The Anonymous and VERY happy $500 Million Man

Noah Kagan Presents

Noah Kagan

Entrepreneurship, Business

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Sumo Day is one of the biggest sales of the year at AppSumo. And it’s for entrepreneurs like you, looking for the best software deals to grow their businesses. There are tools for marketers, agencies, content creators, developers and more. The sale goes until June 13, 2024 at noon CT, so if you want those juicy discounts, then get on it now.

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In this week's episode, I sat down with an anonymous entrepreneur who sold his business for $500 million and has since dedicated his life to philanthropy. He shared with me his story from building a business to giving away a significant portion of his buyout and focusing on what truly matters: happiness and giving back.

There’s also a ton of practical advice on how to manage substantial wealth and the balance between work and personal life. It's for anyone aspiring to achieve financial success while making a meaningful difference in the world.

You'll love these 3 lessons:

True happiness comes from within and aligning your life with your values.
Giving back and focusing on philanthropy can bring immense fulfillment.
Managing wealth effectively involves budgeting for what matters most to you and staying grounded.

All these plus a bunch more ear nuggets along the way

Also if you loved hearing this episode about a $100m buyout, check out this episode with Gary Levitt who built a company for $50 and sold it for $42 Million, that’s episode 41 in this feed.

Transcript

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0:00.0	What is up you sexy bastards? It's your boy. I'm sick.
0:05.1	That's literally me.
0:06.1	A. A. Rabbi Can't Lose. A. Noah Kagan.
0:09.5	This week, we're trying something new.
0:11.9	Instead of a straight up interview, I wanted to share about an experience I had recently with a guy who was just amazing.
0:20.0	I got to connect with him. He sold his company to a big company that you guys all know for half a billion dollars and it was just an awesome conversation and I was so inspired I asked him hey can I write up some notes and share it with him as well as with with you
0:33.2	lucky gorgeous people and he said sure and there was a lot of wisdom there's a lot of
0:38.0	wealth there's a lot of charity and there's a lot of just amazing advice for people
0:42.1	like you and me it's not about if you're trying to sell your company for a lot of just amazing advice for people like you and me.
0:43.2	It's not about if you're trying to sell your company for a lot of money,
0:45.1	it's just how to live a great life and he's definitely made some mistakes which we're
0:48.3	going to talk about in the show and it's just me recounting my lessons and experience with him during lunch. He doesn't want any publicity,
0:55.2	he doesn't have social media, this is just my experience with him. Here's three gigantic lessons
0:59.7	you're going to take away from this conversation. Number one, how to find true happiness. Number two,
1:06.2	flying private. I'm always curious about that. Number three, giving back and how do you
1:10.8	manage your wealth, whether you're just getting started or you're at this significant level.
1:15.0	There's going to be that plus a bunch more ear nuggets along the way.
1:18.0	Summa Day is one of the biggest sales of the year at Apseumo and it's happening right now. It is going to be ending June 13th at
1:25.2	noon central that is this Thursday so if you want insane software deals plus I believe
1:29.9	an extra 10% off of everything go over over to AppSuma.com. There are amazing software deals if you're a marketer,
1:36.4	if you're an agency, if you're a content creator, if you're a developer, if you're a soul
1:39.2	opener, go over to AppSuma.com and check out this Sumo Day sale, one of our biggest sales of the year.
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