Noah Kagan Presents
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How to Go Viral and Turn Your Ideas into Millions (w/ Shaan Puri)
June 24, 2021 08:00 - 50 minutes - 47.3 MBShaan Puri is an entrepreneur, investor & co-host of the top 10 business podcast, My First Million. After trying to build the "Chipotle for Sushi" in his early 20’s, Shaan found his way to Silicon Valley and where he became CEO of Bebo. After selling the company to Twitch, he’s now a senior director of product. Shaan has figured out the formula to hack people's attention better than just about anyone. Within the last year, his podcast has climbed to the top of the iTunes Charts, he’s gr...
Finding Content-Market Fit (w/ Samir Chaudry)
June 17, 2021 08:06 - 54 minutes - 51.1 MBSamir Chaudry is a Youtuber and second half of the duo, Colin & Samir — a channel that provides in-depth analysis on the latest news in the creator economy and features interviews with creators like MKDHB & Mr. Beast It’s taken Colin & Samir 10 years to find ‘Content-Market Fit’ but as of this year, they’ve finally hit their stride and have parlayed their success into launching a creator economy-focused newsletter called The Publish Press. If you've ever wanted to learn how to sustainabili...
Growing AppSumo from $4M to $85M (w/ Ayman Al-Abdullah)
June 10, 2021 08:02 - 47 minutes - 44.8 MBAyman Al-Abdullah is a former AppSumo customer (Sumo-Ling), product manager at Microsoft, and has been AppSumo’s CEO for the last 6+ years. Having grown the business from $4M to $85M in revenue, he recommended that we find a new CEO as we enter our next phase of growth. If you've ever wanted to learn how to grow an 8-figure business and why a different type of CEO is required to take us to 9+ figures, you’re going to love this episode. https://okdork.com/podcast/203 Use this link to g...
The Techie with 1M Subscribers (w/ Joma Tech)
June 03, 2021 08:00 - 51 minutes - 48.4 MBJoma Tech is a YouTuber who makes tech entertainment videos about life in Silicon Valley. He’s built an audience of 1 million subscribers while working full-time as a data scientist and software programmer for major tech companies. His videos are a unique blend of entertaining and educational, but as you’ll hear in the interview, he still faces imposter syndrome just like the rest of us. However, that doesn’t detract from his ultimate goal of becoming a director and build a multi-million do...
Advice From a Crypto Consultant (w/ Andy Beal)
May 27, 2021 08:00 - 54 minutes - 50.8 MBAndy Beal is a former corporate lawyer-turned crypto consultant who covers trends in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry via his newsletter 30,000 Feet. If you’ve ever wanted to learn how a crypto expert thinks about balancing their portfolio, you’ll love this episode. https://okdork.com/podcast/201 Use this link to get 10% off at checkout on AppSumo: https://appsumo.com/?coupon=noah10&code=noah10
How to Operate Your Youtube Channel Like The Mafia (w/ Jake Tran)
May 20, 2021 17:00 - 50 minutes - 46.9 MBJake Tran is a 22-year-old YouTuber who makes entrepreneurial video essays on subjects like “How The Ultra Wealthy Evade Taxes” and “The Economics of the Mafia”. He currently has 500k subscribers, but Jake spent his early years on YouTube seeing little traction. It wasn’t until he pivoted his content towards long-form video essays that his channel started to see meaningful growth. If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to run your YouTube Channel like the mafia, you’re going to love this e...
How YouTube is Changing the World (w/ Eric “Airrack” Decker)
May 13, 2021 08:00 - 53 minutes - 50.4 MBIf you’ve been on YouTube in the last 12 months, you’ve likely seen or heard of Eric “Airrack” Decker who went from zero to 1 million subscribers in under one year. Along the way, he’s pulled off stunts like sneaking his way into the Super Bowl and stranding himself on an island until he reached 1 million subs. But just one year ago, he was a college dropout who built a 6-figure wedding videography business, only to see it completely go under due to COVID. With $20k of debt and nowhere else...
