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The Jason Levin Show

#73: Kevin Xu — Making Zillions on Reddit

Oct 22, 2024
41:27

Meet Kevin Xu, founder of the social stock trading app AfterHour.


(00:29) Are we still sleeping on Reddit?

(01:27) Growing a subreddit from scratch

(06:12) Reddit promotion tactics (without getting downvoted)

(10:15) How meme stocks is the name of the finance game

(12:39) Learning stock trading with memes

(17:14) Making $8 MILLION from YOLO trades

(22:37) Is Reddit currently shooting themselves in the foot?

(28:15) “Wall Street Bets is dead”

(29:09) Should startups kick off their own subreddit?

(31:44) Being terminally online: your secret weapon

(37:55) Innovating to beat traditional finance


Jason Levin⁠⁠⁠ is a viral marketer and founder of Memelord Technologies. Read Jason's ⁠weekly advice column on organic social media growth for startups⁠.

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Past guests of The Jason Levin Show include: Eric Jorgenson, Greg Isenberg, Jack Raines, Paul Millerd, Mike Solana, Danny Miranda, Billy Oppenheimer, Jack Rhysider, Ben Wilson, and more.


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