Craftsmanship Is Sexy
Noah Kagan Presents
Noah Kagan
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 August 2025
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
My book Million Dollar Weekend is for aspiring entrepreneurs who dream of starting their own business. I break down the process of starting into simple steps that you can do in just one weekend.
As summer wraps up and I pack for Austin, I've been reflecting on my time in Europe. One book I stumbled across in Portugal hit the mood perfectly and got me thinking about craftsmanship, curiosity, and what it really takes to build something you're proud of.
It's Always Summer on the Inside is the biography of Jack O'Neill, the surf pioneer who turned freezing San Francisco waves into a global wetsuit empire. His story is a sharp reminder that the best businesses are born from solving real problems and obsessing over quality.
I also did my first bookstore event and spoke at a local high school. Both reminded me that deep down most of us already know the answers to our big questions. The real challenge is showing up, putting in the reps, and creating work that lasts.
In this episode, you'll hear 3 BIG things:
• Why craftsmanship and quality always beat shortcuts
• How to stop waiting for permission and act on your intuition
• Why success hides in the boring, unglamorous repetitions
Enjoy these 3 things plus many nuggets along the way.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | What is up, you sexy bastards? |
| 0:05.9 | I hope you had a hot girl, hot boy summer. |
| 0:09.6 | It's your boy, Rabbi can't lose, aka Mr. Tapas, aka Noah Kagan. |
| 0:15.8 | Now, I've been putting on an episode consistently every month, I don't know, years now, at least weekly now months. |
| 0:23.1 | And so I didn't want to miss August. |
| 0:24.8 | So I'm doing this episode. |
| 0:26.2 | I don't even know what the hell I'm going to talk about. |
| 0:27.9 | So I'm just going to hang out with you guys for 10, 20 minutes before I got to go home. |
| 0:32.1 | We are leaving back to America with our baby tomorrow from Barcelona, Spain. |
| 0:38.6 | We're going to Austin, Texas. |
| 0:40.0 | And how was your summer? |
| 0:42.0 | I love hearing me, guys. |
| 0:43.0 | I check up downloads sometimes. |
| 0:44.9 | And there's still like almost 10,000 per episode, which is awesome. |
| 0:48.7 | I think with the baby, I barely have time to listen to podcasts. |
| 0:52.5 | But I feel special and privileged that so many of you, frankly, |
| 0:57.4 | the most best looking people I've ever seen in my life, listen to the conversations and shows |
| 1:02.2 | and thoughts that I get to put out on this podcast. Thank you to Jason the podcast editor as |
| 1:06.3 | well for always coming through to deliver on these. I know it's a little bit last minute. |
| 1:10.1 | It's been an interesting summer. I can't say it's been what they call the endless summer or one of the most epic summers I've ever had, but it's definitely a different one. When, as we brought our baby out here, it was definitely more of a challenge. We prioritized our family, so it's just tough. And one of the things I realized is I felt so lucky that in my 20s, |
| 1:27.7 | I was more or less single without a family or really anything to do besides work and try to get |
| 1:33.5 | rich or at least attempt to do something and prove people wrong and prove myself right. And so I have a |
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