Noah Kagan Presents

Last week I did a LIVE podcast episode for the first time with some friends:

- Neville Medhora of Copywriting Course

- Sam Parr of The Hustle and My First Million Podcast

- Nick Gray, author of the The 2-Hour Cocktail Party and founder of Museum Hack

- Justin Mares of Kettle & Fire, Surely Non-Alcoholic Wine, and Perfect Keto

It was great, y'all.

Thanks to SXSW and the AppSumo team for organizing it, and the audience for coming out.

We talked all about how to succeed as a content creator 2023, there was an audience Q&A, and it was a ton of fun.

If you've ever wanted to learn exactly how content creators get successful, you'll love this episode.

In this conversation, you'll enjoy 3 BIG things:

1. What content channels we're MOST excited about right now

2. The tools we NEED to make the best content

3. And the EXACT formulas we use to grow our audience today

Enjoy those 3 things… plus a bunch more ear nuggets along the way.

Check out some of the tools I mention in the episode:

- Castmagic.io

- SendFox.com

- Clickup.com

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In today's episode, I talk to 19-year-old business student and entrepreneur, Leif Rasmussen!

I met Leif and his dad randomly, and it worked out perfectly because y'all ask me all the time what advice I have for young entrepreneurs. But, I haven't been a teenager in a long time!

Luckily, Leif is a 19-year-old business student here in Austin, and he also runs a knife-sharpening business on the side that makes about $20k/year!

Check out Leif's knife-sharpening business at SharpNAustin.com.

So in today's episode, Leif asks me questions about how to succeed as a young entrepreneur and I ask him about his business goals—and we get into some deep life conversations along the way.

If you've ever wanted to learn what it's like to be a young entrepreneur, you'll love this episode.

In this conversation, you'll enjoy 3 BIG things:

1. How to put yourself in a position of hypergrowth, no matter what age you are

2. Why you need to surround yourself with people who DISAGREE with you

3. And how to experiment with the dials of your life to find what fits you best

Enjoy those 3 things… plus a bunch more ear nuggets along the way.

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In today's episode, I talk to Grammy-nominated musician, Ben Kweller.

Ben started in the music industry when he was 12 years old! He was part of the popular band Radish—which was signed to major record label, Mercury Records.

But when Ben was 19, Radish disbanded. So Ben moved to New York and went solo.

30 years later, he's still releasing new music, runs a production studio, and mentors musicians to help them navigate the behind-the-scenes side of the music industry.

Check out Ben Kweller's music wherever you listen, and get more from him on his website BenKweller.com.

If you've ever wanted to learn about what it's like to be a young rockstar, you'll love this episode.

In this conversation, you'll enjoy 3 BIG things:

1. Why Ben never had a backup plan out of the music industry

2. How "jam-nesia" is the KEY to having a long-term music career

3. And what ACTUALLY makes you money as a musician (spoiler alert: it's not your songs)

Enjoy those 3 things… plus a bunch more ear nuggets along the way.

If you're interested in helping support Ben and his family through this difficult time, check out this GoFundMe page: https://www.gofundme.com/f/Doriankweller

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In today's episode, I talk to Nick Huber, founder of The Sweaty Startup.

Nick sold his first storage business, Storage Squad, for 7 figures!! Now, he owns and operates Bolt Storage which has 42 different self storage facilities taking up over 1.9 million square feet that he rents out and makes bank from.

Check out Nick Huber on Twitter @SweatyStartup and his website SweatyStartup.com.

If you've ever wanted to learn about the business opportunities in storage units, you'll love this episode.

In this conversation, you'll enjoy 3 BIG things:

- Why good businesses (and relationships) don't need innovation

- A look into the business of self storage and how you can get into it yourself

- And Nick's exact playbook for how to replicate his success

Enjoy those 3 things… plus a bunch more ear nuggets along the way.

Also, if you want to launch your own business but don't know where to start, I reopened my course Monthly1K for just $10. It's helped thousands of people start their business journey and I know it will help you, too. Head over to OkDork.com/Monthly1K and sign up.

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In today's episode, I talk to self-improvement entrepreneur Dan Koe.

Dan is a former web designer turned content creator who runs the Modern Mastery HQ business community that helps creators and influencers monetize their following by harnessing digital economics.

This year, he's projected to make $2.5 million dollars and runs his business almost entirely by himself—with just a little help from his video editor roommate and one other contractor.

If you've ever wanted to learn about monetizing a personal brand and running a business by yourself, you'll love this episode.

