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Neil Patel

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Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

And because Crazy Egg was separate, that company was still spitting off millions of dollars and growing each and every single year.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

So it was a blessing in disguise that we didn't take venture capital for Crazy Egg because then we wouldn't have that cash cow.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

Keep it simple, silly or stupid.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

I was trying to be nice, but yes, internally we would say stupid.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

Externally we would say silly.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

Yeah.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

And then Crazy Egg, back in the day when I was 16, I started my first business.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

It was a job board, failed.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

I registered a few domain names.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

One of them, one of the students that I went to high school with gave me the idea of Crazy Egg.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

I'm Indian.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

I don't mean to stereotype, but the place I'm from in India, we're known to be penny pinchers.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

And I was like, well, I don't want to buy a new domain name.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

I already have one that I'm paying for.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

Let's save the money.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

And that's how we ended up using Crazy Egg.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

Stupid reason, but that's how it ended up happening.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

Silly reason, I should say.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

They're not SEO friendly.

Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Neil Patel Risked His Parents’ Life Savings… Then Built a $100M Marketing Empire. Here’s How He Did It

Yeah.