The films target a young audience and typically feature a turn of events that teaches the antagonist a moral lesson. In , Mann and stockbroker Derek Peterson founded the weGrow store that sold hydroponics marketed for growing medical marijuana. In , Mann was convicted of defrauding the city of Oakland, California , through his real estate company MannEdge Properties. Mann recalls growing up in a one-bedroom Bay Area apartment which was shared with three other families.
As his parents were focused on managing their company, he has said that rather than "give me their time, they gave me money to do things". At the age of nineteen, Mann started a real estate company and founded other, often failed, companies within the decade [ 2 ] including ventures in luxury car rental services and mortgage refinancing.
Mann founded weGrow , a retailer of cannabis -growing hydroponics , with former stock broker Derek Peterson in January Mann and Peterson rented a supply store in Oakland to sell hydroponics equipment, and aimed to open franchises in eight other states. In , Mann was charged with thirteen felony counts of fraud for allegedly defrauding a city beautification program while operating his real estate company MannEdge Properties in and In , Mann founded Dhar Mann Studios, a video production company that produces films for social media platforms such as YouTube.
In , Mann started a contract with the Creative Artists Agency [ 16 ] and launched a mobile app where users can watch videos produced by his studio.
The studio's videos feature often recurring actors. It noted their often "thin and absolutist" moral philosophy and "openly click bait " titles. By mid, the studio's YouTube videos had more than a total of 11 billion views. In February , multiple actors employed by Dhar Mann Studios said on social media that they have poor working conditions and unsustainable pay.