In this conversation, you'll enjoy 3 BIG things:

- How Dan scaled his earnings from $10k/year to $2.5M/year

- Why you don't have to have the biggest following to bring in BIG money

- Plus the exact 4 hour workday schedule Dan lives by

Enjoy those 3 things… plus a bunch more ear nuggets along the way.

Also, if you want to launch your own business but don't know where to start, I reopened my course Monthly1K for just $10. It's helped thousands of people start their business journey and I know it will help you, too. Head over to OkDork.com/Monthly1K and sign up.

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Round 17 of answering your Q&As with your uncle Noah.

In this episode, we are going to talk about:

1. How to navigate life if you are recently laid off

2. How to prioritize your marketing activities without spreading yourself too thin

3. Side hustle ideas for a 9-year old

And if you want me to answer your question in a future episode, submit here:

https://okdork.com/asknoah

P.S. Need help turning a business idea into reality? I reopened my course Monthly1K for just $10 (kinda limited time). Sign up at OkDork.com/Monthly1K.

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Lenny Rachitsky runs the #1 business newsletter on Substack, which is simply called lennysnewsletter.com.

Lenny has a REALLY interesting career path. He started off as an engineer, then decided to start his own business, which got acquired by Airbnb, where he stayed and worked for over 7 years until he quit to be his own boss again!

When Lenny left Airbnb to tinker with the different startup ideas, he was writing on the side to share his learnings. But then his writing started to gain a lot of traction online… and it became his MAIN hustle!

On an Indie Hackers post, he said the newsletter is making around $500k ARR, so I had to invite him over to hear about how he runs his one-person business.

P.S. Need help turning a business idea into reality? I reopened my course Monthly1K for just $10 (kinda limited time). Sign up at OkDork.com/Monthly1K.

In today's episode, I talk to Uri Levine, co-founder of Waze.

Uri hated getting stuck in traffic, so he helped start a company called Waze to fix his problem. Google bought Waze in 2013 for over $1.1 billion dollars! But that wasn't it for Uri — he invested in Moovit, another real-time transit app, which sold to Intel for another $1 billion dollars!

Check out Uri's book, Fall In Love with the Problem, Not the Solution, to learn how to identify your consumers' biggest problems and disrupt the markets that currently serve them.

P.S. Need help turning a business idea into reality? I reopened my course Monthly1K for just $10 (kinda limited time). Sign up at OkDork.com/Monthly1K.

In today's episode, I welcome Sam Parr back to the podcast!

Sam created the popular newsletter The Hustle, which emails over 1 million people per day. Four years after he built it, he sold it to HubSpot for multi-millions of dollars.

Now, he's the co-host of one of the top business podcasts, My First Million, where he and his co-host Shaan Puri talk all things business ideas and market trends, and interview other entrepreneurs to get the behind-the-scenes scoop on their projects.

Search for My First Million wherever you listen to podcasts, and check out Sam Parr on Twitter, at @TheSamParr.

If you've ever wanted to learn about how to build cool things with cool people, you'll love this episode!

PLUS! My exact course, Monthly1K, which Sam used to help launch and grow The Hustle is now 90% OFF. Get the exact info, tactics, and strategies I shared with Sam and other entrepreneurs to start your own business this year. Stop waiting and wishing and finally get started!

We cut the price down to $10 to make sure that we can try to help as many entrepreneurs as possible.

• Check out the Monthly1K Course here.
• Check out Sam Parr's first episode on the podcast here.
• Here's the link to the blog post Sam used to create Hustle Con.
• And start your own email newsletter with SendFox.com.

Full show notes: https://okdork.com/podcast/284

Brett Williams earns $80k/month in pure PROFIT thanks to his subscription design agency, Designjoy. But, there's something unique about his business… He has no employees!

While most design businesses focus on outsourcing work to freelancers or junior members of the team, Brett focuses on creating high-quality designs. And the best way to ensure that is to just do it himself!

His design work is SO popular, he's even had to turn off orders in the past to prevent more client sign-ups. And he doubled his prices to reduce interest—which ended up backfiring and actually brought more clients in.

If you've ever wanted to learn about launching a successful design agency, you'll love this episode.

In this conversation, you'll enjoy 3 BIG things:

1. How to make tons of money WITHOUT reinventing the wheel
2. Why Brett has actually AVOIDED hiring freelancers
3. And how raising your prices can bring you MORE clients instead of less

Enjoy those 3 things… plus a bunch more ear nuggets along the way.

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