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5/2/2024
12 : 54

I met with BAD-ASS high school entrepreneurs

Happy THURSDAY! Happy SPRING! Quick update on what's been going on before this week's email… ✅ What happened: Florida trip. Much needed family time. Booked a photoshoot for my pregnant wife
4/25/2024
12 : 54

My #1 regret in life

This email is from THIS podcast - Spotify - iTunes HAPPY THURSDAY! I'm hosting a private office hour at 12pm CT on April 26th for people on this email list ONLY. If you wanna hang out and ask me
4/18/2024
12 : 54

Brutally Honest BUSINESS Advice (Part 2)

This email is from THIS podcast - Spotify - iTunes Got amazing feedback on the first brutally honest BUSINESS advice email… so we're back with PART 2!! If you're new, my business (AppSumo.com)
4/13/2024
8 : 14

Brutally Honest BUSINESS Advice (Part 1)

This email is from THIS podcast - Spotify - iTunes AppSumo is about to do $100M in revenue this year. But before that: • Rejected by Microsoft and Google (twice!) • Fired by both Facebook and Mint
4/4/2024
12 : 54

April Life Updates and Billionaires

Happy THURSDAY! A quick update on what's been going on in my life since the launch of Million Dollar Weekend (then onto my billionaire lessons). What happened in March: Got MARRIED and baby due
3/28/2024
13 : 24

The ultimate 9-5 escape plan

This is from THIS episode - Spotify - iTunes Reid Hoffman (founder of LinkedIn) once said “Entrepreneurship is like jumping off a cliff and building a parachute as you go down.” 😅🪂 I don't know
3/28/2024
13 : 14

The ultimate 9-5 escape plan

This is from THIS episode - Spotify - iTunes Reid Hoffman (founder of LinkedIn) once said “Entrepreneurship is like jumping off a cliff and building a parachute as you go down.” 😅🪂 I don't know
3/21/2024
13 : 14

Brutally honest career advice

I'm 42. The first 10 years of my career were a roller coaster of emotions... ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌ ͏‌
3/15/2024
1 : 59

How to get rich as an introvert

“I get all tense, then I start to stutter, and then I forget what I'm supposed to say,” she said. I was sitting on stage at the SXSW event when a woman named Robyn said she was afraid of public
3/7/2024
14 : 24

These 5 strategies made us $10M+ EACH

Being an entrepreneur is a lot like being a scientist - you start with a hypothesis, run tests, and iterate as you go. At AppSumo, we've tested hundreds of strategies. Most failed. Some did okay. A
2/29/2024
14 : 4

My $100m Schedule - how I plan my week

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2/22/2024
13 : 54

The AppSumo Way (our secret handbook)

AppSumo over 15 years has become the #1 online site for software deals. Reaching over 1 million people a month and doing nearly $100 million a year in sales. How did we get there? One of the KEY things
2/19/2024
1 : 54

My A/B testing process revealed 📚

A few days ago, my friend Neville wrote a tweet about how I “split tested” my way to the color of the cover for Million Dollar Weekend. In this email, I want to dive deeper into how we used testing and
2/6/2024
13 : 44

The world wants you to win 💚🫰

Someone asked me what my biggest lesson was from writing Million Dollar Weekend. My answer? We all can do harder things than we realize. Writing a book is hard. Building a business is also hard. But
2/2/2024
13 : 44

48 hour challenge

Picture this. It's Sunday and you've already made $70 over the weekend from the business that you started two days ago. That's enough for groceries! One month later, you're starting to
2/1/2024
13 : 44

Million Dollar Greeting Cards 📝

“I didn't even realize how afraid I was to ask for things. How my struggle to sell was rooted in fear. Million Dollar Weekend helped grow my Shopify store to 5 figures. Since reading, I doubled my
1/31/2024
14 : 14

Tim Ferriss and CNBC walk into a bar…

Quick update - it's Jan 31 and Million Dollar Weekend is 24 hours old. Huge thank you to EVERYONE who's sent in photos of them grabbing the book / doing the challenges / making their first $1 🙏
1/30/2024
13 : 44

2004

2004. I drag myself out of bed. Put on the mandatory khaki pants and button up shirt that make up my Intel uniform. Grab my badge and head to the office, trudging through the boring gray hallways only
1/29/2024
15 : 4

15 hours left…

Million Dollar Weekend is launching tomorrow (hooray) 🥳 Over the past 2 decades, I've devoted time and energy to helping entrepreneurs face their fears and take the hard but necessary steps to make
1/23/2024
13 : 54

You’re invited to my exclusive launch party! 🎉

On Jan 8, I got this message from Pat Gostek: “It's over! I quit my job today! 🙌 It feels amazing. A few months ago I joined here and built a business to $24k per month. Now I'm officially