In 2016, after saving around US$60,000, of which 20,000 was in liquid cash,[1] Yassin quit his job at Venmo and started traveling all over the world.[2][3] He decided to start a Facebook page named Nas Daily, where "Nas" means "people" in Arabic, and committed to creating a video everyday for 1,000 days.[4] The first country he visited was Kenya.[9] One of his first activities was to teach five people in Nigeria how to create videos, for which [clarification needed] he earned US$3,000 per month.[9] His source of income is ad revenue from his Facebook page, selling T-shirts, and consulting for people interested in multimedia.[4] After meeting Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in early 2018, Nas Daily was upgraded to "show" status.[10] In September 2018, his Facebook page had over 8 million followers. [11] and this rose to over 10 million by November of the same year.[12]