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The Jason Levin Show
By Jason LevinTechnology
The Jason Levin Show episodes
- #74: Eric Bahn — Investing $46M Into Hustlers
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.
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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.
39 min - #73: Kevin Xu — Making Zillions on Reddit
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.
42 min - #72: Paul Millerd — In Search of Good Work
Paul Millerd is back on the pod. Paul is the author of Pathless Path and recently published his new book, Good Work: Reclaiming Your Inner Ambition
(00:35) Confessions of a workaholic
(03:34) Does work always have to suck a little?(06:00) What happens if you just don’t do stuff?(08:30) Paul’s pickup line - “I want to build a life not centered around work”(10:20) Why I fired my ghostwriting clients(13:40) How Paul convinced me to drop out of college(18:00) From “work day” to “work decade”(19:30) Is a writing schedule useful?(21:30) The puzzle of good work and finding your flow(23:35) “I abandoned a draft of about 55k words”(26:30) Why you don’t need to feel guilty about scrolling Twitter(33:50) “Oh shit, YOU'RE Meme Alerts?”(38:00) How Paul made his first internet money(41:10) Choosing the game you want to play(44:50) Publishing books on your own terms(49:30) Paul’s quarterly letter to his friends(50:30) Being a consultant for your own business(55:12) Paul analyzing my superpowers(01:01:25) Scheduling my leisure? What?(01:04:20) How the right memes can hit you deep(01:05:20) Sharing the ideas for my next book(01:08:20) Why American politics nowadays are just meme warfare(01:14:28) Why Naval Ravikant is a memelordJason 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.
1 hr 28 min - #72: Dani Grant — Developer Marketing Explained
Meet Dani Grant, co-founder and CEO of Jam. For the past couple of years, Dani and I have been teaming up to grow Jam through some unhinged marketing campaigns.
(01:08) Why is marketing a dirty word for developers
(03:55) Is self-promotion bad?
(07:34) Calibrating Jam’s brand voice
(07:59) Is building in public even worth it?
(12:31) “Thousands of people signed up, and no one used it”
(14:54) Seth Godin’s “Rule of 10” test
(17:45) Why Jam does weekly team podcast
(20:16) The unhinged “Venus flytrap” marketing campaign
(22:46) Cold coutreach → Hot opportunities
(27:34) Jam’s Growth experiment tracking system
(31:34) Why I stopped making viral subway videos
(32:29) What is Jam cooking right now?
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.
37 min - #71: Alex Lieberman — 20 Unhinged Startup Ideas
Meet Alex Lieberman, co-founder of Morning Brew. Alex co-founded Morning Brew and sold it for $75M to Business Insider.
(00:46) Dirty Jobs LARP-ing
(06:07) Outfit Mix-n-Match platform
(08:11) Does Zuck have a stylist?
(10:32) Post-Covid Rebrand Power Rankings
(12:25) Rent-a-Stripe Dashboard
(14:40) Bullshit MRR Detector
(15:21) Handkerchief…but for your ass
(16:40) Hairspray for dudes
(18:31) Dude Fridges and Dude Product Lines
(19:43) “Dress to Guess” (20:59) “Picturesque Piss”
(21:45) Uber Confessions Podcast
(25:12) Night time erection clinic
(26:29) Ass freshener
(27:25) VC fund for meme pates
(29:00) Pavlov Jumper Cables
(31:10) JD Vance Swim Shirts
(31:56) Travel Itinerary Platform <— actual legit idea
(34:18) Agency to turn CEO into a meme template
(35:48) Rent-a-family for politicians
(38:09) Rap Genius but for shareholder reports
(38:47) “Where’s Waldo” but with real humans
(40:14) Punk’d but for VC pitchesJason Levin is a viral marketer and founder of Memelord Technologiest. 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.
42 min - #70: EQUITY BABY
I did my first standup show, where I asked important questions like: "Why doesn't Subway have strippers?" and "How good was Jeffrey Epstein at business?"#standupcomedy #techbro
6 min - #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 moveJason 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.
41 min - #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 politicsJason 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.
53 min - #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 domainsJason 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.
1 hr 1 min - #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 WhatsAppJason 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.
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About The Jason Levin Show
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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.