
From business forms to an AI-first insurance market, Joe King's career is a study in translation: turning complex technology into language that clients, colleagues and classrooms can use.

After three decades spent turning customer insight into retail decisions, the former Reitmans and Bentley executive is teaching a new generation how strategy survives contact with real life.

Noah Kagan is the founder and CEO of AppSumo, a bootstrapped software deals marketplace generating $80-100M in annual revenue, built for under $60 over a single weekend in 2010. A former Facebook employee #30 and Mint.com employee #4 — fired from both — he turned serial rejection into a playbook: 7+ businesses each worth $1M+, a New York Times bestselling book (Million Dollar Weekend), a YouTube channel with 1M+ subscribers, and a podcast in the top 0.1% globally. He splits his time between Austin, Texas and Barcelona, Spain with his wife and child.