Molly O'Shea is a venture capitalist and founder of Sourcery, a newsletter about top VC deals and startup trends02:51) Why every VC has a podcast(07:10) Why podcasting is a good excuse to meet cracked people(13:30) Internet friendship = best friendship(14:40) Molly's artist-to-VC pipeline(18:50) Learning about what VC does for the first time(22:00) Our high school side hustle stories(24:40) Why good artists shouldn't starve(26:09) The VC trash-talking culture(28:27) Fuck Kanye West(31:30) How to get viral by offending people (correctly)(35:10) "Memes aren't gonna save you if your product sucks"(37:12) "There's $16B value in LinkedIn influencers"(44:12) Molly explains to me wtf a "vertical SaaS" is(46:17) My secret Memelord Mafia workflow (50:41) "The internet is run by autodidacts" Jason Levin⁠⁠⁠ is the founder of meme marketing software Memelord Technologies.Read Jason's ⁠weekly advice column on organic social media growth for startups⁠.Follow Jason on ⁠X.Follow Molly on X.Subscribe to Jason on ⁠YouTube⁠.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.

Jack Kuveke is a GP at Jabroni Capital. In this episode, Jason announces the exciting new startup he acquired. 00:00) I just acquired my first startup: a social network for gooners (03:15) Recruiting college students to log their goons (05:04) Business idea: branding for terrorist organizations (13:31) What if Bryan Johnson started recruiting for ISIS? (15:24) Is your CEO a fraud? This AI tool will help you (20:35) Why you should be screenmaxxing all the time (29:25) Can Goonmaps get into YC? (33:58) The business case for paying people to jerk off (47:39) My grandpa: the OG astrology grifter (57:17) Making Goonmaps go vira (01:02:59) Zuck's glow-up: PR firm or just a really good blowjob? Jason Levin⁠⁠⁠ is a viral marketer and founder of Memelord Technologies, the meme software for meme marketer: memelord.tech Read Jason's weekly advice column on organic social media growth for startups: https://www.cyberpatterns.xyz/subscribe Follow Jason for cool ideas here: https://twitter.com/iamjasonlevin Follow Jack here: https://x.com/jackkuveke 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. #podcast #startups #venturecapital #ycombinator #growthhacks #growthhacking #viralmarketing #marketing #marketingpodcast #marketingstrategy #marketingtips #marketinghacks #jasonlevin #techpodcast #entrepreneur #entrepreneurship #businesspodcast #indiehacking

Katelyn Bourgoin is the "Customer Whisperer" and author of popular marketing newsletter "Why People Buy" (00:39) How to make strangers online trust you (05:27) Why you should never hide your flaws on the internet (10:31) The marketers AI anxiety (12:27) Why micro software is killing it (17:30) Claude vs. OpenAI: who has better marketing (22:51) The platforms Katelyn’s are bullish on (25:23) Why “be everywhere all the time” content advice is total horseshit (30:02) The psychology of humor and meme marketing (32:57) Using fear, to sell but make it funny (36:19) The secret to make people buy (39:58) Jealousy: a powerful cheat code for marketers Jason Levin⁠⁠⁠ is a viral marketer and founder of Memelord Technologies. Read Jason's ⁠weekly advice column on organic social media growth for startups⁠. Follow Jason on ⁠Twitter⁠. Follow Katelyn on Twitter Subscribe to Jason on ⁠YouTube⁠. 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.

Meet my friend and the customer retention king Eli Weiss, VP of Retention Advocacy at Yotpo. (01:45) Black Friday fake “oopsie emails" (04:34) Are email marketing “best practices” just bullshit (07:07) How brands plan Black Friday campaigns (09:49) Why every human is a victim of marketing ploys (13:10) How my wife forced me to dress up for Hereticon (15:56) Idea: Bryan Johnson's Blueprint but for women (21:36) The fuck is “retention” and how I do it for Memelord Tech? (27:28) Is Trump the GOAT marketer? (32:44) Giving my future kids a $1M loan so they don’t become useless (35:55) Keeping employees around (potentially with drugs (40:57) Should you take your employees to an Ayahuasca trip (44:33) My theory: The Rizzler is a Big Candy industry plant (46:35) Best marketing I've seen: Lucy Nicotine (49:06) Prediction market: the next big thing (51:41) Injecting more Jewish culture to the e-commerce world

