If you’ve ever thought: “I’d love a business BUT …
“I don’t have TIME.”
“I don’t have MONEY.”
“I don’t have IDEAS.”
“I have TOO MANY ideas and I don’t know where to start.”
“I’m not technical.”
“I’m not creative or artistic.”
“I’m not good at sales.”
You’re not alone. Countless people don’t start businesses or side hustles for these reasons.
And they’re losing thousands — perhaps millions — in opportunity cost.
How much could you make if you started a side hustle that eventually scaled into a business? Possibly millions. Today’s guest, Noah Kagan, is living proof.
Noah was employee #30 at Facebook. His stock options, if fully vested, would be worth over $1 billion today.
(If you want to do the math — his stock options came to 0.1 percent of the company, which has a current market cap of $1 trillion.)
But Noah was fired just a couple months before his stock options vested. So rather than getting a billion-dollar payout, he got nothing.
He sank into a deep depression, eventually recovering with the help of a therapist who counseled him on how to reframe the experience.
Then he rolled up his sleeves and got to work. He became a serial entrepreneur, building multiple businesses. His most successful venture now makes $80 million in gross revenue, and his personal take-home is $3.3 million per year (which comes from a $200,000 annual salary and $3.1 million profit distribution.) His net worth is $36 million.
Not a billion, but still not too shabby.
Noah recently wrote a book called “Million Dollar Weekend: The Surprisingly Simple Way to Launch a 7-Figure Business in 48 Hours.”
He sits down with us (in person!) to share:
— how to find business ideas
— how to overcome objections and rejections
— how to scale
By the end of the episode, the common objections that you often hear — like “I don’t have time/money/ideas” — will be quashed.
Please enjoy!
Discussion Timing as of February 2024:
05:17: How to practice the foundation of business
07:05: How to find the low hanging fruit to grow your business
09:43: The first step of entrepreneurship
15:20: How to overcome your objections
19:00: Overcoming rejection
26:12: How to tell if something is scaleable
30:45: The most common fears
34:55: Different kinds of business ideas
42:11: How to find buyers for your product or service
54:32: Scaling vs starting
1:17:00: Paula’s money “aha” moments
Resources mentioned:
Million Dollar Weekend | Website
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