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AppSumo

AppSumo promotes great products to help you in your career and life.

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  1. Stories Noah Kagan started AppSumo for $50 and a $3,000-a-month life, then cut the company in half

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AppSumo promotes great products to help you in your career and life.

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Noah Kagan started AppSumo for $50 and a $3,000-a-month life, then cut the company in half

Noah Kagan says he started AppSumo with $50 to make $3,000 a month, spent fifteen years on a profitable deals marketplace, then described a 50 percent revenue drop and a cut from 140 people at peak to around 40.

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