In today's episode, we're trying something different! Usually, y'all know I have one guest and I ask them a whole bunch of questions. BUT today, I have THREE guests. And I asked each of them to give me the advice they wish they could tell their 20-year-old self. In today's episode, you'll hear from: - Bing Gordon: Former chief creative officer of the video game company Electronic Arts - Paul Orfalea: Founder of Kinkos… which sold for over $2.6 BILLION dollars!! - And Bob Metcalfe: Who invented t...
Apr 28, 2023•22 min•Ep. 297
In today's episode, I talk to Andrew Viterbi, co-founder of Qualcomm and creator of the Viterbi algorithm. When Andrew was just 4 years old, he came to the US as a refugee from Italy. By 10 years old, he already had a passion for math and technology and wanted to study at MIT university (spoiler alert… he did!). Now, Andrew is in his 80s!!!! And he's known for being the co-founder of Qualcomm — a $120 BILLION dollar company!!! And he also invented the Viterbi algorithm. If you've ever wanted to ...
Apr 21, 2023•30 min•Ep. 296
Today's guest needs no introduction — it's Steve Chou!! The husband behind My Wife Quit Her Job , entrepreneur extraordinaire, and now third-timer on this podcast (I think he gets first place for most appearances on the pod… Thanks Steve!) Not only is Steve a million-dollar entrepreneur and popular content creator, but he's also a dad to two teenage kids — and spoiler alert… they still like him!!! And today, Steve's here to talk about how he made that happen, and why he wrote a book about it… Ch...
Apr 13, 2023•34 min•Ep. 295
In today's episode, I talk about my dinner with Peter Thiel. He is the co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, a billionaire investor, and the author of the bestselling book Zero to One . In late 2021, my best friend Nevile and I had an opportunity to grab dinner with him and it was a WILD experience. Here's a few GIGANTIC nuggets you are gonna learn in this episode: 1. Waking up early, drinking wine, and willpower 2. What kind of phone Peter uses 3. Zombification of all thoughts Enjoy those 3 things...
Apr 06, 2023•11 min•Ep. 294
In today's episode, I talk to Suumit Shah of Dukaan. Suumit is a software engineer from Bangalore, India—AKA the Silicon Valley of India!! When the pandemic started and people everywhere were looking for ways to sell online, Suumit noticed a BIG problem. There were tons of websites to help people start online stores but NONE of them were smartphone friendly. So he created Dukaan in 48-hours. (Y'all know I'm a BIG fan of building a business in a weekend!!) Then he listed it on AppSumo to get cust...
Mar 30, 2023•51 min•Ep. 293
Last week I did a LIVE podcast episode for the first time with some friends: - Neville Medhora of Copywriting Course - Sam Parr of The Hustle and My First Million Podcast - Nick Gray, author of the The 2-Hour Cocktail Party and founder of Museum Hack - Justin Mares of Kettle & Fire , Surely Non-Alcoholic Wine , and Perfect Keto It was great, y'all. Thanks to SXSW and the AppSumo team for organizing it, and the audience for coming out. We talked all about how to succeed as a content creator 2...
Mar 23, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 292
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 t...
Mar 16, 2023•53 min•Ep. 291
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 mus...
Mar 09, 2023•56 min•Ep. 290
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 ...
Mar 02, 2023•34 min•Ep. 289
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...
Feb 23, 2023•42 min•Ep. 288
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). ...
Feb 17, 2023•15 min•Ep. 287
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 ...
Feb 10, 2023•32 min•Ep. 286
In today's episode, I talk to Uri Levine, co-founder of Waze. Uri hated getting stuck in traffic, so he helped start a company called Waze to fix his problem. Google bought Waze in 2013 for over $1.1 billion dollars! But that wasn't it for Uri — he invested in Moovit, another real-time transit app, which sold to Intel for another $1 billion dollars! Check out Uri's book, Fall In Love with the Problem, Not the Solution , to learn how to identify your consumers' biggest problems and disrupt the ma...
Feb 02, 2023•21 min•Ep. 285
In today's episode, I welcome Sam Parr back to the podcast! Sam created the popular newsletter The Hustle , which emails over 1 million people per day. Four years after he built it, he sold it to HubSpot for multi-millions of dollars. Now, he's the co-host of one of the top business podcasts, My First Million , where he and his co-host Shaan Puri talk all things business ideas and market trends, and interview other entrepreneurs to get the behind-the-scenes scoop on their projects. Search for My...
Jan 26, 2023•41 min•Ep. 284
Brett Williams earns $80k/month in pure PROFIT thanks to his subscription design agency, Designjoy. But, there's something unique about his business… He has no employees! While most design businesses focus on outsourcing work to freelancers or junior members of the team, Brett focuses on creating high-quality designs. And the best way to ensure that is to just do it himself! His design work is SO popular, he's even had to turn off orders in the past to prevent more client sign-ups. And he double...
Jan 19, 2023•28 min•Ep. 283
Justin Welsh runs a one-person business that does $1.7 million dollars a year, spends ZERO money on ads, and operates at a 94% margin! That's right. He keeps most of the money. Unlike a lot of the solopreneurs that hire freelancers and virtual assistants, Justin does everything himself and still has time to go on vacations frequently. In this episode, we talk about how to scale a one-person business using software and systems. Full show notes: https://okdork.com/podcast/282 Get the BEST daily de...
