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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. We talk about strategies and tactics to build digital worlds and content empires.

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  1. Be a Man With Horse Blinders On

    0:00 Horse blinders for humans 0:48 We bought Jester.ai for $69,690 1:16 Four years trying to clone myself 1:56 Hot take: some iMessage AI agents are just dudes texting 2:34 Building the scientifically funniest AI agent 3:28 Slow, unpopular, long journey 3:57 stopgivingmeadvice.com 4:56 Why the...

  2. The Inner Game of Startups

    (0:00) the imessage agent boom and jester (2:34) memelord went down from too much usage (3:03) the icloud hacks behind it all (3:47) the best deals happen in imessage (4:22) why grok bot and muse skip imessage (5:23) higgsfield character swaps in imessage (6:42) adobe is so far behind (7:13) og...

  3. Undisturbed from Popular Opinion

    (0:00) going offline for 3 days (0:47) the best ideas come from play (1:38) barbell theory (2:11) close the laptop, bench press in the woods (4:16) ai agents, wang's muse, and jack dorsey (7:52) opendoor ceo is based (9:06) sf is a mind virus, i'm an sf hooker (13:08) undisturbed from popular...

  4. I've run out of thoughts

    (0:00) Joe DiMaggio of podcasts is back (0:29) I paid two clowns so I didn’t have to go to AdWeek (2:26) They got kicked out for getting too much attention (3:50) Bureaucracy is scarier than billionaires (4:18) GrokBot booked me a UM guest lecture (5:18) BBYO talk + climb cringe mountain (8:17)…

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  5. The point of the internet

    00:00 Back after a year (no polish, just talking) 00:57 The point of the internet isn't money — it's connection 02:22 Broke in NJ to Miami whiplash 04:44 Who am I vs who is the company 05:43 Cheating on marketing with product 08:08 Don't wanna just be the viral meme guy 10:00 Marketers have an...

  6. #89: Shane Levine & Nico Muoio - Vibe Design 101

    Shane Levine is the founder of product design studio Turbo LabsNico Muoio is the founder of e-commerce optimization agency Bottomless Labs(00:20) Our weird high school entrepreneurship stories(05:30) How Shane made bucks with viral iPod wallpapers(06:40) Why nostalgia design works, and when it...

  7. #88: Adam Faris — From NBA2K to Content Empire

    I talked to my homie Adam Faris, digital creator and the king of sports content. He started out posting NBA 2K TikTok memes and ended up in unexpected places such as Aston Martin Formula 1 garage and working with Playboy.(00:45) First viral TikTok: NBA 2K bets during COVID(04:12) Why Twitter/X is…

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  8. #87: Troy Osinoff — He Sold a Meme App for Millions

    I talked to founder, investor, and all-around amazing guy Troy Osinoff. Troy built and sold MakeAGIF at 19, then went on to do other stuff from publishing a book to investing in MrBeast, the Charlotte Hornets, Moonpay, and more(00:41) Building the top #1 GIF site at 19 with(03:07) The janky hack...

  9. #86: Erica Levin — Our Meme Marriage

    Meet the Unhinged Meme Queen and my wife Erica Levin, who left her corporate job and now diving into the tech startup biz(00:17) Leaving the corporate life to creative life(02:52) Getting viral on our wedding day tweet(05:57) Erica getting CENSORED on X (07:52) Explaining what I do to her parents...

  10. #85: Varun Rana — From Amazon Engineer to Viral Comedian

    Varun Rana is a viral comedian who left his engineering job at Amazon to make sketch comedy online (00:39) Why is it so easy to make fun of tech?(03:51) The algo gives you infinite shots as long as you’re not dumb(07:01) My ‘fuck it, go big’ moment(09:37) getting unsolicited feedback from random...

  11. #84: Jared Zoneraich — The $5M Prompt Engineer

    Jared Zoneraich is the founder PromptLayer, the first platform built for prompt engineers(00:45) The secret sauce behind prompting(06:54) “Intelligence is cheap as fuck now”(12:45) Remember when the whole internet dunked on prompt engineering?(18:40) Talking on the phone with your users and being...

  12. #83: EXCLUSIVE — The $120K/Mo Faceless Founders

    Meet my homies and the mysterious co-founders of Faceless.video: Alex Steinberg and Jacob Seeger (00:30) Who the fuck are these mystery founders making millions? (04:47) The Faceless.video origin story (09:03) Their first users + shoutout to cousin Andrew (13:35) Waking up to angry emails, but...