Going From The Army to Bitcoin Influencer (w/ Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano)
May 06, 2021 08:00 - 44 minutes - 41.4 MBAnthony Pompliano is an entrepreneur, investor, and host of The Pomp Podcast — one of the most popular podcasts in business and investing. He’s built and sold numerous companies, ran Product & Growth teams at Facebook, and manages a portfolio valued at more than $500 million in early-stage tech companies. But most notably, he’s wildly bullish on Bitcoin and crypto. If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to develop your unique voice and build a loyal following as a result, you’ll definitely w...
Going from Scrappy Mode to Scale Mode
April 29, 2021 08:00 - 43 minutes - 41.1 MBMike Maples is a co-founding Partner at Floodgate, a VC firm that has invested in companies like Lyft, Twitch, and Twitter. He has been on the Forbes Midas List eight times in the last decade and profiled by Harvard Business School for his lifetime contributions to entrepreneurship. Mike is also the host of the Starting Greatness podcast, which shares startup lessons from super performers like Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen, LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman. In this episode, you’ll learn h...
Going from Scrappy Mode to Scale Mode (w/ Mike Maples)
April 29, 2021 08:00 - 43 minutes - 41.1 MBMike Maples is a co-founding Partner at Floodgate, a VC firm that has invested in companies like Lyft, Twitch, and Twitter. He's also the host of Starting Greatness, a podcast where shares startup lessons from super performers like Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen and LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman. If you've ever wanted to learn how to scale your business to seven figures and beyond, you're going to love this episode. https://okdork.com/podcast/197 Use this link to get 10% off at ...
Facebook, Chaos and Marketing (w/ Richard Cooper of Entrepreneurs In Cars)
April 22, 2021 08:00 - 59 minutes - 55.2 MBRichard Cooper is an entrepreneur, father, self-care advocate, and host of Entrepreneurs in Cars. His YouTube channel helps men understand the truth about money, self-care, and intersexual dynamics. Since launching in 2014, the channel has 13+ million views and 100,000+ subscribers. Make sure to tune in if you want to learn how to structure your career, finances, and friends for long-term success and happiness. https://okdork.com/podcast/196 Use this link to get 10% off at checkout o...
When To Stop vs Keep Going w/ Bilal Zaidi of Creator Lab
April 15, 2021 08:00 - 1 hour - 79.5 MBBilal Zaidi is the Podcast Host & Founder of Creator Lab where he’s interviewed the likes of Gary Vaynerchuk (VaynerMedia) and Scott Harrison (Charity Water) and other 1%’ers at the top of their game. His goal — to help people create change and learn how to turn their ideas into action. This episode is my interview with Bilal on Creator Lab, so tune in If you’ve ever wanted to learn about how to find work that makes you never want to retire. https://okdork.com/podcast/195 Use this link...
How to Hack Your Wealth (w/ Jeff Rose of Wealth Hacker)
April 08, 2021 08:00 - 53 minutes - 49.6 MBJeff Rose is a former veteran turned financial planner/blogger. Now, he’s focusing on his YouTube channel where he teaches actionable wealth building, investing, and online marketing strategies you can use to grow your online brand and boost your side hustle income. If you want to learn how to build wealth both financially and personally, you’ll love this episode. https://okdork.com/podcast/194 Use this link to get 10% off at checkout on AppSumo: https://appsumo.com/?coupon=noah10&code=n...
Top Shot Millionaire Talks Biggest Opportunities in 2021
April 01, 2021 08:00 - 48 minutes - 45.4 MBJesse Schwarz purchased an NFT of Lebron James for $208,000 - the most ever spent on the platform ‘NBA Top Shot’. Since the purchase, the NFT has 5x’ed in value and Jesse’s making waves having been featured on ESPN, Bleacher Report, USA Today, and more. In this episode, we’ll dive into how Jesse saw the opportunity to buy the Lebron clip and spotlight other undervalued NFT’s to look out for in the space. https://okdork.com/podcast/193 Use this link to get 10% off at checkout on AppSumo...
