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January 31, 2024 28 mins

E69: Imagine creating a million dollar business in just 48 hours.  Today, host Yong-Soo (@YongSooChung) is joined by a special guest Noah Kagan (@noahkagan), the CEO of AppSumo.com.  Noah will discuss his new book "Million Dollar Weekend" and explain how he used these strategies and tactics to build AppSumo, a near 9-figure business.

On today’s episode, you’ll learn:

- How to Validate Your Ideas
- The One-Minute Business Model
- The Million-Dollar Weekend Framework
- How to Scale Your Business Successfully

Don't miss out on this one!

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EXCERPTS:

Principles of Business Growth: "You find a problem people really want, And you'd be patient to continually keep delivering for those people." — Noah Kagan (22:19)

Strategic Approach to Business Expansion: "Have a very limited amount of experiments that you think will be your future growth. And then having a list of experiments you think you can do to find those people, doing them over literally 30 days after you have business success, finding the one that works and then continuing that one." — Noah Kagan (24:06)

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LINKS:

How to Find Your Next Million-Dollar Business Idea

Million Dollar Weekend


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First Class Founders is a show for indie hackers, bootstrapped founders, CEOs, solopreneurs, content creators, startup entrepreneurs, and SaaS startups covering topics like build in public, audience growth, product marketing, scaling up, side hustles, holding company, etc.

Past guests include Arvid Kahl, Tyler Denk, Noah Kagan, Clint Murphy, Jay Abraham, Andrew Gazdecki, Matt McGarry, Nick Huber, Khe Hy, and more.

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