Become part of the pre-launch team for my new book! Email book@okdork.com to join In today’s episode, we talk to David Lee, the CEO and Chairman of Hing Wa Lee Jewelers, and he’s also known for having one of the biggest Ferrari collections in the world. David was born in Hong Kon … | Continue reading
In this episode, I talk with Jason Fried, the Founder & CEO of 37signals (known for Basecamp & Hey!). This episode is a special revisit to one of our earliest shows, a personal favorite that we believe you’ll find just as captivating the second time around. In today’s context of … | Continue reading
In today’s episode, I talk to professional cyclist, Ryan Gibbons. Ryan is a 29-year-old National Champion cyclist from South Africa, competing with the UAE Emirates Team. His pro career started when he was 21, but he didn’t even know you could get paid for riding a bike at the t … | Continue reading
Welcome to Part 2 of Mark Jenney’s story! In Part 1, Mark Jenney talked all about growing up homeless, dropping out of high school, and how he started 30-plus companies and sold over a BILLION dollars worth of products online. Now, we’re diving into Mark’s life TODAY — creating l … | Continue reading
In today’s episode, I talk to best-selling author and YouTuber, Tiago Forte. After years of struggling with a chronic illness that no specialists could find a cure for, Tiago created his own process to research, collect, and organize information so he could figure out how to live … | Continue reading
In today’s episode, I talk to Brian Balfour of Reforge. Brian Balfour was the Head of Growth at HubSpot, started multiple VC-backed companies, and has grown brands to MILLIONS of daily active users. Today, he’s the founder of Reforge — a REALLY cool tool that gives you access to … | Continue reading
In today’s episode, I talk to Mark Jenney of RVshare.com. Mark grew up homeless, dropped out of high school, created his first business when he was 13, and started 30 more companies after that! This guy has sold over a BILLION dollars worth of products online, and has sold basica … | Continue reading
In today’s episode, I’m sharing all the BIG JUICY details about how we go viral on YouTube!! Two years ago I had the goal of reaching 250k YouTube subscribers… today, I now have over 800k subs. This kind of growth didn’t happen overnight. It took a lot of trial and error and post … | Continue reading
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify In today’s episode, I talk to John Paul Dejoria of Paul Mitchell Haircare and Patron Tequila. John Paul is a BILLIONAIRE. His companies are billion-dollar empires, but this dude didn’t just have everything handed to him. He gr … | Continue reading
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify What’s up, you beautiful bastards. It’s your boy Heart Emojis aka Rabbi Can’t Lose aka Noah Kagan. Today, we’re back with another Q&A! Y’all love asking Q’s and I love answering them. I was #30 at Facebook, #4 at Mint.com, and I’v … | Continue reading
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify In today’s episode, I’m giving y’all an update on what’s going on at AppSumo! This is a new series we’re trying out called This Week at AppSumo (aka, TWAS). I think most of you out there know that I’m the founder and CEO of App … | Continue reading
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify In today’s episode, I talk to real estate investor and entrepreneur Manny Khoshbin!! Manny is a SUPER successful real estate entrepreneur with a net worth of over $200 million dollars — but he didn’t come from a wealthy family a … | Continue reading
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify In today’s episode, I talk to serial entrepreneur and commodities trader Rafa Martinez. Rafa is on his way to billionaire status — he got massive success by trading natural commodities on the stock market and starting businesses. … | Continue reading
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify In today’s episode, I’m giving y’all an update on what’s going on at AppSumo! This is a new series we’re trying out called This Week at AppSumo (aka, TWAS). I think most of you out there know that I’m the founder and CEO of AppSum … | Continue reading
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify In today’s episode, I’m giving y’all an update on what’s going on at AppSumo! This is a new series we’re trying out called This Week at AppSumo (aka, TWAS). I think most of you out there know that I’m the founder and CEO of AppSum … | Continue reading
It's HARD starting a business while working a regular day job. (I get it — I was once a cubicle monkey, too!) I've been in your shoes, so I know what I was telling myself then.. and it's probably the SAME things you're telling yourself now: I don't have the time to start a busine … | Continue reading
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify This episode is part of the Ask Noah Series. I was #30 at Facebook, #4 at Mint.com, and I’ve helped build a bunch of companies that have done pretty well. Today, I run AppSumo.com. It is the #1 website for software deals. We promot … | Continue reading
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify This episode is part of the Ask Noah Series. I was #30 at Facebook, #4 at Mint.com, and I’ve helped build a bunch of companies that have done pretty well. Today, I run AppSumo.com. It is the #1 website for software deals. We promot … | Continue reading
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify In today’s episode, I was inspired by the awesome dudes over at the Tropical MBA Podcast to share some more PERSONAL things going on in my life. We’re talking about what it feels like to be a founder. I think a lot of times people l … | Continue reading
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify In today’s episode, I talk to Anand Sanwal of the market research company, CB Insights. Anand bootstrapped CB Insights for 6 years… And now it’s worth over $100 million dollars!!! He’s a really impressive guy and knows a thing or two … | Continue reading
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify In today’s episode, I wanted to bring you a repost of one of our most popular episodes EVER! This is the episode where I talk to popular YouTuber and doctor Ali Abdaal. Ali has an EPIC YouTube channel and his growth over the last few … | Continue reading
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify What’s up, you beautiful bastards. It’s your boy Paella Lover aka Rabbi Can’t Lose aka Noah Kagan. This episode is part of the Ask Noah Series. I was #30 at Facebook, #4 at Mint.com, and I’ve helped build a bunch of companies that hav … | Continue reading
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify What’s up, you beautiful bastards. It’s your boy Paella Lover aka Rabbi Can’t Lose aka Noah Kagan. This episode is part of the Ask Noah Series. I was #30 at Facebook, #4 at Mint.com, and I’ve helped build a bunch of companies that hav … | Continue reading
