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Noah Kagan's Entrepreneur in Residence - David Kelly

Noah Kagan's Entrepreneur in Residence - David Kelly

FromBackstage Careers


Noah Kagan's Entrepreneur in Residence - David Kelly

FromBackstage Careers

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Length:
48 minutes
Released:
Feb 7, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

In today's episode I talk to David Kelly who's the General Manage of AppSumo Originals -which is kind of AppSumo's version of a Google X division. He basically gets paid to start companies!In today's episode you'll hear: How David's first job was managing a $50k ad budget for Fox News (3:42), How he got a job working as a copywriter for Ramit Sethi (6:27), How to land a job with someone you look up to when you have no experience (9:45), How David leveraged LinkedIn to land a job as the first marketing employee at Student Loan Hero (17:33), The story of Student Loan Hero getting acquired for $60M (22:56),  How David met Noah Kagan and how doing free work for him on the side turned into a full time opportunity (27:20), We talk more about David's current position where he gets paid to start companies (32:21), The biggest lessons David has learned from Noah (41:56).Check out David's Companies Online:SendFox: sendfox.comKingSumo: http://kingsumo.com/TidyCal: https://tidycal.com/David's Blog: https://dmkthinks.org
Released:
Feb 7, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode

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Backstage Careers is a podcast where I interview the linchpins who are working behind the scenes with some of the biggest entrepreneurs and creators out there.My goal with the podcast is to show you what it's like working with these influential people, and how you can land a job working for someone you look up to.