
The Jason Levin Show
Sup nerds. Join me for conversations with the coolest creatives on the internet. Best-selling authors, massive TikTokers, millionaire memelords, gigabrained founders, and brilliant venture capitalists. We talk about strategies and tactics to build digital worlds and content empires.
Latest episodes

Apr 18, 2024 • 39min
#50 - Rajiv Ayyangar: CEO of Product Hunt on 3 Tips to Launch on Product Hunt
Rajiv Ayyangar is the CEO of Product Hunt, the #1 place on the internet to launch and find cool products.
(01:21) What is Y Combinator actually like?
(6:50) "I did a handshake deal with Paul Graham)
(10:30) YC Safe Note
(15:22) Request for new products on Product Hunt
(17:27) Rajiv's thoughts on AI
(25:41) Jason talks growing the Product Hunt event flywheel
(29:51) Rajiv gives 3 tips for Launching on Product Hunt
Jason Levin is a viral marketer and Head of Growth at Product Hunt. 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.

Apr 10, 2024 • 51min
#49: Christian Kiel - Space Marketing 101, First Principles Thinking, and Getting Smarter in Silicon Valley
Christian Kiel the VP of Marketing at Astranis Space and founder of @1stPrinciplesFM where he interviews deeptech founders every Wednesday.
(00:48) The Space Marketing Mafia
(4:28) Christian's 3 rules to a good tweet
(11:06) Being scared of AI is good, actually
(15:40) Is the age of software startups over?
(23:21) Jason admits he's scared of hardware
(34:16) Astranis satellites v. Starlink satellites
(40:59) Based Beff Jezos
(43:20) Jason and Christian's tricks to learning anything in Silicon Valley
Jason Levin is a viral marketer and Head of Growth at Product Hunt. Read Jason's weekly advice column on organic social media growth for startups.
Follow Jason on Twitter.
Subscribe to Jason on YouTube.
Past guests of The Jason Levin Show include: Mike Solana, Eric Jorgenson, Greg Isenberg, Jack Raines, Paul Millerd, Danny Miranda, Billy Oppenheimer, Jack Rhysider, Ben Wilson, and more.
#startups #spacex #marketing #venturecapital #venturecapitalist #siliconvalley #ycombinator #jasonlevin #techpodcast #marketingstrategy #marketingtips #marketinghacks

Apr 3, 2024 • 53min
#48: Mara Huberman - Here's Why Shocking Content Goes Viral w/ Citizen's Social Media Manager
Mara Huberman is a social media manager at Citizen where she goes viral everyday with shocking content. She was previously at New York Post where she grew their YouTube 600%. Mara is also the author of a raunchy haiku book called 575 and is the funniest sommelier you'll ever meet.
(00:54) Why The Internet Loves Shock
(06:05) How Mara Went Viral With A Shocking TikTok
(11:00) Growing the New York Post's YouTube
(19:25) Mara's Video Editing Tool of Choice
(23:25) Mara Reads Haikus
(27:41) How to Be a Fancy Wine Drinker
(42:51) Citizen's Marketing Machine
Jason Levin is an NYC-based marketing consultant for startups like Product Hunt, Jam.dev, and more. Every week, he shares tactics for organic social media growth for startups in his newsletter Cyber Patterns to 15,000+ readers.
You can follow Jason on: Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Instagram
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.

Mar 27, 2024 • 37min
#47: Isaac Medeiros - Selling Swords and Making Millions
Isaac Medeiros is the founder of Mini Katana, an 8-figure viral sword store.
(00:51) Selling swords on TikTok, Meta, and YouTube
(7:26) Isaac's previous businesses
(9:12) TikTok sucks, YouTube rocks, Twitter has insane potential
(13:11) How to build a media team
(22:22) How to pick a category for your business
(24:14) Battling burnout and internet addiction
(31:09) The AI boom makes great authentic content stand out more
Jason Levin is a viral marketer and Head of Growth at Product Hunt. Read Jason's weekly advice column on organic social media growth for startups.
Follow Jason 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.

Mar 20, 2024 • 46min
#46: Alex Cohen - Meme Marketing, Getting Fired, $100M profit or bust
Alex Cohen, meme marketer, discusses handling co-founder breakups, meme marketing, and getting fired. The podcast also explores the dynamics of bootstrapping vs. VC-backed startups and features a comparison between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg.

Mar 13, 2024 • 26min
#45: Eric Jorgenson - Naval Ravikant, Balaji Srinivasan, and Book Marketing
Eric Jorgenson is the author of The Almanack of Naval Ravikant, The Anthology of Balaji, and Career Advice of Uniquely Ambitious People (my personal favorite). He's also a VC at Rolling Fund, CEO at Scribe Media, and hosts a podcast called Smart Friends.
(01:18) Career Advice for Uniquely Ambitious People
(03:53) Book Marketing Secrets
(07:00) Boring is Sexy
(16:30) Memes Make Millions
(19:00) The New Book Market
Jason Levin is an NYC-based marketing consultant for startups like Product Hunt, Jam.dev, and more. Every week, he shares tactics for organic social media growth for startups in his newsletter Cyber Patterns to 15,000+ readers.
You can follow Jason on: Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Instagram
Past guests of The Jason Levin Show include: Greg Isenberg, Jack Raines, Paul Millerd, Mike Solana, Danny Miranda, Billy Oppenheimer, Jack Rhysider, Ben Wilson, and more.

Mar 7, 2024 • 37min
#44: Greg Isenberg – Community-Based Businesses, Startup Ideas, WeWork
I talk with my friend and old boss Greg Isenberg about community-based businesses.
(00:53) Why Community Businesses are Hot as Ever
(08:02) The Goal Is A Community That Runs Itself
(10:41) How to Price a Community
(13:22) How to Find Community Members
(16:04) What about Physical Communities?
(18:00) Jason Become a Multipreneur
(21:55) Greg's Advice on Finding Partners
(23:52) Greg's Goal-Setting Tactics
(31:12) Are all Entrepreneurs Gambling Addicts? YES.
Jason Levin is an NYC-based marketing consultant for startups like Product Hunt, Jam.dev, and more. Every week, he shares tactics for organic social media growth for startups in his newsletter Cyber Patterns to 15,000+ readers.

Jul 9, 2023 • 36min
#43: Ellen Fishbein — A Writer's Writer
Ellen is the author of poetry book Spacefaring and the founder of Altamira Studio—which is publishing my first book Memes Make Millions on October 15.

Jun 25, 2023 • 38min
#42: Paul Millerd — The Pathless Path
Paul is the author of The Pathless Path. He got his MBA at MIT and was a strategy consultant before leaving it behind to become a freelancer and creator. His book was super influential in helping me leaving corporate America to go down The Pathless Path.
Jason Levin is the writer behind Cyber Patterns, a newsletter with 7,000+ subscribers focused on content strategy and career hacks for creatives. You can find him insights and memes on Twitter and subscribe to Cyber Patterns (www.cyberpatterns.xyz)

Jun 18, 2023 • 46min
#41: Jimmy Soni — The PayPal Mafia, Writing Books, and Internet Friends
Jimmy Soni is the author of 4 books, the most being The Founders about The PayPal Mafia. Jimmy also ghostwrites speeches and op-eds, and does speaking engagements of his own. You can find Jimmy on Twitter @jimmyasoni.
Jason Levin is the writer behind Cyber Patterns, a newsletter with 7,000+ subscribers focused on content strategy and career hacks for creatives. You can find him insights and memes on Twitter and subscribe to Cyber Patterns (www.cyberpatterns.xyz)