Howdy friends, here are your three fun nuggets for the week…
🛏️ Meet the 71-Year-Old Furniture Tycoon Worth $200 Million
I wanted to find out about Texas furniture tycoon Mattress Mack’s $200 million/year business, including why he doesn’t mind losing multi-million dollar sports bets and why his personal bathroom is the secret behind his success (yes, really)...
He told me about:
- The unfair advantage that helped his business succeed
- How he rebounded from losing $10 million dollars of merchandise in a warehouse fire
- And why losing $10 million dollar sports bets actually makes him money
Get inspired by Mattress Mack’s story.
There’s a lot of good books on starting a business… But not a ton on growing or scaling.
Amp it Up by Frank Slootman is a great one.
Frank doesn’t start companies—he grows them. He took over the Snowflake data management company when it was worth $4 billion and now, after leading it into the largest software IPO ever—it’s valued around $85 billion.
Two key questions the book asked that inspired me to think about AppSumo’s trajectory differently:
- If you can ONLY do one thing to help your business the rest of the year, what would it be and why?
- How could we do this project in ½ the time?
Love the idea of using these to increase the focus and pace of our company.
Hope this book helps you on your business journey.
☕ The Iced Coffee Hour Podcast
Recently I sat down with Graham Stephan and Jack Selby on The Iced Coffee Hour Podcast. We got deep on a few topics, like:
- How I actually went from a $50k/year job to a $25 million net worth
- What getting fired from Facebook was like
- Why getting rich doesn’t solve your dating life
A lot of you reached out saying you loved the episode, so if you haven’t tuned in yet, it’s worth a listen.
Hear me spill the tea on my own life.
Be Epic,
Noah Kagan
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