow Mark: https://x.com/markknd 🔔 Follow the Second Channel: @StarterStoryBuild 🏁 We're hiring: starterstory.com/jobs 0:00 - Intro 0:54 - Who is Mark 1:09 - What does Skale do? 1:40 - Mark's background 2:33 - Landing the first big client 3:28 - Free work that led to clients 4:08 - How to build an audience 7:06 - Numbers behind Skale 7:37 - $1M Tech stack 8:10 - Tools to get started 8:32 - Volume negates luck 9:21 - The final word