Noah Kagan
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Noah Kagan shares practical lessons on entrepreneurship, growth, marketing, and CEO decision-making drawn from building and scaling profitable businesses.
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Bo Jackson: From 700 Square Feet to Greatest Athlete Ever
Noah Kagan
April 26, 2018
Origin stories
9
Resilience & grit
7
Identity & self-belief
6
Tampa Bay lied about NCAA clearance; Bo refused to sign on principle.
Bo Knows campaign born from a spontaneous storyboard comment in 1985.
Poverty-forged discipline: treat sport as a chapter, not an identity.
Content marketing
YouTube
How Seth's Bike Hacks grew a 600k YouTube channel from scratch
Noah Kagan
April 9, 2018
Content marketing
9
Growth hacking
6
Six months of posting to reach 500 subscribers — then years more
His most-viewed format was a video he almost didn't post
Six revenue streams, with affiliate commissions adding up surprisingly fast
How fake "internet millionaire" lifestyle content works
Noah Kagan
March 26, 2018
Copywriting
9
Conversion rate optimisation
6
The mansion tour is a stunt — it's rented Airbnb, not owned
Faking wealth on camera is a deliberate course-selling strategy
Real success: define your own number and just work hard
How to run a free giveaway to grow your audience
Noah Kagan
March 14, 2018
Growth hacking
9
Email marketing
6
Entrants promote your giveaway for you by earning extra entries
KingSumo lets you run fully functional giveaways for free
Non-winners are a warm audience — hit them with an offer immediately
Founder interviews
YouTube
How Pat Flynn built a loyal online audience from scratch
Noah Kagan
March 5, 2018
Founder interviews
9
Content marketing
7
Niche selection
5
Be the most helpful person in a small niche before selling anything
1,000 true fans at $100/year beats chasing viral scale
Radical transparency — not tactics — is what makes a brand stick
Ten practical marketing strategies for growing your business in 2018
Noah Kagan
February 14, 2018
Growth hacking
8
Branding
6
The hardest channels to execute — video, software — have the least competition
Affiliate programs can drive double-digit revenue if rules are set clearly
Build word-of-mouth triggers into your product at the moment users see results
How to win at eCommerce: differentiation, pricing, and curation
Noah Kagan
February 7, 2018
Niche selection
8
Pricing strategy
6
MVP & prototyping
5
Amazon will clone your product if it sells — so don't be generic
Middle-ground pricing gets squeezed out; own cheap or premium
Curation beats search overload when Amazon has 10 million listings
Customer discovery
YouTube
How KingSumo grew to nearly $1M with minimal effort
Noah Kagan
January 25, 2018
Customer discovery
8
Growth hacking
7
Business models
5
An ugly internal tool earned nearly $1M with zero active marketing
Most buyers never used the product — activation beats acquisition
Score ideas on ease and impact, then run one-week sprints
A simple system for setting and actually achieving annual goals
Noah Kagan
January 11, 2018
Management
9
Identity & self-belief
5
Goals you'd do anyway don't count — only set ones that stretch you
A year-in-review using photos reveals far more than you remember
Print goals and put them everywhere visible — out of sight means undone
Content marketing
YouTube
How Vanessa Van Edwards built a seven-figure social skills business
Noah Kagan
January 5, 2018
Content marketing
8
Growth hacking
7
Business models
6
Original research makes you uncopyable and commands premium corporate fees
Force YouTube recommendations by adding your video to competitors' playlists
Design 'allergies' into your funnel to repel bad-fit customers before purchase
How to launch an apparel business with no marketing budget
Noah Kagan
December 15, 2017
Growth hacking
9
Social media
7
Customer discovery
5
A niche t-shirt sold via Instagram friends generated $1,000 in a single day
Build influencer relationships a year before you need them to promote anything
Asking for feedback — not promotion — is how you get influencers to share your product
Life coaching works when it's rooted in the real world
Noah Kagan
December 13, 2017
Goal setting
8
Productivity & habits
6
Coaches who stay practical make money; woo-woo ones struggle.
Accountability — not inspiration — is what changes behaviour.
A painful public stake beats a life coach for most people.
How to find business ideas and build early career momentum
Noah Kagan
December 6, 2017
Niche selection
8
MVP & prototyping
8
Networking
6
Running many small experiments beats waiting for the perfect idea
Target fast-growing small companies — they're accessible and need you
Geography and events beat job titles for building a real network
Beardbrand: How Shark Tank rejection fueled a $20,000-a-day beard empire
Noah Kagan
December 2, 2017
Case studies
10
Content marketing
8
Branding
7
NYT feature after one week bootstrapped launch sparked first sales.
Shark Tank rejection; show still drove $20,000 single-day sales spike.
No discounts ever — brand confidence beats promotional dependency.
Long-term planning
YouTube
Six practical strategies to plan your best business year
Noah Kagan
November 29, 2017
Long-term planning
9
Goal setting
7
T3B3 peer feedback surfaces blind spots self-assessment always misses.
One singular north-star metric aligned Sumo's entire company each year.
Monthly milestone mapping turns an annual goal into an executable route.