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The YouTuber Making $250k with Shorts Form Videos

Aug 24, 2026
Imran Mumtaz is a former Amazon engineer who quit in 2022 and now runs Imran the Finance Engineer with 1.7 million followers built almost entirely on short form. He and Francis get into how long it took to replace his $250,000 salary, his current revenue mix, the tactics that make financial content hold attention, and why he refuses to post every day. Read the newsletter: https://www.creatorspotlight.com/profiles __ open.video lets you host your videos on your own domain, under your own brand — so you control the channel, the data, and the direct connection to your viewers. Try it out at https://open.video __ Imran Mumtaz - Main YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheFinanceEngineer - Rich Nerd YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@richnerdfinance - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the.finance.engineer - TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@the.finance.engineer - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheFinanceEngineerOfficial/ - Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/richnerdfinance - Newsletter: https://newsletter.richnerd.co __ Timestamps 00:00 Introducing Imran The Finance Engineer 01:24 Long form vs short form content creation 07:19 Four revenue streams that make $250k 13:43 The short form video strategy to get millions of followers
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