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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From homeless to billionaire: John Paul DeJoria's business principles
Noah Kagan
July 7, 2023
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10
Business models
7
Prospecting & outreach
6
Build for reorders, not one-time sales — quality drives repeat demand
Patron was rejected as too expensive; persistence proved distributors wrong
Rich means happy and healthy — money without both is poverty
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What four immigrant millionaires say about the American dream
Noah Kagan
June 17, 2023
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10
Resilience & grit
7
Having no plan B forces creativity that capital and comfort never produce.
All four millionaires say the American dream is more accessible today, not less.
Start in sales, build a niche agency, or create content to reach your first million.
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From El Salvador refugee to $180M natural gas trader
Noah Kagan
May 31, 2023
Founder interviews
9
Resilience & grit
7
Lost $60M in three weeks, reversed position, made back $180M.
Stress tolerance — not skill — separates top traders from the rest.
Find what you're genuinely good at; everything else is wasted effort.
What supercar owners actually do for a living
Noah Kagan
May 20, 2023
Case studies
9
Niche selection
6
Oil, gas, and supply chain dominate supercar owners' income sources.
Networking casually can open doors to life-changing opportunities.
Real wealth came from years of relentless work, not quick schemes.
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How Brian Smith built Ugg from $500 and 28 pairs sold
Noah Kagan
April 23, 2023
Founder interviews
10
Branding
8
Bootstrapping
6
Selling lifestyle beats selling product — Ugg sales jumped 10x overnight
Billion-dollar brands need a societal tailwind, not just a great idea
Nearly lost the company twice; both near-losses became the turning point
How to build a $1M solo business with no employees
Noah Kagan
March 28, 2023
Business models
9
Email marketing
7
Bootstrapping
6
94% margins are achievable solo — Justin Welsh does $1.7M at $623/month costs
Sell what people already pay you for, not a brand-new industry
One newsletter writer can service 1.5 million subscribers with no extra work
AI tools & automation
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Nine AI-powered business ideas to start in 2023
Noah Kagan
February 22, 2023
AI tools & automation
9
Business models
8
Growth hacking
6
Build an AI newsletter from scratch — 20k subscribers in 14 weeks is real
Service arbitrage: automate Fiverr gigs with ChatGPT at near-zero cost
Sell pickaxes in the gold rush — aggregate and resell AI tools
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How private jet owners built wealth: lessons from the tarmac
Noah Kagan
January 26, 2023
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9
Niche selection
6
Food, finance, and tech are the three recession-proof industries.
Decide with 70% of the data — waiting for certainty kills action.
Find a niche, crush it, and deliver more value than anyone else.
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Paul Orfalea on building Kinkos from $5,000 to $3 billion in sales
Noah Kagan
December 21, 2022
Founder interviews
10
Bootstrapping
7
Culture building
6
Your business is an instrument — the moment you love it, you lose.
Kinkos grew to $3B with zero outside investors, ever.
Success is your adult children choosing to spend time with you.
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College Dropouts Who Made Millions: Is a Degree Worth It?
Noah Kagan
December 7, 2022
Founder interviews
9
Identity & self-belief
7
Pivoting
6
Dropout upside rated 8–9/10; fear of leaving is just a temporary 2–3.
Social media, agencies, and drop-shipping beat venture SaaS for fast cash.
Never leave without a plan — know what the million dollars is actually for.
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What billionaire founders really think about money, regret, and success
Noah Kagan
November 14, 2022
Founder interviews
10
Exit strategy
6
Resilience & grit
5
The exit brought relief — but lifestyle barely changed after millions arrived
Deepest regrets were relational: not enough thank-yous to the people who built it
Real success is your adult kids choosing to spend time with you
Luxury Real Estate Agents on What It Really Takes to Earn $1M
Noah Kagan
October 30, 2022
Case studies
9
Prospecting & outreach
6
Top brokers start near-broke; Serhant earned $9K his first year.
Brokerage is zero-capital risk — time is the only real investment.
Relentless outwork beats inherited wealth and networks every time.
What Israeli entrepreneurs do differently to build billion-dollar startups
Noah Kagan
October 18, 2022
Case studies
10
Niche selection
6
Resilience & grit
6
Constant dysfunction forces Israelis to improvise, breeding entrepreneurial instinct.
Tiny home market compels global thinking from day one.
Passion beats profit as fuel; action beats books every time.
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What poker millionaires reveal about making money and decisions
Noah Kagan
September 9, 2022
Founder interviews
9
Long-term planning
8
Emotional control after big losses separates pros from amateurs.
Find games where your edge is largest, not the most prestigious.
Poker's EV framework is the decision-making tool most people lack.
Cash flow management
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How to protect and grow wealth during a recession
Noah Kagan
August 17, 2022
Cash flow management
9
Market research
6
Bootstrapping
5
Cash-flowing websites sell at 3x earnings vs. S&P 500 at 16x
Boring index funds beat flashy allocations over 50-year horizons
Recessions create the innovations the next decade runs on