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Noah Kagan

guest · in 23 sources (2019–2024)

Works: Noah Kagan Presents, AppSumo

Speaks in 4 sources; this page lists what is said about them.

Sources by year: 2019: 1 · 2020: 5 · 2021: 2 · 2022: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2024: 12

Often together

What comes up in the same parts of the videos; the number is how many parts.

Facebook (5) · Tim Ferriss (6) · LinkedIn (3) · Alex Hormozi (3) · Instagram (5) · Derek Sivers (2) · Deep Dive (3) · Ryan Holiday (2) · Not Overthinking (2) · Book Club (2)

What the videos say

The most important statements of each year; all statements.

2024

  • 2024-02-06 · How to Start Your First Business in 48 Hours — recommendation: Ali calls Noah Kagan's Million Dollar Weekend a fantastic book for aspiring entrepreneurs: anyone who has wanted to start a business and has not yet done it needs to read its play-by-play roadmap. — 00:00:00
    • Following Noah Kagan's Million Dollar Weekend, Ali calls "I need the right idea" a myth that holds aspiring entrepreneurs back: you start a business by deciding to start one, then find a process to come up with the idea. — 00:00:29
    • Noah Kagan (quoted): Noah Kagan writes that most people overthink first and act later, while every successful entrepreneur acts first and figures it out later; any analysis ahead of action is speculation. — 00:01:14
    • Noah Kagan's motto "now, not how" has stuck with Ali since he read the book: instead of being held back by how to do something, ask what is the smallest action you can take right now. — 00:01:43
  • 2024-03-08 · 4 Steps to Making $10,000/Month in Your First Business — Ali: Noah Kagan's process in Million Dollar Weekend starts with the audience and then the concept, the reverse of Daniel Priestley's order; Ali says it is basically the same, depending on which order you prefer. — 00:07:12
  • 2024-04-23 · My honest advice to someone who wants financial freedom — recommendation: Ali's recommended reading list for getting started with entrepreneurship: The Millionaire Fastlane by MJ DeMarco, Million Dollar Weekend by Noah Kagan, $100M Offers by Alex Hormozi and DotCom Secrets by Russell Brunson. — 00:26:39
  • 2024-05-02 · The biggest misconception about starting a business 🙄 — recommendation: Ali: On starting a business without quitting your job, Ali recommends Noah Kagan's book Million Dollar Weekend, and also The Millionaire Fastlane by MJ DeMarco and The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss. — 00:00:38
  • 2024-06-28 · How to Not Screw Up Your 30s — Ali: Noah Kagan hosted Ali at his house in Austin for a month while Ali was there last year (2023). — 00:26:26
    • Noah Kagan advises writing out where you think and want to be at 40, which he says will surprise you and give you direction. — 00:27:54
  • 2024-12-24 · 19 Books to Transform Your 2026 — recommendation: Ali: To anyone who actually wants to start a business rather than just read about it forever, Ali 100% recommends Noah Kagan's Million Dollar Weekend, which helps you take action. — 00:09:25
  • 2024-12-27 · My honest advice to someone who wants passive income — recommendation: Ali: For anyone stuck without a business idea, Ali points to Noah Kagan's Million Dollar Weekend and its first-chapter Now, Not How challenge: ask one person you respect for a business idea. — 00:12:01
    • Noah Kagan (quoted): Noah Kagan's challenge gives a script to text a friend now: you know me well, so what kind of business do you think I'd be good at? — 00:12:39
  • …and 13 statements more in 2024 — all statements of 2024

Also named in: Don't Quit Your Day Job Yet 🤔, If I started a business in 2024... 🤔

2022

  • 2022-01-31 · 20 Podcasts That Changed My Life (and Business) — Ali: Around 2019 and 2020, working out how to market his business and grow his courses, Ali listened to 20 episodes of Noah Kagan Presents and 12 of Amy Porterfield's Online Marketing Made Easy, and found them super useful. — 00:11:26
  • 2022-03-21 · The Biggest Lessons from 110 Books — Ali plans to read Ricardo Semler's Radical, recommended by Noah Kagan, this year (2022), because Semler ran his business in a rogue fashion more in line with how Ali wants to run his. — 00:29:24

2021

  • 2021-08-22 · My Most Important Weekly Habit — Ali says Noah Kagan, Tim Ferriss, Ryan Holiday and James Clear all sing the praises of an email newsletter, because it is the only guaranteed way to contact your audience. — 00:07:05
  • 2021-09-08 · The Best Productivity Hacks of All Time — Ali ranks colour-coding the calendar by category, which his friend Noah Kagan uses a lot, D, because he does not use it himself. — 00:07:46

2020

  • 2020-04-29 · Productivity, Books and Careers Advice - Ali Abdaal x Noah Kagan // Deep Dive — recommendation: Noah Kagan: Noah says college is the best time to start a business, with time and little downside: take as many risks as you can early, because people get safe and scared of losing as they age. — 00:03:35
    • Noah Kagan: Noah listed every business he has started, more than 20, and says that after 20 years of trying he is now worth over a million dollars. — 00:05:24
    • Noah Kagan: Noah's 10-year rule: work on something for 10 years and you will become a millionaire if that is your goal, or reach whatever success you want as a musician, artist or writer. — 00:05:53
    • Noah Kagan: Noah encourages people to find the work they would do with a million dollars in the bank and do it now, because doing it is how they will earn the million. — 00:08:48
    • Noah Kagan: Noah was fired from Facebook; he thinks they were right to fire him, and it gave him a chip on his shoulder that drove him to do other things. — 00:13:00
    • Noah Kagan: To climb out of a low point such as being fired, Noah says first rebuild confidence and self-worth with things you can control, such as making your bed or doing a push-up, then help one person. — 00:15:59
    • Noah Kagan: Noah's coffee challenge: wherever you buy something, usually a cafe, ask for 10% off, to practise asking, which he calls one of the most powerful muscles anyone can develop. — 00:17:27
    • Noah Kagan: Noah treats jealousy as a compass to what you want or don't want: rather than worrying about being behind peers, decide where you want to be, starting with the end of the month. — 00:24:28
    • Noah Kagan: Noah says you need things to look forward to, and if you have none this week (week of 27 April 2020), make something; he also keeps fantasy lists of adventures, such as living in a van. — 00:37:25
    • Noah Kagan: Noah says he believes in fulfilment and control rather than happiness: happiness can be easy and fleeting, fulfilment is challenging. — 00:45:44
    • Noah Kagan: Noah's "optimise the 80%": invest in what you spend your time on, such as your bed and computer, and not in things that matter less to you, such as clothes. — 00:50:05
    • Noah Kagan: To find your talents, Noah says look at what you gravitate to in free time, ask a friend you respect what your unique talent is, and try many things to learn what you don't like. — 00:53:07
  • …and 47 statements more in 2020 — all statements of 2020

2019

Also named in other years (nothing said): If I Wanted to Grow An Audience in 2026, I'd Do This (2023-11-28)