Noah’s 30th B-day Old-man advice:

24 Feb 23 Comments

Noah’s advice on how he became successful.  Good inspirational stuff (ESPECIALLY to the young-un’s)!

You can also watch it in the Sumo Dojo Theater here:
http://www.appsumo.com/dojo/ 

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23 Responses to “Noah’s 30th B-day Old-man advice:”

  1. Arik Ermshaus 24. Feb, 2012 at 7:28 pm #

    Such a great SUMO DOJO–

    I really do love these little things like tacos instead of stars as rating…that’s real great!

    P.S. Have a great birthday Noah!

    • Neville 25. Feb, 2012 at 5:26 pm #

      5 tacos is better than 5 stars :-)

  2. PR 25. Feb, 2012 at 3:36 am #

    You and Noah are a fantastic team. You complement each other very well.

    Are you familiar with the Myers Briggs Personality Type Indicator? Do you know yours and his? I would guess that you’re an ENFP and he’s an INTJ.

    Love your blog Neville!

    Happy birthday to Noah!

    • Neville 25. Feb, 2012 at 5:30 pm #

      LOL! I have no idea what type either of us is.

      All I know is:
      #1.) We both are transparent about most things (sometimes to a fault)
      #2.) We both don’t try to over-complicate stuff.
      #3.) We can switch back-n-forth who the “straight-man” is (that’s not what you think! It’s a comedy term which means one person seems smarter or funnier, because the other person acts like they’re NOT).

      EXAMPLE:
      If Noah is talking about a complicated concept…..I’ll ask him to explain it to me “In a dumb way…..because I’m a dumb guy). What I’m actually doing is prodding him to make it simpler for the audience (…and I actually AM a dumb guy, so me too)!

      This helps immensely.

      Glad you like our dynamic, these are fun videos to make :-)

  3. Isaac HIll 25. Feb, 2012 at 5:59 pm #

    This is a great dynamic. Happy Birthday Noah!!!!! Keep these coming – go APPSUMO!!!!

    • Neville 25. Feb, 2012 at 8:00 pm #

      Thanks Isaac, glad you like :-)

  4. Dividendium 25. Feb, 2012 at 7:20 pm #

    The credits at the beginning…hilarious…”the brown sumo”!!!

  5. Neville 25. Feb, 2012 at 8:00 pm #

    LOL…forgot about that :-)

  6. Matt 25. Feb, 2012 at 9:12 pm #

    Great stuff Noah and Neville! I’ve purchased a few appsumo courses, and man, are they awesome!

    I had to learn adwords for an SEO gig I had a few months back. I had my laptop on the passenger seat and for 3 days during my 1 hour commute I learned enough to get the entire campaign off the ground and successful.

    Did the same for the analytics courses and a few others. Going to jump into the Kopywriting Kourse soon.

    Dig the blue shoes too. Keep up the great work guys.

    • Neville 28. Feb, 2012 at 2:09 pm #

      Glad you <3 AppSumo like we do :-)

      We personally think it's a 100x more value than almost any college course

  7. Brian 26. Feb, 2012 at 3:23 am #

    Happy Birthday!

    • Neville 28. Feb, 2012 at 2:09 pm #

      Thanks Brian…..I will show Noah!

  8. Mo 26. Feb, 2012 at 4:04 am #

    What kind of watch are you wearing?

    • Neville 28. Feb, 2012 at 2:09 pm #

      One that tells time!

      ….even though every time I check my watch, I STILL pull out my phone to double-check :-)

  9. yasir 27. Feb, 2012 at 9:58 am #

    Great updates,man!!I’m writing from India and I am looking for tips regarding the usual budget planning you make.
    I’m looking for the approx budget required for making a simple website and maintaining it.

    • Neville 28. Feb, 2012 at 2:10 pm #

      Will be documenting more about that in future products

  10. marko 28. Feb, 2012 at 10:14 pm #

    We have Facebook Layouts that you can apply to your Facebook Profile. These are like Myspace Layouts where your whole Facebook Background or Facebook Wallpaper will look great and express more of who you are as a person.

  11. Michael 29. Feb, 2012 at 4:43 am #

    Another home-run Neville – keep them coming!

    Noah’s shoe’s look even bluer in person… Plus I can’t wait to check out your pair with the “extra features”??

    Makes me think of that kid from the goonies… Data

    Peace

    • Neville 02. Mar, 2012 at 4:03 pm #

      Hahahahah….I got them in the mail a few days ago :-)

  12. The Heasman 29. Feb, 2012 at 5:21 pm #

    Neville you fat sumo

    Sumo Business Blueprint was badass. Gave me the giant kick in the butt I needed.

    And your going to lol @ my shameless plug, especially after watching that video. After checking out the blueprint I snapped something together last night.

    http://unbouncepages.com/masterpiece-science-fiction-writing/

    Drove some (FREE) facebook ad traffic to it overnight and got…

    A SUBSCRIBER!!!!!!!

    It is possible! Thanks a damn lot!

    • Neville 02. Mar, 2012 at 4:06 pm #

      NICE DUDE!

      While I’m pretty sure your idea won’t be the bazillion dollar business you dream of…..it’s a damn good feeling to get a start right?

      EVEN BETTER is that you barely spent any time on it, and still got people interested. Great job.

      Now keep in mind, every new idea you have….can be quickly validated in this same way. You can thank me later for saving you years of time ;-)

      It would be cool if you could somehow put a “money-making” aspect to the science fiction writing. Something like:

      “Most sci-fi writers make about…..ZERO dollars a month from their work. But I actually bring in several thousand a month in side-income from my writings, here’s how I do it”.

  13. working.for.money 01. Mar, 2012 at 6:53 pm #

    Oh man. I remember my 30th bday. I woke up in Vegas and went to bed in Reno. Lots of gambling, drinking, and fuzziness in between the two…

    • Neville 02. Mar, 2012 at 4:06 pm #

      Sounds about correct for a 30th bday :-)

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