Strategy: Niche selection
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How to build wealth and direction in your 20s
Noah Kagan
July 6, 2021
Niche selection
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Goal setting
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Prospecting & outreach
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- Big markets matter more than raw talent in your 20s
- Tracking net worth monthly is enough to improve it
- Creation compounds; consumption doesn't
Eight proven software business categories from $100M in AppSumo sales
Noah Kagan
May 24, 2021
Business models
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MVP & prototyping
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Niche selection
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- Eight software niches validated by $100M in real marketplace sales
- Build in a proven category, then carve your own niche within it
- Stock assets and templates generate serious revenue with little code
Complete SEO Course for Beginners: Rank #1 in Google
Ahrefs
May 19, 2021
Niche selection
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Motivation
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- Traffic potential beats search volume as the reliable keyword targeting metric.
- Ranking is predictable when intent, content depth, and backlinks align.
- Personalised outreach with a clear value exchange earns the best links.
Three Steps to Nail Your Niche Fast as a Freelancer
Joanna Wiebe
May 16, 2021
Niche selection
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Processes & SOPs
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Communication
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- Picking a niche starts the work; three steps follow.
- Treat your own business as a paying client project.
- Fewer services, controlled narrative, 258% revenue growth.
Nine high-paying career opportunities in the creator and digital economy
Noah Kagan
April 22, 2021
Niche selection
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Content marketing
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- Creators are building Disney-scale IP but need people to run their businesses
- Email marketing is the most profitable hire in e-commerce, yet overlooked
- Ethical hacking demand grows as digital accounts replace physical assets
Succeeding in the US as an immigrant means choosing where to focus
Silicon Valley Girl
April 9, 2021
Niche selection
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Identity & self-belief
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Relationships & family
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- Being "halfway here, halfway there" blocks investors and collaborators.
- Saying no to home-country wins is how you build local credibility.
- Two highly relevant followers beat 140,000 passive ones.
Bootstrapper news: Twitter Spaces, Indie.VC closing, and Shopify platform risk
Startups For the Rest of Us
March 16, 2021
Business models
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Bootstrapping
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Niche selection
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- Shopify demanded 20% back-revenue from app developers dating to 2019.
- Indie.VC's closure shows how hard bootstrapper-friendly fund terms are to sustain.
- Platform-dependent businesses get discounted valuations — acquirers know the risk.
Five data-backed business ideas to start in 2021
Noah Kagan
March 6, 2021
Niche selection
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MVP & prototyping
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- Christian meditation apps grew 300% — religion is a wide-open niche
- Spike ball turned a dead 90s game into an eight-figure brand
- Validate with one paying customer before building anything
Five profitable business ideas for 2021 backed by data
Noah Kagan
February 15, 2021
Niche selection
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Market research
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MVP & prototyping
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- Organ supplements: a $6B adjacent market with no dominant brands
- 31 million skilled trade jobs left vacant — massive gap, few takers
- ADUs can boost property values 30% with near-zero owner risk
15 high-demand small business ideas worth starting today
Silicon Valley Girl
January 10, 2021
- Import proven foreign business models into underserved US niches
- On-demand speed beats incumbents — 15 minutes changes customer loyalty
- Drone videography market is set to grow 14x by 2025
Five data-backed business ideas in growing consumer markets
Noah Kagan
December 30, 2020
Niche selection
9
Market research
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- Work in a $100B category — market size compounds in your favour.
- Esports coaching already a $1B market with 43% demand growth.
- Mushroom kits earn $132K/month on Amazon with almost no competitors.
Competitive analysis
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Building SaaS Through Focus, Competition, and Key Metrics
Startups For the Rest of Us
November 17, 2020
Competitive analysis
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Funnels
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Niche selection
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- Focus on one idea at a time; validate in weeks, not months, then ship fast.
- Identify unserved customer segments competitors ignore; dominate those instead of fighting directly.
- Fix retention and churn before optimizing traffic; measure and plug the biggest funnel leak first.
12 exercises to generate profitable business ideas
Noah Kagan
July 30, 2020
Niche selection
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MVP & prototyping
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- Your spending and screen time already contain your best business idea
- Validate before building: three customers and $100 in 48 hours
- Piggyback on popular products — accessories beat building from scratch
How to find a profitable business idea and validate its market size
Noah Kagan
July 15, 2020
Niche selection
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Market research
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Customer discovery
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- Six concrete signals to find ideas people already want to buy
- Size any market in minutes using free tools before committing
- Check customer lifetime spend to know if your price will land
26 fast-growing business ideas backed by Google search data
Noah Kagan
June 10, 2020
Niche selection
8
Business models
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- All 26 ideas are validated by real Google Trends search growth.
- Piggybacking on platforms like Shopify, Webflow, or TikTok beats creating demand.
- The strongest opportunities serve people spending more time and money at home.