The Secret To Running An $80M Company and Building a Following At The Same Time

10 Oct 2023 · 1 min

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Noah Kagan (speaking in a Capitalism.com YouTube video) outlines two strategies he credits for running an $80M business while building a large following: maintaining a popular YouTube channel (nearly one million subscribers) and prioritizing personal relationships (specifically making time for his girlfriend). He also mentions an upcoming book, "Million Dollar Weekend," and describes a concrete goal-setting practice: a one-year 'dream list' bucketed into four categories (work, travel, personal, relationship) that he reviews daily.

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$80 million

Almost one million subscribers

Million Dollar Weekend

Work; Travel; Personal; Relationship

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I'd say there's two strategies that have worked exceptionally well to run an $80 million business. Have popular YouTube channel, almost a million subscribers. I'm really working on prioritizing my girlfriend so that she gets the time she needs. And then I have a book coming out, Million Dollar Weekend, and it's just like, yeah, that is a lot. So I'll tell you two things that work really well. Number one is be very clear on your dreams. And I think people kind of have, like, vague dreams. Like, I kind of would like some money. Okay, how much? And so what I like to do is I have dreams for one year. I do a dream list for one year. And what I do is I write everything that I could possibly do in this one year. And then I like to bucket into four categories. So what is my work? What is my travel? What is my personal? What is my relationship? And that's it. And then I pick, okay, what are the things in my dreams that I want to do? That's it. And every day I look at it, it's on my phone, it's on my computer. So number one, just be clear on where you want to go.