Noah Kagan Marketing & Business Blog

Hola, I am the Chief Sumo at Sumo.com and AppSumo.com, where we help entrepreneurs kick more ass. Before that I was a cubicle monkey at Intel, #30 at Facebook and #4 at Mint. These are my stories on marketing, starting a business, personal improvement and productivity tips.

My latest posts:

How to Have a Great Day (w/ Erik Allebest of Chess.com)

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify In today’s episode, I talk to Erik Allebest, co-founder and CEO of Chess.com. In 2006, Erik and co-founder Jay decided the world needs a better chess website. He turned down multiple job offers from tech companies such as Facebook to make this dream a reality. Today, chess.com is the...

14+ Years of Creating (w/ Pat Flynn)

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify In today’s episode, I talk to Pat Flynn — an entrepreneur, podcaster & collector of Pokemon cards. His online business Smart Passive Income is a 7-figure business and reaches over 1 million people per month. He also hosts The Smart Passive Income Podcast, which was at one point the...

16 Leadership Activities (You Can Do Today)

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts / Spotify In 2018, I took a trip to Israel to learn how to be a better leader. There were 50 other people there, including a vice president at Nike, people who have sold businesses, and more. I left the trip with 16 leadership activities that have stuck with me to...

Work Rules by Laszlo Bock

When employees trust leadership, they become brand ambassadors. Make their CEo and board accessible to all employees. Accessible isn’t just “free” but balanced. Decisions manager at Google cannot make unilaterally: Whom to hire, Fire, how much of a salary increase, whom to promote. The problem is that you and I might define our “best people”...