Noah Kagan Presents

Michael Eisenberg, co-founder and general partner at Aleph , an early-stage venture capital fund. Michael was born and raised in Manhattan, New York. During his college years, he went abroad and studied in Israel for two years. The trip was SO transformative that he decided to go back to Israel after he got his degree in New York. Michael got into venture capital because he wanted to help Israeli...

Round 10 of answering your Q&As with your uncle Noah. In this episode, we are going to talk about: How I compensated my initial hires at AppSumo How to allocate your marketing funds for top, middle, and lower funnel What is my process for interviewing contract copywriters   Get the BEST daily deals on software at: https://appsumo.com/noah And if you want me to answer your question in a future epis...

Round 9 of answering your Q&As with your uncle Noah. In this episode, we are going to talk about: The most powerful tool for self-improvement Don't look for business ideas, find pain How to enjoy the journey more And if you want to have one of your questions answered in a future episode, submit here . Full show notes: https://okdork.com/podcast/262 Get the BEST daily deals on software at: https://...

Jared Bleznick is a pro poker player who dropped out of college to play online in 2007. He started with $1000, and ended up making $100,000 in his first year. Eventually, he transitioned into playing live tournaments like the World Series of Poker. In his prime, he made $3 million dollars per year! Now, he just plays poker for fun and runs a successful sports card business, Blez Sports Cards , wit...

Round 8 of answering your Q&As with your uncle Noah. In this episode, we are going to talk about: Updates on my quest to find a wife How I would run an agency business What are some companies I would want to work for right out of college https://okdork.com/podcast/260 Get the BEST daily deals on software at: https://appsumo.com/noah

Dan and Ian of Tropical MBA started working together 15 years ago making parts for cat furniture and valet stands. Through that business, they learned tons about eCommerce, how to work together as business partners, and what a successful business exit looks and feels like. They took all their knowledge and passion for remote work and built Tropical MBA into a community of events and podcasts for p...

Joe Hudson is a host on one of my favorite podcasts - Art of Accomplishment (my 2nd fav after this show!). When I was chatting with Joe in this episode, I talked about my anxiety of boredom, my life of "should", and these crazy critical voices in my head. Joe is an amazing person to talk to about these topics, and he has a great laugh. Definitely check out Joe's podcast and his Connection Course a...

This episode was originally published in 2020. You can find the show notes of the episode here . Whether a recession is actually coming or not, the biggest thing is to focus on building momentum and being proactive during these uncertain times. You might get knocked down. You might get discouraged. But the key part is to keeping going and get back on it as soon as possible. In this episode, I shar...

Popular finance advisor and entrepreneur Ramit Sethi is all about helping people live their rich lives. After graduating from Stanford University, Ramit wrote the bestselling book, I Will Teach You To Be Rich, which has helped thousands of people get their financial life together so they can live fuller lives. Today, Ramit helps people navigate their financial habits and money mindsets through his...

Round 7 of answering your Q&As with your uncle Noah. In this episode, we are going to talk about: How to be more pleasantly persistent? How to get someone to your online event or webinar? Tips for growing your YouTube channel. https://okdork.com/podcast/256 Get the BEST daily deals on software at: https://appsumo.com/noah

Stephanie Rigg is a former corporate lawyer down in Australia, but after some soul searching (and Google searching) she became a relationship coach to help people have better and healthier love lives. I randomly found her on Instagram and she was the first relationship coach I ever saw that wasn't woo-woo and had solid, unique advice. Now, she makes more money being a relationship coach than she d...

Sam Dogen (AKA, the Financial Samurai) founded America's #1 personal finance blog and podcast, helping people make and save more money while living the lives they truly want. The market crash of 2009 rocked Sam's financial world even though he worked for 10 years at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse, got an MBA from UC Berkeley, saved aggressively, and diversified his investments. So he started a pe...

Nick Gray is the founder of Museum Hack. A company that hosts creative tours around museums all over the world. He grew Museum Hack into a multi-million dollar business and then sold it recently in an interesting way . Now he spends a lot of his free time hosting cool parties and teaching others how to do the same. Nick is probably one of the BEST party hosts I know. His new book The 2-Hour Cockta...

