Noah Kagan Presents Noah Kagan

In today’s episode, I talk to 19-year-old business student and entrepreneur, Leif Rasmussen!
 
I met Leif and his dad randomly, and it worked out perfectly because y’all ask me all the time what advice I have for young entrepreneurs. But, I haven’t been a teenager in a long time!
 
Luckily, Leif is a 19-year-old business student here in Austin, and he also runs a knife-sharpening business on the side that makes about $20k/year!
 
Check out Leif’s knife-sharpening business at SharpNAustin.com.



So in today’s episode, Leif asks me questions about how to succeed as a young entrepreneur and I ask him about his business goals—and we get into some deep life conversations along the way.
 
If you’ve ever wanted to learn what it’s like to be a young entrepreneur, you’ll love this episode.
 
In this conversation, you’ll enjoy 3 BIG things:


How to put yourself in a position of hypergrowth, no matter what age you are
Why you need to surround yourself with people who DISAGREE with you
And how to experiment with the dials of your life to find what fits you best
 
Enjoy those 3 things… plus a bunch more ear nuggets along the way.
 

In today’s episode, I talk to Grammy-nominated musician, Ben Kweller.
 
Ben started in the music industry when he was 12 years old! He was part of the popular band Radish—which was signed to major record label, Mercury Records. 
 
But when Ben was 19, Radish disbanded. So Ben moved to New York and went solo.
 
30 years later, he’s still releasing new music, runs a production studio, and mentors musicians to help them navigate the behind-the-scenes side of the music industry.
 
Check out Ben Kweller’s music wherever you listen, and get more from him on his website BenKweller.com.
 
If you’ve ever wanted to learn about what it’s like to be a young rockstar, you’ll love this episode.
 
In this conversation, you’ll enjoy 3 BIG things:


1. Why Ben never had a backup plan out of the music industry
2. How “jam-nesia” is the KEY to having a long-term music career 
3. And what ACTUALLY makes you money as a musician (spoiler alert: it’s not your songs)
 
Enjoy those 3 things… plus a bunch more ear nuggets along the way.
If you’re interested in helping support Ben and his family through this difficult time, check out this GoFundMe page: https://www.gofundme.com/f/Doriankweller

In today’s episode, I talk to Nick Huber, founder of The Sweaty Startup.
Nick sold his first storage business, Storage Squad, for 7 figures!! Now, he owns and operates Bolt Storage which has 42 different self storage facilities taking up over 1.9 million square feet that he rents out and makes bank from.
Check out Nick Huber on Twitter @SweatyStartup and his website SweatyStartup.com.
If you’ve ever wanted to learn about the business opportunities in storage units, you’ll love this episode.
In this conversation, you’ll enjoy 3 BIG things:
 
- Why good businesses (and relationships) don’t need innovation
- A look into the business of self storage and how you can get into it yourself
- And Nick’s exact playbook for how to replicate his success
 
Enjoy those 3 things… plus a bunch more ear nuggets along the way.

Also, if you want to launch your own business but don’t know where to start, I reopened my course Monthly1K for just $10. It’s helped thousands of people start their business journey and I know it will help you, too. Head over to OkDork.com/Monthly1K and sign up.

In today’s episode, I talk to self-improvement entrepreneur Dan Koe.
 
Dan is a former web designer turned content creator who runs the Modern Mastery HQ business community that helps creators and influencers monetize their following by harnessing digital economics.
 
This year, he’s projected to make $2.5 million dollars and runs his business almost entirely by himself—with just a little help from his video editor roommate and one other contractor.
 
If you’ve ever wanted to learn about monetizing a personal brand and running a business by yourself, you’ll love this episode.
 
In this conversation, you’ll enjoy 3 BIG things:


- How Dan scaled his earnings from $10k/year to $2.5M/year
- Why you don’t have to have the biggest following to bring in BIG money
- Plus the exact 4 hour workday schedule Dan lives by
 
Enjoy those 3 things… plus a bunch more ear nuggets along the way.

Also, if you want to launch your own business but don’t know where to start, I reopened my course Monthly1K for just $10. It’s helped thousands of people start their business journey and I know it will help you, too. Head over to OkDork.com/Monthly1K and sign up.

Round 17 of answering your Q&As with your uncle Noah.
In this episode, we are going to talk about:
1. How to navigate life if you are recently laid off
2. How to prioritize your marketing activities without spreading yourself too thin
3. Side hustle ideas for a 9-year old 
And if you want me to answer your question in a future episode, submit here:
https://okdork.com/asknoah
P.S. Need help turning a business idea into reality? I reopened my course Monthly1K for just $10 (kinda limited time). Sign up at OkDork.com/Monthly1K.
 

Lenny Rachitsky runs the #1 business newsletter on Substack, which is simply called lennysnewsletter.com.
Lenny has a REALLY interesting career path. He started off as an engineer, then decided to start his own business, which got acquired by Airbnb, where he stayed and worked for over 7 years until he quit to be his own boss again!
When Lenny left Airbnb to tinker with the different startup ideas, he was writing on the side to share his learnings. But then his writing started to gain a lot of traction online… and it became his MAIN hustle!
On an Indie Hackers post, he said the newsletter is making around $500k ARR, so I had to invite him over to hear about how he runs his one-person business.
P.S. Need help turning a business idea into reality? I reopened my course Monthly1K for just $10 (kinda limited time). Sign up at OkDork.com/Monthly1K.