Jan 12, 2023•37 min•Ep. 282
Round 16 of answering your Q&As with your uncle Noah. In this episode, we are going to talk about: What's AppSumo growth tactics for 2023? How to monetize your YouTube channel as an artist? How to get more clients as a personal trainer? And if you want me to answer your question in a future episode, submit here: https://okdork.com/asknoah
Jan 05, 2023•23 min•Ep. 281
Chandler Bolt is the CEO of Self-Publishing School & SelfPublishing.com . He dropped out of college during his Sophomore year because he had the itch to run his own business. By the time his friends were graduating college, his business, Self-Publishing School, was already making a million dollars in annual revenue. Despite making a lot of money at a young age, Chandler is NOT an overnight success. Self-Publishing School was probably his 3rd or 4th business. He has put in many reps and tried...
Dec 28, 2022•40 min•Ep. 280
Larry Janesky came from humble beginnings. No one in his family went to college, and he didn't have the money to go to college, either. So he started his own carpentry business straight out of high school and expanded that business into a multimillion dollar home improvement empire. Today, his company Contractor Nation fixes people's homes—but there's a lot more to it than that. Larry has created an intricate business model and started a product dealer network to have as much control over the su...
Dec 21, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 279
Robert D. Friedman is most well-known for being the co-founder of Auction.com , one of the largest real estate auction firms in the United States. Rob is definitely one of those guys that learned more by doing than by studying in a classroom. He started an auto repair shop at the age of 19 making $100k/year, and then he used that as a springboard to start many other business ventures, mostly in the real estate industry. He has been working with his business partner, Jeffrey Frieden, for over 40 ...
Dec 15, 2022•39 min
In the 2008 market crash, Pat Flynn was laid off from his job as an architect. He had just graduated college, was about to get married, and it was his dream career. Like many people in that situation, he turned to entrepreneurship. What he didn't know at the time, is that it would change his life forever. Now, he's been running Smart Passive Income for almost 15 years (longer than his kids have been alive!) and he's built several other successful online businesses, impacted millions of people ar...
Dec 09, 2022•42 min•Ep. 277
Brian Smith started the global footwear brand UGG with just $500. At the age of 29, Brian quit his profession in accounting, and went to California to surf and start his entrepreneurial journey. He noticed that there was no sheepskin footwear in California, but every Australian he knew owned a pair of sheepskin footwear. So he brought six pairs of sheepskin boots from Australia to test the market and UGG was born! In this episode, Brian shares how to build a meaningful fashion brand and marketin...
Dec 01, 2022•58 min•Ep. 276
If there's one thing Garrain Jones knows, it's how to transform your life for the better. This guy has an epic story. Tough childhood events put his life into a downward trajectory that led him to selling drugs, stripping, going to prison, and becoming over $200,000 in debt. It seemed like every time he took one step forward, he'd take two steps back. Finally, he had enough and committed to changing his life. He moved to LA, starred in a Beyoncé music video, signed a $500,000 record deal with Lu...
Nov 24, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 275
Round 15 of answering your Q&As with your uncle Noah. In this episode, we are going to talk about: How to quickly build "a network" while living abroad Decision-making: when to think fast and when to think slow Why you should spend more money on advertising during a recession And if you want me to answer your question in a future episode, submit here: https://okdork.com/asknoah
Nov 17, 2022•24 min•Ep. 274
Paul Orfalea is the legendary founder Kinko's. If you guys haven't heard of Kinko's before, it was a leading retail chain for people to use copying machines in the late 90s. Paul ran the company for 30 years, and it was later acquired by FedEx for $2.4 billion dollars in 2004! Paul is an AMAZING entrepreneur and also very humble. In this episode, Paul shares the top life and business lessons he learned over the years. Full show notes: https://okdork.com/podcast/273 Get the BEST daily deals on so...
Nov 10, 2022•52 min•Ep. 273
Born and raised in Manhattan, Matthew Lesser did not want to have a job that made him sit behind a desk all day. He wanted flexibility and that's why he got into the real estate business. What's interesting about Matthew is that he doesn't have a YouTube channel, works in a small boutique real estate firm, but still making 7 figures a year for himself. In this episode, we talked about how to get started as a real estate broker with zero networks. Full show notes: https://okdork.com/podcast/272 G...
Nov 03, 2022•21 min•Ep. 272
Round 14 of answering your Q&As with your uncle Noah. In this episode, we are going to talk about: How to expand a 7-figure software development business Is it better to start a newsletter or a blog How to market Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) And if you want me to answer your question in a future episode, submit here: https://okdork.com/asknoah
Oct 27, 2022•14 min•Ep. 271
In today's episode, we talk about marketing and advice for people in their twenties. This episode is a segment from my interview with the My First Million podcast hosted by good buddies Sam Parr and Shaan Puri. Go check out their show for the full episode. Full show notes: https://okdork.com/podcast/270 Get the BEST daily deals on software at: https://appsumo.com/noah...
Oct 20, 2022•8 min•Ep. 270
Ryan Serhant is a fellow YouTuber and one of the top real estate brokers in the world. He initially went to New York became he wanted to get into theaters. But after he ran out of money, Ryan decided to give real estate a try. In his first year, he only made a total of $9,000. In his second year, he made $50,000. And 10+ years later, he owns a real estate agency that is doing $1.4B in revenue! In this interview, Ryan shares how you can start a career in real estate yourself. Full show notes: htt...
Oct 13, 2022•27 min•Ep. 269
Round 13 of answering your Q&As with your uncle Noah. In this episode, we are going to talk about: Is Europe underrated or overrated? How to acquire customers without paid advertising? How to create a SaaS product for your existing audience when you don't know how to code? For those that want Muhammad's email: muhammad.atif@purelogics.info And if you want me to answer your question in a future episode, submit here: https://okdork.com/asknoah...
Oct 06, 2022•9 min•Ep. 268