Founder of the Biggest NFT Marketplace
March 25, 2021 08:00 - 35 minutes - 33.3 MBDevin Finzer is the Co-founder of OpenSea, the largest marketplace for NFT’s. The company was founded in 2017 (before NFT’s were cool), and in February of 2021, $95 million in digital merchandise were sold on their marketplace. Why is that interesting? Because the month before, their sales were $8 million! Folks, NFT’s are here in a big way and in this interview, I’m talking with the guy who recently secured $24M in funding from a16z and is building the ‘Amazon of NFTs’! If you’ve eve...
How to Stop Being A Consumer and Start Being A Producer (w/ Mind Valley)
March 18, 2021 08:00 - 50 minutes - 47.4 MBMindValley is a revolutionary school that’s had over 10M+ people attend worldwide. Their philosophy - they teach the world the art of truly living extraordinary, fulfilling, happy lives. In this episode, we dive into those subjects and you’ll learn how to let go of the things that don’t serve you & double down on the things that do. https://okdork.com/podcast/191 Use this link to get 10% off at checkout on AppSumo: https://appsumo.com/?coupon=noah10&code=noah10
Finding Your North Star with Ali Abdaal
March 11, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 69.4 MBAli Abdaal - a UK-based Youtuber who grew his channel to over 700k subscribers in 3 years WHILE being a full-time doctor. Since June'20, his channel has almost doubled in size to 1.5M subs. If you’ve ever wanted to learn about how to identify and refocus your energy on the things that matter most, you’ll love this episode. https://okdork.com/podcast/190 Use this link to get 10% off at checkout on AppSumo: https://appsumo.com/?coupon=noah10&code=noah10
How Lewis Howes Got to 1M Youtube Subscribers
March 04, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBLewis Howes is a New York Times Bestselling author, lifestyle entrepreneur, high-performance business coach, and keynote speaker. He hosts a top 100 iTunes ranked podcast, The School of Greatness, which has over 300 million downloads. And he was recognized by The White House and President Obama as one of the top 100 entrepreneurs in the country under 30. https://okdork.com/podcast/189 Use this link to get 10% off at checkout on AppSumo: https://appsumo.com/?coupon=noah10&code=noah10
How do You Take Yourself to The Next Level
February 25, 2021 09:00 - 1 hour - 63.4 MBJoe Hawley is a former NFL football player who played eight seasons and earned over $13 million. He retired at 30 and becoming a free agent. Joe has an insane story of actually making it to the NFL, but had so many ups and downs along the way. If you want to learn more about Joe, he's got two podcasts: Life Beyond The Game and Quantum Coffee with Joe Holly. Also, he has a men's support group for former NFL players who are transitioning to regular life called – The Hart Collective. http...
The Accidental Angel Investor
February 19, 2021 09:00 - 47 minutes - 44.1 MBOhad Pressman is CEO of Stackbit, the first open, complete platform for the JAMstack. He is also an early-stage investor in companies such as Netlify, Domestika, Riverside, and others. He has been an entrepreneur and builder for 25 years and has built everything from real-time computer graphics engines to large-scale software systems. If you've ever been curious about angel investing, you're going to love this episode. https://okdork.com/podcast/187 Use this link to get 10% off at che...
Lessons from Twitch Founder - Justin Kan
February 11, 2021 09:00 - 51 minutes - 48.2 MBJustin Kan is the co-founder of live video platforms Justin.tv and Twitch. And Twitch was sold for almost a billion dollars. This is a super fascinating episode. So if you're interested in how Twitch sold for a billion plus having a good conversation today, you're gonna like this episode. https://okdork.com/podcast/186 Use this link to get 10% off at checkout on AppSumo: https://appsumo.com/?coupon=noah10&code=noah10
The Guy Who Paid $10k For a Wife
February 04, 2021 09:00 - 53 minutes - 50.2 MBJoe Cohen the CEO of SelfHacked, SelfDecode, and LabTestAnalyzer. Joe posted a $10,000 bounty for a wife. It went viral and the rest is history. But the adventure and conversation are wild. If you’ve ever wanted to learn about communities, relationships, and some Jewish stuff, you’ll love this episode. https://okdork.com/podcast/185 Use this link to get 10% off at checkout on AppSumo: https://appsumo.com/?coupon=noah10&code=noah10
The Next Warren Buffett – Andrew Wilkinson
January 28, 2021 09:00 - 40 minutes - 37.7 MBAndrew Wilkinson is the co-founder and Managing Partner at Tiny Capital. He also founded MetaLab, the agency which helped design Slack, and he's invested in a range of other companies. Recently he's taken a company public that is worth almost a billion dollars!! If you ever want to learn about buying companies, and what it's like working at startups, you are going to love this episode. https://okdork.com/podcast/184 Use this link to get 10% off at checkout on AppSumo: https://appsumo...
