The Danny Miranda Podcast

#270: Ankur Nagpal – Teachable Founder On 4 Keys To Happiness

Nov 2, 2022

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Is It a Difficult Transition to Become an Entrepreneur?

01:53

Happiness Is Like Your Nor Star

02:28

Immigrating to the US Is a Hard Problem

03:11

Introduction

2min

Are You a First Generation Immigrant?

2min

Is It a Difficult Transition to Become an Entrepreneur?

2min

The Idea That Young People Can Go Into Awesome Things

4min

Fedora - How Did You Start?

2min

Growth Hacking

3min

What Color Is Your Aura?

2min

Is This Not Working?

2min

What Lessons Have You Learned From Your Dad?

4min

10.

What Are Some Companies That Have the Best Cultures?

2min

11.

Are You Building Magical Things in the Future?

2min

12.

You Know What I'm Saying About Audacious Ideas

3min

13.

Immigrating to the US Is a Hard Problem

3min

14.

Is America a Commanding Position in the World?

2min

15.

What Makes You Happy?

2min

16.

Do You Have a Checklist Like Everyday?

4min

17.

Is There a Need for a National ID Number in the US?

2min

18.

Is It Fush for You?

2min

19.

What Do You Think Was Cool as a Kid?

2min

20.

The Point of Having Money Is to Solve the Money Problem

2min

21.

What Can People Do to Get More Fun in Their Life if They Don't Have a Hundred Million Dollars?

2min

22.

Building a Presence to Sell Digital Products

3min

23.

What Is a Solo 401k?

3min

24.

Investing in Assets That Appreciate and Value

2min

25.

The Four Pillars of Happiness

1min

26.

Are You Unhappy at the Same Time?

2min

27.

Did Twitter Start Gettingtraction?

2min

28.

Happiness Is Like Your Nor Star

2min

29.

What Are the Most Important Skills for Graduating College?

4min

30.

How to Write Better With Social Media

1min

31.

Do You Have Any Interest in Writing a Book?

2min

32.

How Do You Feel When You're Creating Something?

2min

33.

The Most Leveling Thing for Me

4min

34.

What Is a Challenge You Can Leave the Audience With?

3min

Ankur Nagpal is the founder of Ocho, a company focused on helping you learn everything you need to build wealth as an entrepreneur, freelancer, consultant, or independent business owner. He is also the creator of Teachable, which has helped over 100,000 creators monetize through courses. Ankur sold Teachable in March 2020 for a "healthy 9-figure amount."

In this conversation, we spoke about the early days of Teachable, how Ankur made money on personality quizzes on Facebook, what creators can do to differentiate themselves, the importance of writing, his four keys to happiness, and his goal for 2023.

(0:00) Making Money Online

(3:33) Childhood Signs

(4:32) Moving To America

(6:27) Young People Have Power

(9:18) Early Days of Teachable

(12:00) Growth Marketing

(15:54) Parents

(19:59) No “Making It” Moment

(21:41 Culture

(26:02) Big Ideas

(27:41) Immigration

(31:01) USA