Round 4 of answering your Q&As with your uncle Noah. In this episode, we are going to talk about: How to strategically work for interesting companies What to do after a successful product launch on AppSumo Should you start a new business or focus on your main business https://okdork.com/podcast/252 Get the BEST daily deals on software at: https://appsumo.com/noah  

Gokul Rajaram has worked as an executive at some of the biggest tech companies: Google, Facebook, Square, etc. He is currently the Caviar Lead at Doordash and advises different tech startups in his free time. I came across Gokul on Twitter. You can check him out @gokulr . He also has INSANE articles on Medium about how to run a company. My favorite one is  "The weekly CEO e-mail" . I've copied tha...

Randomly stumbled upon David Wolve's music on Spotify, and I f*cking love it! Turns out he makes all the music himself and works at the airport. My favorite songs from him are "Rapture" and "Touring Test", but frankly all of them are amazing! Go check his music out on YouTube or Spotify . https://okdork.com/podcast/250 Get the BEST daily deals on software at: https://appsumo.com/noah

Bing Gordon was the co-founder and Chief Creative Officer of Electronic Arts, the popular video game company.    In his twenties, Bing did a lot of interesting things. He wrote poetries in college, tried acting for a year, and even did commercial fishing. Then he worked at EA for over 26 years and contributed to the marketing and design of many best-selling games such as The Sims and John Madden F...

Joseph Kelly is the Co-founder and CEO of Unchained Capital. We play squash together, and he is one of my best friends. After dropping out of college, he started a big data company. Sold it for a lot of money. Then he got into Bitcoin because he is a very curious person and started Unchained Capital, which offers loans and other financial services to long-term Bitcoin holders. https://okdork.com/p...

Round 5 of answering your Q&As with your uncle Noah. In this episode, we are going to talk about: How to start a business in a developing country like El Salvador My recommendations for affiliate and referral marketing Top things I look for when hiring a great operations person https://okdork.com/podcast/247 Use this link to get 10% off at checkout on AppSumo: https://appsumo.com/?coupon=noah10&co...

Chris Ruder is the founder and CEO of Spikeball. The funny thing about Spikeball is that it was invented by a different guy named Jeff Knurek in 1989. It was only in the market for a few years before quickly dying out. Chris was actually an early player of the game as a kid, saw its potential, decided to find the game as an adult, and turn it into a successful business.  https://okdork.com/podcast...

Bob Metcalfe helped invent the Ethernet in 1973 while working at Xerox. He didn't get rich from helping to invent the Ethernet though. Bob actually got rich by starting his own computer networking company called 3Com, where he sold Ethernet and many other products. After the success of 3Com, which became a multi-billion dollar company, he tried many other careers. He was a journalist, a VC, and a...

Carl J. Meade is a wise man with a lot to share.   First, he was an electronics design engineer at the Hughes Aircraft Company. Then he went to the U.S Airforce and became a test pilot. And then he got selected by NASA to be an astronaut where he worked for over 10 years going on different Space Shuttle missions. In this interview, Carl teaches you how to create a fulfilling career for yourself. h...

Round 4 of answering your Q&As with your uncle Noah. In this episode, we are going to talk about: Why I love making YouTube videos Strategies for building a community What are my tips for launching 7-figure companies https://okdork.com/podcast/243 Use this link to get 10% off at checkout on AppSumo: https://appsumo.com/?coupon=noah10&code=noah10

Jim McIngvale, aka. Mattress Mack, is a 71-year-old entrepreneur known for making INSANE million-dollar bets on various sports. You might think he has a crazy gambling problem. But actually, these are very creative marketing campaigns to promote his furniture store. Mack came from humble beginnings. He started a furniture business in 1981 with just $5,000 dollars, and now it's a HUGE business maki...

I actually really enjoy doing these Q&As, so let me know on Twitter if you like them too. In this episode, we talk are going to talk about: 1. If your superpower is design but you hate marketing 2. What is the difference between a good and a great day. 3. When to finally quit your businesses or not. https://okdork.com/podcast/241 Use this link to get 10% off at checkout on AppSumo: https://appsumo...