The Founder of My Favorite Taco Restaurant in the World
January 21, 2021 09:00 - 41 minutes - 38.9 MBRoberto Espinosa is the co-founder of Tacodeli. He opened the first Tacodeli location in Austin, TX in 1999, and has spent the last 21 years building the most amazing taco restaurant in the world. I've spent years trying to get him on the show... and this episode DID NOT DISAPPOINT. Whether you want to run a restaurant or any company you'll love his slow and steady philosophy. https://okdork.com/podcast/183 Use this link to get 10% off at checkout on AppSumo: https://appsumo.com/?coupo...
Lessons To Learn From Billion Dollar Startups
January 14, 2021 09:00 - 43 minutes - 40.4 MBGarry Tan is the co-founder of Initialized Capital - an early stage venture capital fund that invested early in companies like Coinbase and Instacart. He previously co-founded Posterous, and PostHaven (acquired by Twitter for $20M), and was also a Y Combinator partner from 2011-2015. Use this link to get 10% off at checkout on AppSumo: https://appsumo.com/?coupon=noah10&code=noah10 https://okdork.com/podcast/182
How to Build a 100,000 Subscriber Newsletter on Substack
January 07, 2021 11:28 - 43 minutes - 40.7 MBCodie Sanchez is a reformed journalist, turned Managing Director, and Partner at Entourage Effect Capital, a private equity firm focused specifically on investing in the legalized cannabis industry. https://okdork.com/podcast/181
The Most Popular Murder Mystery Podcast
December 24, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 60.6 MBBilly Jensen is a true-crime journalist turned consulting detective for law enforcement agencies. He is also the author of Chase Darkness with Me and runs a super popular murder mystery podcast – The First Degree. If you want to know how he created this career and why we are so fascinated by murder stories you’ll love this episode. https://okdork.com/podcast/180
James Altucher - Weirder Than Ever
December 17, 2020 09:00 - 50 minutes - 47.4 MBIn this episode, I talk to James Altucher, the bestselling author of Choose Yourself and The Power of No. He started a hedge fund, sold software companies, made millions, lost it all many times, and just an interesting guy. This is a fun holiday episode! https://okdork.com/podcast/179
How To Build a $150M Net Worth
December 10, 2020 09:00 - 34 minutes - 32.5 MBPatrick Bet-David is the CEO of PHP Agency, Inc. a financial services company with over 12,000 agents in the US. He's also the man behind Valuetainment, one of the largest YouTube channels for entrepreneurs. https://okdork.com/podcast/178
Lance Armstrong’s Teammate Reveals All (Again)
December 03, 2020 09:00 - 51 minutes - 48.2 MBTyler Hamilton is a former professional cyclist, who used to be teammates with Lance Armstrong. He wrote one of my favorite books on biking ever, The Secret Race, a behind the scenes look at the training and lifestyle of elite bikers. If you want to learn what it takes to be a pro athlete and hear some behind the scenes stories of Lance Armstrong then you’ll love this episode. https://okdork.com/podcast/177
The Image Consultant
November 26, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 58.5 MBAaron Marino is a men's lifestyle expert, grooming guru, and famous YouTuber. His Youtube channel, Alpha M, has over 6 million subscribers where he talks about fashion, image, and lifestyle design for men. If you are looking to make money being a content creator, you will LOVE this episode. https://okdork.com/podcast/176
How AppSumo makes 8 figures from Affiliate Marketing
November 19, 2020 09:00 - 37 minutes - 35.7 MBNick Christensen is our head of customer acquisition at AppSumo and he’s responsible for our affiliate marketing program. In this episode, we pull back the curtain on how we run our affiliate program at AppSumo and how you can start your own. https://okdork.com/podcast/175
MrBeast’s Manager Explains How to Make BIG Money On YouTube
November 13, 2020 12:57 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBReed Duchscher is the business manager behind MrBeast’s YouTube channel. In total Reed manages 16 YouTubers which combined, average 2.4 BILLION views a month!!!! Just to put that into comparison, the Superbowl this year was watched by 99.9 Million people… If you’ve ever thought of starting an agency, regardless of the niche, you’re going to love this episode. https://okdork.com/podcast/174
