The Founder Of AppSumo Takes Off His Pants And Talks About Working With Zuckerberg – with Noah Kagan

Noah Kagan, AppSumo, Marketing

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Because Noah Kagan is an old friend who’s easy to hang out with and I was exhausted from recording 2 interviews before having him on Mixergy, instead of my usual interview, Noah and I just talked. Along the way, he opened up about how he felt when he was fired from Facebook. He explained how he got Gambit, his previous company, to over $30 million in revenue. He told us why he launched AppSumo, which offers limited time deals on bundled web apps, and what it’s earning. And he pushed me to be clearer about what I’m doing with Mixergy.

Oh, and he took his pants off. But I’ll let you watch the video to understand why.

Noah Kagan

AppSumo

Noah Kagan is the founder of AppSumo, which offers deals on web app bundles. (He has a discount for Mixergy readers.)

 

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