*This page was last updated September 12, 2025*
Hey! If we havenāt met before; Iām Noah, a 17 y/o obsessed with learning and āfiguring it outā. I donāt have my life mapped out. I know what I like, and what I donāt like, and Iām very biased towards action for things I like.
What I love, is entrepreneurship -- and right now, Iām exploring everything there is to it -- head first.
In blatant honesty, Iām unsure what this Substack experiment is right now -- it started as a monthly newsletter in November 2024, however, I now enjoy writing and want to begin making essays and putting my ideas out there (middle school me would be sooo pissed right now).
Whatever this āexperimentā turns out to be, itās main purpose is to serve as a way for me to build in public, so that people can see what Iām working on, and what I believe. Through this, Iām going to be able to share my journey from 0 to 0.1, (and incase your wondering.. yes itās a play on Zero to One by Peter Thiel & Blake Masters haha).
Overtime I hope that youāll see Iām relentless about learning through action, jumping at every opportunity, and creating my own when none exist (this one happens way more).
You can learn more about me and some of the cool work Iāve done at my website: noahbarbaros.com
Some cool stuff Iām currently up to:
Antifragility Labs :: An agency (turning) startup that helps businesses rank for both AI and search engines alike. More formerly known as GEO and SEO. Current include YC-backed startups, e-commerce businesses, well-known podcasts, and pretty big VC firms. Internal software has been built and weāll GTM very very soon.
Intern @ Wealthsimple :: Taking a gap year to intern at Wealthsimple. Pretty cool.
MovItiative :: When I was in grade 7 (2019) it felt like everyone around me was getting cancer, and I had felt worthless. It felt demoralizing to sit in the hospital and just witness everything. So I launched a mini charity, āMovItiativeā by myself in 2019 to support cancer research. I still run this every year in November -- I grew it from a solo project to a team of 20+, scaling fundraising 10x, and now spreading across entire school boards in Ontario. Not my biggest project but one of my proudest.
Some cool stuff Iāve done in the past:
Intern @ Armilla AI; working on SEO / GEO. Armilla AI is a Y Combinator-backed, AI insurance startup that has raised $5M+.
Launched CoVenture -- the first-ever network for ambitious, entrepreneurial teens to connect and build cool stuff. Hustled my way to 100+ users. Came close to partnering with folks at Clemson and Waterloo to expand as campus-only, but ended up shutting it down.
Intern @ Built for Impact. BFI is a startup with support from U of T Rotman & Western Ivey. When I first joined I scaled outreach from 0 users to 10,000+ users in less than 2 weeks. Worked on product and marketing for a bit afterwards.
Wanted to find random ways to make money in high school so I did software projects to optimize marketing for SMEs and eventually made decent money for a high-schooler.
Iāve also done some other really neat things like projects for Samsung and IKEA! Also more hackathons + pitch competitions than I could count; and some pretty cool side projects mainly relating to AI, feel free to check out my GitHub, and my Medium if you want to learn more.
Things I do outside of work:
Soccer :: Iāve played competitive soccer in one of Ontarioās highest leagues since middle school. Ultimately had to quit in my final year of high school but I love the sport.
Running :: When i quit competitive soccer i felt "yucky" -- always stressed, out of shape, etc. That's where i found running -- it hurt so much i couldn't think about anything else. since then, i've ran half marathons and plan to run my first full marathon in fall 2025. Ironman's the goal.
5 Things that I live by as a 17 y/o in the pursuit of greatness:
Figuring things out is the most important trait for having a good life (if you couldnāt already tell)
āIn times of change the learners will inherit the earthā
Done > perfect
Experiences make up success (not job experiencesā¦ Iām talking about life experiences)
By choosing not to do something, your choosing to do something
Treat work like a sport -- and yourself like an athlete
My dream life:
I want to be financially free at a young age -- once I can control my time, I can begin working on crazy ambitious things. Until then itās hustle until the moneys in.
I want to become a founder working on a startup that makes real change in the world. Thereās many unicorn startups out there -- yet only a handful make a tangible difference in this world -- I want to found one of them.
After founding my own startup (maybe a few) I want to launch my own VC firm.
I'm super stoked to share the lessons, failures, and tiny wins as I navigate my way toward those goals. This isn't going to be another "how I made my first million" story -- those are linear. This is happening now.
Let's dive in and figure it out together -- from 0 to 0.1.
I love chatting with likeminded people Iāve never met -- If you ever want to chat about any of this (startup related or not), you can hit me up at pointone@barbaros.ca
I guarantee to respond within 24 hours -- if I donāt Iāll buy / et you a coffee!