MrBeast's Manager Explains How to Make BIG Money On YouTube
November 12, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 59.4 MBReed Duchscher is the business manager behind MrBeast’s and Dude Perfect’s YouTube channels. In total Reed manages 16 YouTubers which combined, average 2.4 BILLION views a month!!!! Just to put that into comparison, the Superbowl this year was watched by 99.9 Million people… If you’ve ever thought of starting an agency, regardless of the niche, you’re going to love this episode. https://okdork.com/podcast/174
Behind the Scenes of a $5,000,000/Year Online Productivity Course
November 05, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 66.1 MBTiago Forte is the founder of Forte Labs and creator of the Building A Second Brain course. He’s a productivity expert who writes and speaks on how knowledge workers can be more productive and creative using technology. He has taught more than 20,000 people around the world through his online courses and live workshops. https://okdork.com/podcast/173
Overcoming Childhood Trauma
October 29, 2020 08:00 - 44 minutes - 42.1 MBErin Tyler has designed book covers for multiple New York Times bestselling authors, such as James Altucher, Ryan Holiday, David Goggins, and Tucker Max. She’s currently the creative director at Scribe Media, and she just came out with her own books titled “The Bad One” in which she shares her experience of growing up in a family in which she was cast as the scapegoat. Full show notes at https://okdork.com/podcast/172
My Former Intern Teaches me Business – Justin Mares
October 22, 2020 08:00 - 53 minutes - 50.4 MBJustin Mares is the founder and CEO of Kettle and Fire, the fastest-growing bone broth brand in the country. He’s also the co-founder of Perfect Keto, a food & supplement brand for people going keto, and he’s the co-author of the popular marketing book ‘Traction’. Full show notes at https://okdork.com/podcast/171
Behind the scenes of YesTheory
October 15, 2020 08:00 - 57 minutes - 53.9 MBMatt Dajer is the co-founder and producer of Yes Theory, a YouTube channel with over 5.8 Million subscribers whose mission it is to inspire people to “seek discomfort”. Full show notes at https://okdork.com/podcast/170
The kindest person I ever met
October 08, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBHouston Kraft is a speaker, trainer, and kindness advocate, who is on a mission to spread his message of love worldwide. In this episode, we talk about how to give amazing speeches, ways to be kind, and how to make 3-5 figures per speech. Full show notes at https://okdork.com/podcast/169
How to Love Yourself w/ NYT’s Bestselling Therapist Lori Gottlieb
October 01, 2020 08:00 - 47 minutes - 44.1 MBLori Gottlieb is a psychotherapist and author of the New York Times bestseller ‘Maybe You Should Talk to Someone’. In addition to her clinical practice, she writes the Atlantic’s weekly “Dear Therapist” advice column and contributes regularly to the New York Times and many other publications. Her recent TED Talk is one of the top 10 most-watched of the year. Full show notes at https://okdork.com/podcast/168
Life advice from one of my all-time favorite authors
September 24, 2020 08:00 - 45 minutes - 42.7 MBI’ve spent the last 2 years trying to get Don on the show, and we finally made it happen! Donald Miller is a NYT bestselling author and founder of a company called StoryBrand which has helped some of the largest brands in the world develop powerful stories that explain their brand. In this episode, we talk about relationships, the meaning of life, writing books, and much much more. Full show notes at https://okdork.com/podcast/167
How ‘Guy’ Built This
September 17, 2020 08:00 - 36 minutes - 34.3 MBGuy Raz is the host and co-creator of three NPR podcasts which collectively are heard by more than 19 million people each month around the world. In 2017, he became the first person in the history of podcasting to have THREE shows in the top 20 on the Apple Podcast charts. Through his podcast “How I Built This” he’s interviewed the founders behind the largest brands in the world to show you that starting a business is not as complicated as it might seem. Full show notes at https://okdo...
