The Jason Levin Show

By Jason Levin

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... more

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How many episodes does The Jason Levin Show have?

The podcast currently has 88 episodes available.

The Jason Levin Show episodes:

September 19, 2024 #69: Jack Kuveke - Silly Startups Strike Back
Jack Kuveke is a fundraising coach and founder of Jabroni Capital⁠⁠
(01:08) Awkward silence filler-as-a-service
(03:46) Political trading card game
(06:09) Agent Levin: CIA's next top asset?
(07:59) Uber for bald eagle
(10:34) Putting QR code on the moon
(12:56) Rent-a-baby for Instagram clout
(14:57) Launch House: Albanian edition
(15:42) Mormon sales seminars
(21:03) Body count detector AR glasses
(22:31) Yacht Club, but for Tesla owners
(27:27) Zillow plugin for haunted houses
(34:07) Jehovah’s Witnesses on demand
(35:29) How to make yourself “cancelproof”
(38:10) Jester’s Privilege: the ultimate power move

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.
Follow Jack on Twitter
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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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September 17, 2024 #68: Ellen Fishbein — Selling Books About Memes
Ellen Fishbein is the co-founder of Altamira Studio, a modern day book publisher specializing in short books.
(00:40) Why people still buy books
(03:40) How Amazon kept rejecting my book
(07:51) Memes as a legit marketing strategy
(09:11) "You're an investigative journalist on crack"
(10:42) My book marketing strategy
(18:52) Do you actually need a personal brand?
(23:09) Trying to buy memes.com
(26:40) Can AI make funny memes?
(29:07) AI for writing: good or bad?
(30:41) Using AI to turn book ideas into reality
(36:47) We're living in an Ayn Rand novel
(44:05) Memes' grip on American politics

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.
Follow Ellen 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.

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September 12, 2024 #67: Derek Sivers — Useful Not True
Derek Sivers is the author of 5 books and founder of CD Baby, a company he sold for $22M in 2008.
(01:42) Change your framing = change your life
(07:50) Picking “useful beliefs” (and what they are)
(16:16) Why “America is getting anti-capitalism” might not be true
(19:11) Death as the ultimate motivator
(21:38) How Derek’s life changed after selling CD Baby
(23:46) Why you should do things that are NOT useful
(34:58) Being selective about what you care about
(36:54) “Kissing the algorithm’s ass”
(41:59) Getting rid of the crap you don’t need when building software
(45:42) Writing the shortest book your grandchildren would read
(55:49) Nerding out on domains

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.
Reach out to Derek on his website.
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.
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September 10, 2024 #66: Sasha Kaletsky — Investing in beehiiv
Sasha Kaletsky is the co-founder of Creator Ventures and early investor at email platform beehiiv

(00:34) Why Sasha invested in beehiiv
(03:58) beehiiv vs Substack: which one's better?
(07:11) Investing in “TikTok but for dating”
(12:08) AGI: real or just hype?
(14:43) “AI will actually make us busier!”
(17:44) Universal Basic Income: brilliant or busted?
(22:25) Is it getting harder for VCs to invest in startups?
(23:45) Distribution is everything
(29:52) Why Americans shouldn’t hate WhatsApp

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.
Follow Sasha 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.
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September 05, 2024 #65: Oren John — The Internet's Creative Director
Oren John is a brand marketing guru, an creator of consumer brand strategy newsletter HYPER
(00:00) What makes a brand luxury?
(08:04) "You can't just start a luxury brand"
(13:21) Starting a "luxury newsletter"
(22:10) Cracking the livestream code (should I start livestreaming?)
(38:36) Is Burberry going down?
(42:07) Should Burberry sponsors Lex Fridman?

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.
Follow Oren 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.
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49min
September 04, 2024 #64: Nat Eliason — Viral Book Marketing and Crypto Confidential
Nat Eliason is the author of Crypto Confidential, where he talks about the WILD inside story of the crypto heyday.

