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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Product-market fit
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How to market a book: product-market fit before promotion
Noah Kagan
May 11, 2017
Product-market fit
8
Content marketing
7
Bad marketing usually means a bad product, not bad promotion.
Know exactly who buys the first 1,000 copies before launch.
Doing unscalable things — calls, giveaways — beats passive Amazon listings.
The real economics of writing and publishing a book
Noah Kagan
May 9, 2017
Unit economics
9
Business models
7
Content marketing
5
Most authors never earn beyond their advance — and that's fine.
The real money comes from what the book enables, not sells.
Sustained weekly sales over years beat any launch spike.
Why most artists fail: it's not talent, it's who they make for
Noah Kagan
May 8, 2017
Growth hacking
8
Niche selection
6
Product-market fit
5
The starving artist myth: gatekeepers are gone, so excuses are too.
Same book, different outcome — quality doesn't determine success.
Build audience into the work before launch, not after.
Identity & self-belief
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Apprenticeship, smart cuts, and building a career without shortcuts
Noah Kagan
May 8, 2017
Identity & self-belief
8
Resilience & grit
7
Productivity & habits
5
Working for a mentor beats any credential — it's paid access to expertise.
Turning down an early book deal made the eventual book far better.
Smart cuts find faster routes; they don't eliminate the work required.
Building and engaging an email list from day one
Noah Kagan
May 5, 2017
Email marketing
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Retention & loyalty
6
Content marketing
5
Start your email list now — it's an asset for any future project
Ask new subscribers what they want; they hand you your content plan
Balance audience demand with personal interest to sustain output long-term
Prospecting & outreach
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How reframing outreach around the other person gets better results
Noah Kagan
May 1, 2017
Prospecting & outreach
9
Copywriting
6
Lead every ask with their benefit, not yours
Targeting pre-interested people doubles reply rates fast
AppSumo grew by always leading with partner value
Seven advanced email marketing tactics to grow a quality list
Noah Kagan
April 28, 2017
Pruning inactive subscribers boosted one founder's open rates by 30%.
Over-aggressive opt-in prompts drive away quality sign-ups.
Signing up for your own autoresponder reveals at least one fix every time.
10 real-world business ideas from everyday problems
Noah Kagan
April 26, 2017
Niche selection
8
Customer discovery
6
Your own daily frustrations are the best source of business ideas.
Personal service businesses — resale, styling, trip planning — are wide open.
SaaS products are oversold but under-implemented; setup consulting pays.
Resilience & grit
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Three lessons from top comedians that apply to any craft
Noah Kagan
April 24, 2017
Resilience & grit
9
Identity & self-belief
7
Productivity & habits
5
Top comedians worked 5–10 years unnoticed before anyone cared.
Recording yourself and cutting what doesn't land beats blind repetition.
Copying others is fine — until you find what's distinctly yours.
Productivity & habits
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Seven Google Chrome keyboard shortcuts and extensions for productivity
Noah Kagan
April 21, 2017
Productivity & habits
8
Automation & tools
5
Cmd+9 jumps to your last tab instantly, no mouse needed
SiteBlock lets you ban distracting sites by time of day
News Feed Eradicator removes the Facebook feed entirely
Email marketing tactics that generated $100k from a single send
Noah Kagan
April 19, 2017
Email marketing
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Copywriting
7
Objection handling
5
Doubling email frequency raised AppSumo's customer lifetime value by 25%
One proven template — problem, solution, offer, scarcity — drove an $80k weekend
Track one metric, find your three best emails, then produce more of that type
Identity & self-belief
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How to make friends with high-value people without being a fanboy
Noah Kagan
April 17, 2017
Identity & self-belief
8
Networking
7
Saying 'I know you're busy' instantly signals you're below them.
Offer specific, researched value with zero expectation of return.
Treat famous people like equals — they rarely get that.
How to grow your business by defining a clear vision
Noah Kagan
April 14, 2017
Vision & mission
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Goal setting
6
Without a destination, every business decision is just wandering
Tim Ferriss declared his exact goal before he had any platform
Ask yourself how you'd run it if you could have it any way
Productivity & habits
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10 practical life upgrades you can start today
Noah Kagan
April 3, 2017
Productivity & habits
8
Deep work & focus
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Find your peak productivity window — not everyone's is 5 a.m.
Cold showers and physical challenges build a tolerance for discomfort.
Hiring an editor raises the floor of your output in any domain.
Focus on the essentials: lessons from In-N-Out and Apple
Noah Kagan
March 27, 2017
Business models
7
Productivity & habits
6
In-N-Out and Apple built empires by ruthlessly cutting their offerings
The 80/20 rule: double down on what works, remove everything else
One area of purge — closet, content, calendar — unlocks clarity everywhere