How to Win Friends and Meet Influential People
September 10, 2020 08:00 - 18 minutes - 18 MBIn this episode, we talk about “Networking”, or as I like to call it, "making friends with cool ass people". When I was 21 years old, I graduated from UC Berkeley, worked at a cubicle at Intel, was living at my mom’s house... with 0 online presence, network, or mentors. Fast forward 20 years later, and MUCH of my success can be attributed to the people I’ve met over the years. Tim Ferriss, Andrew Warner, my biz partner Chad Boyda, and many more…. In this episode, I cover 9 specific t...
10 Exercises To Come Up With Profitable Business Ideas
September 03, 2020 08:00 - 22 minutes - 22 MBToday we’re going to talk about how to come up with business ideas. When we got started with monthly1k.com I was surprised that one of the biggest problems students were having was finding a good business idea. So over the years, I’ve come up with exercises you can use to come up with profitable business ideas. In this episode, I share 10 of those exercises! Full show notes at https://okdork.com/podcast/164
How to start your company during a great recession w/ Bryan Elliott
August 27, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBBryan Elliott is the founder of The Goodbrain Digital Studios and creator and host of the Behind the Brand Show. Bryan used to be a well-paid brand marketer for NBCUniversal Studios where he was managing a $30 million P&L and was walking the red carpet with movie stars. But he quit his cushy job and started his own production company right before the 2008 recession hit. Full show notes at https://okdork.com/podcast/163
10 Career Tips For Ambitious People in Their Twenties
August 20, 2020 08:00 - 14 minutes - 14.1 MBI graduated from UC Berkeley in 2004. 16 years later and I’ve tried a lot of different things and made a lot of mistakes. I worked in a boring cubicle job, I was employee #30 at Facebook, Employee #4 at Mint and I’ve started 24 businesses of my own -only one of which really worked out. In this episode, I’m going to share the 10 biggest decisions that have impacted my career to help you on your professional journey. Full show notes at https://okdork.com/podcast/162
How to Create Content Around Your Day Job w/ YouTube’s Most Popular Lawyer
August 13, 2020 08:00 - 56 minutes - 52.3 MBDevin Stone is a trial lawyer by day, but on nights and weekends, he runs the world’s most popular legal YouTube channel called LegalEagle. Somehow, Devin has found a way to make law fun to learn about… and in this episode, we talk about how you can apply the same principles to create fun content around your own day job. If you’ve ever used the excuse that you’re not interesting enough to start a YouTube channel, or a blog, or a newsletter… then this episode is a must-listen for you. F...
Behind the Scenes with the Real Wolf of Wall Street
August 06, 2020 08:00 - 54 minutes - 51.2 MBThis is the crazy story of how Jordan Belfort started a company in Long Island selling penny stocks to anybody who would buy them. By the age of 26, he grew the firm into a $3 Billion company and had over 1000 brokers working for him. He lived a crazy lifestyle of money, hookers, and quaaludes. And… he ended up being tried for securities fraud and he lost everything. He went to jail for 2 years, lost all his money, and his wife left him. And he had to come back and start from scrat...
What I Learned From Working With Mark Zuckerberg
July 30, 2020 08:00 - 19 minutes - 18.9 MBIn this episode, I share the 13 lessons I learned from working directly with Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook. His principles have influenced the way I run my business A LOT, and I know they’ll influence the way you run yours as well. Full show notes at https://okdork.com/podcast/159
Shelby Church: Lessons learned from 10 years on YouTube
July 23, 2020 08:00 - 57 minutes - 53.3 MBShelby Church is a veteran in the YouTube game. She’s been making videos for YouTube since she was 14 years old! Today she’s 25 years old and she’s grown her channel to over 1.5 Million subscribers. We discuss the difference between professionals and hobbyists, how to hire your first employees, and a lot more!! Full show notes at https://okdork.com/podcast/158