How Alan Weiss built a million-dollar solo consulting practice

Noah Kagan April 19, 2019

• Charge for results, not time — most consultants leave money on the table
• Language and self-esteem are the real barriers to high fees
• No office, no staff: 90% of revenue kept by staying lean

From Wantrepreneur to $150,000 in Revenue [How to Find a Business Idea]

Noah Kagan April 5, 2019

Building a business from a blog: Vanessa Van Edwards on finding your niche

Noah Kagan April 1, 2019

• Original research makes your content uncopyable and citable by competitors
• YouTube bottom-50 keywords drove 10 million views and most corporate clients
• Deliberate brand 'allergies' filter out wrong-fit customers before they subscribe

Tim Ferriss on book launches, marketing, and building loyal audiences

Noah Kagan March 21, 2019

• Boycotted by retailers, Ferriss rebuilt around podcast and email list.
• Free or ultra-premium only — nothing in the middle competes well.
• Audience loyalty compounds through hyper-specific, self-tested recommendations.

Buying vs. renting: a real numbers breakdown

Noah Kagan March 15, 2019

• A $67k apparent profit shrank to a $4,800 advantage over renting
• Your down payment tied up in property has a real opportunity cost
• High mortgage overhead kills financial flexibility when income drops

Essentialism in practice: how Greg McKeown decides what matters most

Noah Kagan March 11, 2019

• Why a 10-out-of-10 clarity signal beats logical decision-making
• Success itself can pull you off track faster than failure
• Separate platforms look complementary but are completely different businesses

Real estate investing vs short-term rentals: a practical framework

Noah Kagan March 1, 2019

• Cap rate beats cash flow — buy on income stream, not appreciation bets
• Airbnb is running a hotel, not being a real estate investor
• Wealth doesn't kill financial anxiety; only emotional work does

Wealth, frugality, and fulfillment after a $200M bootstrapped exit

Noah Kagan February 17, 2019

• Selling for $200M felt right; losing daily purpose did not
• 70% index funds, 30% high-risk — and never touch the first bucket
• Giving kids money breeds problems; experiences beat things

22 marketing tactics that generated $5 million from one online course

Noah Kagan January 31, 2019

• Prove your product live with real risk before asking anyone to buy
• Genuine monthly enrolment caps and re-sending to non-openers doubled results
• Optimising student completion rate became the biggest word-of-mouth driver

How Neville Medhora thinks about happiness, learning, and building a business

Noah Kagan January 17, 2019

• Why picking your death date makes life decisions much easier
• Note-taking turns YouTube into a compounding knowledge library
• One Google Doc and one question transforms consulting calls

A practical framework for planning personal and business goals each year

Noah Kagan January 10, 2019

• Your goal list exists to tell you what to say no to.
• One numeric business goal beats a scattered list of priorities.
• Missing an outcome means it was scoped wrong, not that you failed.

16 leadership activities to build connection and self-awareness

Noah Kagan June 14, 2018

• Talking to yourself out loud for 10 minutes cuts through mental noise
• Repeated low-stakes vulnerability — not pep talks — builds high-trust teams
• Four leadership archetypes (Moses, Joshua, Miriam, Sarah) clarify who does what

Five tactics to grow a YouTube channel from zero to 110,000 subscribers

Noah Kagan May 17, 2018

• 10 videos drove 43% of a 122-video channel's total views
• Targeting competitive keywords gets you into the suggested video sidebar
• Audio quality beats video quality; longer videos outrank short ones

Five tips for building a six-figure copywriting business

Noah Kagan May 10, 2018

• Consulting kept Neville sharp — and funded the course that replaced it.
• Raising prices filters out bad clients and reveals true demand.
• Building small tools beats writing tutorials — Google rewards the result.

Nine habits behind a seven-figure blogging business

Noah Kagan May 3, 2018

• 500-word posts fail; 2,000–5,000 words is the minimum for real traction
• A seven-figure blog runs on a team, not a solo operator
• One income stream is a liability — layer ads, affiliates, and owned products