(00:34) Why the creator economy is fragile AF
(05:50) Beating the "algorithm gods"
(06:47) How Nat went viral by hacking BookTok
(17:30) Why you shouldn't focus on "building an audience"
(28:57) Nat's genius book marketing tactics
(37:30) Building Strava, but for writing
(50:47) Why he's now diving into fiction writing
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.
Follow Nat 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.
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August 29, 2024 #63: Amanda Nielsen — Silly Startup Ideas (RIP My Career)
Amanda Nielsen is a tech meme queen and founder of Thot Leader Labs.
We talked about stupid startup ideas that might get me canceled:
(01:41) Buying equity on Mars
(02:32) Cringe: the dating app for thought leaders
(04:11) Duolingo for men to talk about their feelings
(06:11) DoorDash, but for strippers
(07:02) Joe Rogan-as-a-service
(08:50) Airplane cafes
(13:35) Social media posts translator for boomers
(16:27) Task Daddy
(19:04) Bumble BFF for small annoying dogs
(20:23) “Meme Muter” Google Chrome Plugin
(21:25) Daycare for pet rocks
(25:46) Uber for parallel parking
(26:23) Fart filtering underwear
(30:51) Mood detecting furniture
(33:50) Charity detector AR glasses
(34:41) Personal subway cars
(36:19) “The You Mad?” App
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.
Follow Amanda 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.
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41min
August 27, 2024 #62: Siqi Chen — Startup Storytelling Explained
Siqi Chen is a Silicon Valley investor and the founder of Runway, the finance platform you won't hate.
(04:30) Why a company should start with a story
(10:45) Hiring the executive producer of House of Cards as an advisor
(15:20) How to avoid telling the same story as other startups
(21:09) VR: Bullish or bearish?
(26:30) Why good design is still underrated in startups
(35:47) Investing in companies, not niches
(41:27) Tips for young product builders
(42:56) Siqi's advice to me on managing engineers
(46:40) The advice every first-time founder and manager should hear

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.
Follow Siqi 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.
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55min
August 25, 2024 #61: Jeremy Stern — He Interviewed the American Anti-Hero: Palmer Luckey
Jeremy Stern is the deputy editor of Tablet Magazine, who recently interviewed Palmer Luckey: American Anti-Hero and founder of the defense tech company Anduril Industries.
(00:00) Palmer Luckey: Supervillain or Anti-Hero?
(09:29) Why most tech journalism sucks so bad
(19:37) The PR War against Israel and Zionism
(26:14) Are we in the middle of an "algorithmic war"?
(34:15) Why founders should do "vice signaling"
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.
Follow Jeremy on Twitter
Read Jeremy's piece on Palmer Luckey here.
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.
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August 09, 2024 #60: Cody Schneider — 10 Dumbest Startup Ideas
Cody Schneider is the co-founder of Swell AI and a silly startup idea generation machine.
(00:00) Google Maps, but for crowds and crimes
(02:28) Nature and Ayahuasca-as-a-service for tech bros
(05:41) The "Nut Sack" prototype
(07:28) Flights but with dogs
(10:36) Joey Chestnut diet plan
(12:07) Birdwatching social media app
(14:27) For the degens: AI-powered horse betting coach
(16:55) "AI Mommy" as a product
(19:13) The most evil startup idea 😈
(21:31) AI Type Beat generator
(22:58) Did we just bumped into an actual GOOD idea??
(26:39) Automated AI memes: future of social?
(30:56) Awkward Situations-as-as-Service
(34:47) Bathroom memberships: actually a legit idea?
(35:31) LinkedIn Videos: bearish or bullish?
(38:13) Product company is out. Media company is in.
(42:14) Why building in public doesn't make sense

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.
Follow Cody 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.
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45min

FAQs about The Jason Levin Show:

How many episodes does The Jason Levin Show have?

The podcast currently has 88 episodes available.