Ridd is the founder and creator of Figma Academy, where he teaches design tactics to thousands of designers (00:27) Growing an online course in 2024 (05:33) Selling to the big leagues: the enterprises (09:23) What sets the course creators apart? (10:58) Why cohort-based courses lead to fast burnout (14:04) Running his online biz with family, Godfather style (19:12) Design is the new marketing baby embrace it (20:22) Can taste be developed or is it innate? (26:08) Brand consistency and why it’s essential (27:55) “AI design tools are suck” (30:38) Why I ditched ChatGPT for six months (yes this is a flex) (32:39) Craft over AI slop (37:03) Figma AI backlash: a PR mess (41:23) Writing for the internet, not your English teacher Jason Levin⁠⁠⁠ is a viral marketer and founder of Memelord Technologies. Read Jason's ⁠weekly advice column on organic social media growth for startups⁠. Follow Jason on ⁠Twitter⁠. Follow Ridd on Twitter Subscribe to Jason on ⁠YouTube⁠. 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.

Tom Orbach is a viral meme marketer and Head of Growth at $23B cybersecurity startup Wiz (00:28) How do you go viral on LinkedIn? (03:28) “Founders are basically influencers” (05:18) Tom’s viral LinkedIn song (yes, I put it on this pod) (06:54) Understanding the memes = understanding the industry (08:15) Tom’s “Meme Battle” strategy (09:17) The rise of “mini tools” (yes, it’s about my penis) (16:05) Is “screenshot marketing” the next big thing? (21:56) Why people stealing your memes is good (24:59) Tom’s secret advice for meme account outreach (25:28) Should we be bullish on event marketing? (30:34) How my dog is helping me get signups for Memelord Tech (32:26) Marketing tactics to be bullish on in 2025: mini games Jason Levin⁠⁠⁠ is a viral marketer and founder of Memelord Technologies. Read Jason's ⁠⁠weekly advice column on organic social media growth for startups⁠⁠. Follow Jason on ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠. Follow Eric on ⁠Twitter⁠ Subscribe to Jason on ⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠. 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.

Eric Bahn is the co-founder and General Partner of venture capital firm Hustle Fund (00:00) Why should VCs care about content? (04:28) Why Eric invested his personal money into a 14-year-old founder (09:24) Hustle Fund’s content playbook secret sauce (11:50) The internet content Rorschach test (13:16) Building a content-to-community funnel (14:58) LPs to Eric: “Why are you tweeting ridiculous stuff all the time?” (18:17) Betting on founders before they believe in themselves (24:25) Turning the word “hustle” on its head (26:22) Is AI killing VC deal flows? (32:00) The secret amazing benefit of angel investing (this one BLEW my mind) Jason Levin⁠⁠⁠ is a viral marketer and founder of Memelord Technologies. Read Jason's ⁠weekly advice column on organic social media growth for startups⁠. Follow Jason on ⁠Twitter⁠. Follow Eric on Twitter Subscribe to Jason on ⁠YouTube⁠. 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.

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. Follow Jason on ⁠Twitter⁠. Follow Kevin on Twitter Subscribe to Jason on ⁠YouTube⁠. 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.

Paul Millerd, author of 'Pathless Path' and 'Good Work: Reclaiming Your Inner Ambition,' dives into the intricacies of fulfilling work and personal ambition. He shares his journey from workaholism to discovering joy in creative endeavors, emphasizing the importance of aligning career with personal values. Paul discusses the challenges of navigating ambition and fulfillment while rejecting conventional success. The conversation also touches on the impact of memes in modern culture and how they shape ideas and relationships, making everyone rethink work and life balance.

Dani Grant, co-founder and CEO of Jam, dives into the intriguing world of developer marketing. She explains why marketing often gets a bad rap in tech spaces and shares her thoughts on self-promotion. The conversation explores Jam’s unorthodox campaigns, such as their eye-catching 'Venus flytrap' strategy, and discusses the evolution towards authenticity in marketing. Dani also reveals insights on mastering cold outreach and how their growth tracking system combines data with intuition to refine strategies. Plus, she opens up about Jam's innovative approach to improving bug reporting in software development.