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#717: Noah Kagan — How to Launch a Million-Dollar Business This Weekend
Brought to you by LinkedIn Jobs recruitment platform with 1B+ users; Eight Sleep’s Pod Cover sleeping solution for dynamic cooling and heating; and Shopify global commerce platform, providing tools to start, grow, market, and manage a retail business. Noah Kagan (@noahkagan) was #30 at Facebook, #4 at Mint, and has since created seven million-dollar businesses (Kickflip/Gambit, AppSumo, KingSumo, SendFox, Sumo, TidyCal, and Monthly1k). He is the CEO of AppSumo.com, the #1 software-deals site for entrepreneurs, and has a popular YouTube channel, Noah Kagan. His new book is Million Dollar Weekend: The Surprisingly Simple Way to Launch a 7-Figure Business in 48 Hours. Please enjoy! * The blog post for this episode: https://tim.blog/2024/01/23/noah-kagan-million-dollar-weekend/ * This episode is brought to you by Shopify! Shopify is one of my favorite platforms and one of my favorite companies. Shopify is designed for anyone to sell anywhere, giving entrepreneurs the resources once reserved for big business. In no time flat, you can have a great-looking online store that brings your ideas to life, and you can have the tools to manage your day-to-day and drive sales. No coding or design experience required. Go to shopify.com/Tim to sign up for a one-dollar-per-month trial period. It’s a great deal for a great service, so I encourage you to check it out. Take your business to the next level today by visiting shopify.com/Tim. * This episode is also brought to you by Eight Sleep! Eight Sleep’s Pod Cover is the easiest and fastest way to sleep at the perfect temperature. It pairs dynamic cooling and heating with biometric tracking to offer the most advanced (and user-friendly) solution on the market. Simply add the Pod Cover to your current mattress and start sleeping as cool as 55°F or as hot as 110°F. It also splits your bed in half, so your partner can choose a totally different temperature. Conquer this winter season with the best in sleep tech and sleep at your perfect temperature. Many of my listeners in colder areas enjoy warming up their bed after a freezing day. Go to eightsleep.com/Tim and save $250 on the Pod Cover by Eight Sleep this winter. Eight Sleep currently ships within the USA, Canada, the UK, select countries in the EU, and Australia. * This episode is also brought to you by LinkedIn Jobs. Whether you are looking to hire now for a critical role or thinking about needs that you may have in the future, LinkedIn Jobs can help. LinkedIn screens candidates for the hard and soft skills you’re looking for and puts your job in front of candidates looking for job opportunities that match what you have to offer. Using LinkedIn’s active community of more than one billion professionals worldwide, LinkedIn Jobs can help you find and hire the right person faster. When your business is ready to make that next hire, find the right person with LinkedIn Jobs. And now, you can post a job for free. Just visit LinkedIn.com/Tim. * [03:55] Noah and some of his notable successes. [07:00] Is Barcelona the new Austin? [13:43] Navigating the legal hurdles to living/working in another country. [17:44] Running an $80 million business. [20:41] Noah’s negotiating basics. [24:33] The chargeback maneuver. [27:02] WIIFT (What’s In It For Them?) [29:54] A recap of the coffee challenge. [31:31] “Life punishes the vague wish and rewards the specific ask.” [34:12] Other comfort challenges Noah recommends. [39:12] Feedback is a gift. [42:26] When comfort challenges aren’t appropriate. [45:33] LOT (Listen, Options, Transition). [46:59] Tracking metrics that matter. [52:17] T3 B3 (Top Three, Bottom Three). [59:46] Weekly reviews. [1:02:42] The value of unambitious goals. [1:06:51] Regrets of billionaires. [1:13:32] My approach to book launches: then and now. [1:26:50] Priorities: then and now. [1:43:19] Finding a sustainable purpose. [1:49:42] Do I s
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