EP 116: Get $25k First Book Advance and Sell 500,000 Copies with Michael Port

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders

Nathan Latka

Ceo, Entrepreneurs, Founders, Software, Business, Entrepreneurship, Saas, Startups

4.6 • 683 Ratings

🗓️ 17 November 2015

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Listen to The Top if you want to hear from the worlds TOP entrepreneurs on how much they sold last month, how they are selling it, and what they are selling - 7 days a week in 20 minute interviews! Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

The Top is FOR YOU if you are:

A STUDENT who wants to become the CEO of a $10m company in under 24 months (episode #4)

STUCK in the CORPORATE grind and looking to create a $10k/mo side business so you can quit (episode #7)

An influencer or BLOGGER who wants to make $27k/mo in monthly RECURRING revenue to have the life you want and full CONTROL (episode #1)

The Software as a Service (SaaS) entrepreneur who wants to grow to a $100m+ valuation (episode #14).

Your host, Nathan Latka is a 25 year old software entrepreneur who has driven over $4.5 million in revenue and built a 25 person team as he dropped out of school, raised $2.5million from a Forbes Billionaire, and attracted over 10,000 paying customers from 160+ different countries.

Oprah gets 60 minutes or more to make her guests comfortable to then ask tough questions. Nathan does it all in less than 15 minutes in this daily podcast that's like an audio version of Pat Flynn's monthly income report. Join the Top Tribe at http://NathanLatka.com/TheTop

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0:00.0	This is the top, where I interview entrepreneurs who are number one or number two in their industry in terms of revenue or customer base.
0:09.4	You'll learn how much revenue they're making, what their marketing funnel looks like, and how many customers they have.
0:16.1	I'm now at $20,000 per talk.
0:18.3	Five and six million.
0:19.3	He is hell bent on global domination. We just broke our $100,000 unit sold mark Five and six million. He is hell bent on global domination.
0:21.2	We just broke our $100,000 unit sole mark.
0:23.9	And I'm your host, Nathan Latka.
0:27.2	Okay, Top Tribe, every Monday I give one of you a hundred bucks to invest in your idea and get to the top.
0:33.4	To enter, subscribe to the podcast right now on iTunes and then text the word Nathan to 3344 to prove it.
0:41.4	This week's winner was Jesse from up in Chicago.
0:45.3	Coming up tomorrow morning, Top Tribe, you're going to hear from Ankur Nagpal.
0:48.8	He made $2 million at 18 and then quit for Teachable worth $30 million?
1:00.1	Okay, Top Tribe, Good morning. I have my tea in my hands.
1:05.7	You're going to love our guest today. His name is Michael Port. Now, he is called an uncommonly honest author by the Boston Globe, a marketing guru by the Wall Street Journal, and a sales guru
1:12.3	by the Financial Times. Michael Port is a New York Times best-selling author of six books,
1:18.1	count them six, including Book Yourself Solid and his hot new release, steal the show. Michael,
1:24.8	are you ready to take us to the top? Heck yeah. All right, so let's do this. I'm so thrilled that you're on. First off,
1:31.0	tell me about the book launch. Why write another book? Everyone says people just lose money and
1:35.7	waste time writing books. Is that true? Well, I'm sure some people waste money and time writing books.
1:42.6	Look, this is my sixth book and I am not writing another one.
1:46.7	Although I've said that for the last four, I've said, punch me in the eye if I say I'm going to
1:52.0	write another one. But in all seriousness, I think often people ask me, what's the biggest
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