289. Million Dollar Weekend with Noah Kagan and Taylor Wallace (Part 1)

The Greg McKeown Podcast

Greg McKeown

Education, Business, Self-improvement

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🗓️ 11 April 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

About the Guest: Noah Kagan is the trailblazing entrepreneur and marketing guru best known as the Chief Sumo at AppSumo.com, a platform championing the empowerment of entrepreneurs. His professional journey saw humble beginnings as a "cubicle monkey" at Intel before he became employee number 30 at Facebook and number four at Mint. These early career milestones equipped him with deep insights into business startups, marketing, and personal development. He's also the author of "Million Dollar Weekend," a guide aimed at revolutionizing entrepreneurial thinking and successful business launches. Episode Summary: In the latest episode of the Greg McKeown podcast, we're gifted with the presence of Noah Kagan, unveiling the fabric of successful entrepreneurship in a discussion soaked with wisdom and practical advice. The episode transcends the traditional entrepreneurial dialogue, exploring the significance of starting small, embracing failures, and adopting continuous learning as a cornerstone of personal and professional growth. Noah unpacks his journey through the landscape of high-impact businesses, reflecting on the monumental effects of his formative experiences at Facebook and Mint. The conversation delves into the motivations behind his new book "Million Dollar Weekend," a crystallization of his entrepreneurial philosophy. The pair examine the psychological barriers that aspiring entrepreneurs face and how to overcome them to create businesses capable of reaching the million-dollar mark, emphasizing the importance of taking initial actionable steps. Embracing the ethos of essentialism, they unravel how the courage to start, despite the fear of being subpar, is often the defining trait between successful entrepreneurs and mere dreamers. Resources: "Million Dollar Weekend" book by Noah Kagan AppSumo.com - Noah Kogan's platform for entrepreneurs Join my weekly newsletter. Learn more about my books and courses. Join The Essentialism Academy. Follow me on LinkedIn, Instagram, X, Facebook, and YouTube. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Greg McEwen Podcast where we explore the essence of
0:08.0	essentialism and doing less but better and today we are diving into the entrepreneurial spirit in an unusual way.
0:15.5	We're going to have Noah Kogan who of course is the chief
0:19.9	sumo at app sumo.com platform dedicated to empowering entrepreneurs to excel and you know kick it to the next level with their ventures
0:30.7	as Noah's journey started off as a cubicle monkey at Intel, pioneering all sorts of interesting positions at Facebook.
0:40.0	Number 30 at Facebook. That's a good thing to be able to boast about. Number four at Mint,
0:46.9	that is the Number 4 employee at Mint. That's equipped him with some fascinating unparalleled insights I would say
0:53.8	into starting a business marketing personal improvement all the rest of it he has
0:58.2	just launched a new book million dollar weekend a guide that promises to change the way that you think
1:05.3	about entrepreneurship and your path to success.
1:09.1	So that's the subject matter that we're going to be talking about, but we're going to do it in an unusual way. So, First of all let me just welcome Noah Kogan to the podcast. Thank you Greg. It is
1:47.2	awesome to see you. One of my favorite books of all time is Million
1:50.6	Dollar Weekend and number two is yours. No, literally, essentially it was like it's one of the best ever so I'm, you know, I've just
1:57.8	excited to be able to chat with you and Taylor in the show today.
2:00.9	Well and that's that you just said the intro because we also have Taylor Wallace here who the show
2:03.0	because we also have Taylor Wallace here who I'm pretty sure is a blood relative of
2:07.0	William Wallace of Brave Heart Fame.
2:09.2	Something, there's something there we think at least connected by rumor but this is an unusual
2:14.9	thing that we're about to try and do welcome by the way tell it to the show
2:17.7	thanks for having me okay so as if it isn't a challenge enough to just try to
2:22.1	understand what is in a million dollar weekend.
2:26.1	We're going to try to approach this in a surprising way.
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