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify In today’s episode, I talk to Kevin Kelly, co-founder of Wired magazine. Kevin is a writer, photographer, and philanthropist best known for his role as the executive editor of Wired, one of the top technology magazines in the world! He … | Continue reading
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify In today’s episode, we’re trying something different! Usually, y’all know I have one guest and I ask them a whole bunch of questions. BUT today, I have THREE guests. And I asked each of them to give me the advice they wish they could te … | Continue reading
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify In today’s episode, I talk to Andrew Viterbi, co-founder of Qualcomm and creator of the Viterbi algorithm. When Andrew was just 4 years old, he came to the US as a refugee from Italy. By 10 years old, he already had a passion for math an … | Continue reading
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify Today’s guest is my long-time internet buddy Steve Chou!! The husband behind the My Wife Quit Her Job.com blog, entrepreneur extraordinaire, and now a third-timer on this podcast (I think he gets first place for most appearances on the po … | Continue reading
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify In today’s episode, I talk about Peter Thiel, the serial entrepreneur and billionaire investor. He was the co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, as well as the author of the bestselling book Zero to One. In late 2021, my best friend Nevile an … | Continue reading
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify In today’s episode, I talk to Suumit Shah of Dukaan. Suumit is a software engineer from Bangalore, India—AKA the Silicon Valley of India!! When the pandemic started and people everywhere were looking for ways to sell online, Suumit noticed … | Continue reading
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify Today’s episode is a bit different. Last week, I did a LIVE podcast episode at SXSW with friends and some of the top online creators Neville Medhora, Sam Parr, Nick Gray, and Justin Mares. If you’ve ever wanted to learn EXACTLY how content c … | Continue reading
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify In today’s episode, I talk to 19-year-old business student and entrepreneur, Leif Rasmussen! I met Leif and his dad randomly because I was staring at his car…and they thought it was weird, turns out the dad knew AppSumo and we’ve been friends … | Continue reading
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify In today’s episode, I talk to Grammy-nominated musician, Ben Kweller. Tragically a few days after this recording - ben’s son sadly passed away in a tragic car accident. To honor him I donated and … | Continue reading
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify 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 … | Continue reading
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify In today’s episode, I talk to self-improvement entrepreneur Dan Koe. Dan runs the Modern Mastery HQ business community that helps creators and influencers monetize their following by harnessing di … | Continue reading
Bill Gates net worth is $107 billion dollars as of 2023, and even though it fluctuates depending on how certain stocks perform, he’s still one of the RICHEST people alive. When I was 21, I went to Bill Gates’s house (and I peed in his bathroom. True story). It was INSANE (his hou … | Continue reading
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify What’s up, you beautiful bastards! We are back with Q&A round 17! In this episode, you’ll enjoy 3 BIG things: How to navigate life if you are recently laid off How to prioritize your marketing activities without s … | Continue reading
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify In today’s episode, I talk to Lenny Rachitsky, creator of the #1 business newsletter on Substack. Lenny has a REALLY interesting career path. He started off as an engineer, then decided to start hi … | Continue reading
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify 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 this problem. For those of you that don’t know Waze … | Continue reading
Starting a business during a recession might seem like the WORST possible idea. But that's exactly how everyone else feels. So not only is there less competition for new businesses right now, but some sectors can even thrive since others are trying to just save cash. I put togeth … | Continue reading
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify 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 a day! Four years later, he sold it to HubSpot for tens o … | Continue reading
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify In today’s episode, I talk to Brett Williams of Designjoy. Brett makes around $80k/month in PURE PROFIT, thanks to his subscription design agency. And he does it without ANY employees or freelancers! … | Continue reading
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify In today’s episode, I talk to Justin Welsh! This guy is IMPRESSIVE. He runs a one-person business that does $1.7 million dollars a year, spends ZERO money on ads, and operates at a 94% margin! That's r … | Continue reading
I love discovering new products. These are the BEST ones I tried out this year. Check ‘em out for yourself or take note for future birthday and holiday gifts. Plus, I included some of your recommendations AND a free one! My Favorite Products of 2022 ♂️ LMNT: Keeps me hydrated wi … | Continue reading
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify What’s up, you beautiful bastards! We are back with Q&A round 16! In this episode, you’ll enjoy 3 BIG things: What’s AppSumo growth tactics for 2023? How to monetize your YouTube channel as an artist? How to get more … | Continue reading
Creating New Year's goals is one of my FAVORITE things to do, because it sets my year up for success. After lots of trial and error, I’ve made a simple goal-setting system that works: #1: Pick a word. #2: Separate your goals into 5 categories. #3: Get an accountability buddy. Thi … | Continue reading
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify In today’s episode, I talk to Chandler Bolt, CEO of Self-Publishing School & SelfPublishing.com. Chandler was a REALLY fun guest to talk to. He is full of energy and has a lot of insights for people tha … | Continue reading
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify In today’s episode, I talk to Larry Janesky of Contractor Nation. Larry created a multimillion-dollar business fixing people’s homes. He came from humble beginnings — no one in his family went to college … | Continue reading
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify In today’s episode, I talk to Robert D. Friedman. He is most well-known for being the co-founder of Auction.com, one of the largest real estate auction firms in the United States. Rob is definitely one of … | Continue reading