  13. #82: David Keyes — Meme Warfare: The New Battlefield

    David Keyes is the former spokesman to Israel's Prime Minister and pranker of dictators (00:38) What is ‘narrative warfare’ and how do you fight back(02:21) From pranking dictators to advising the Israeli PM(05:07) David’s wildest dictator pranks(09:20) Prepping Netanyahu to dodge media...

  14. #81: Tyler Denk — Newsletters, Memes, and Dreams

    Tyler Denk is the CEO and founder beehiiv, the all-in-one newsletter platform for creators. (00:26) Making money with newsletters: is that a thing?(05:16) How my newsletter became the home base for Memelord Technologies(06:14) The Big Desk Energy Costa Rica retreat(11:17) How I got a billionaire…

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  15. #80: Molly O'Shea — The Venture Artist

    Molly O'Shea is a venture capitalist and founder of Sourcery, a newsletter about top VC deals and startup trends 02:51) 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)...

  16. #79 I Just Bought a Startup - w/ Jack Kuveke

    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...

  17. #78: Katelyn Bourgoin — Meme Marketing Psychology

    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)...

  18. #77: Eli Weiss — The $230B Customer Retention King

    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...

  19. #76: Ridd — The Million Dollar Figma Teacher

    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…

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  20. #75: Tom Orbach – The $23B Startup Meme Strategist

    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...

  21. #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...

  22. #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...

  23. #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...

  24. #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...

  25. #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…

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  26. #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

  27. #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...

  28. #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...

  29. #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...

  30. #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...

  31. #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...

  32. #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...

  33. #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...

  34. #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:...

  35. #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...

  36. #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)...

  37. #59 Gabor Cselle — He Sold Two Startups. He's Launching Another Two.

    Gabor Cselle is a serial founder, product builder, and creator of Choosy Chat. (00:00) Startup journey and the path to acquisition (07:24) Should you be able to choose your LLMs? (17:32) Why generating images with AI feels like gambling (25:08) Are we ready to automate creative work with AI?...

  38. #58 Randy Ginsburg — He wants to stop tech addiction for good

    Randy Ginsburg is a founder with a mission to get you off your phones and live your life to the fullest. (01:53) "Bricking" your phone for digital wellness (09:48) The "Screen Time Conundrum" (17:51) Tools for managing your digital life (22:26) Can you actually make money as a digital minimalist?...

  39. #57: Emil Michael — He built Uber to $170B (Travis Kalanick's right-hand man)

    Emil Michael was the Chief Business Officer at Uber where he was Travis Kalanick's right-hand man. Michael raised over $15B to help Uber grow into the $170B company. (00:00) Dealing with the "Taxi Mafia" in Italy (04:03) How Uber builds local teams from the ground up (09:56) Why founders should…

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  40. #56 Nik Shevchenko — The Russian genius building AI necklaces for the masses (future $1B company)

    Nik Shevchenko is the founder of Based Hardware where he builds AI necklaces, glasses, and more. (00:00) Wtf is the AI Friend??? (02:55) Why should AI be Open-Source? (08:56) What cool stuff can the AI Friend do? (11:54) Hardware development (Jason shows his nutsack) (18:58) Privacy implications...

  41. #55 Bobby Ghoshal — 100M+ TikTok views with sticky notes and sharpies (a viral marketing masterclass)

    Bobby Ghoshal is the founder of Dupe.com, a viral app with 2m+ customers to help you find duplicates of furniture or clothes. (00:01) Wtf is Dupe?? (4:00) Bobby's genius $20 viral marketing on TikTok (8:01) "Accidentally" is the best hook ever (11:01) Owning words, slogans, and phrases (13:50)...

  42. #54: Emery Wells - Acquired for $1B+ by Adobe

    Emery Wells is the founder of ‪Frame.io which he sold for over $1B to Adobe. (01:32) Emery moves to NYC to be a filmmaker (7:19) Frame's launch goes VIRAL (12:22) Investments from Balaji and Aaron Levy (16:01) Fundraising advice (18:59) Selling software bottom-up (25:00) Writing online and…

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  43. #53: Steven Tey - #1 Product of the Month, Product Hunt Launch Tips, and Twitter Growth Hacks

    Steven Tey is the founder of Dub.co, an open-source 10x better version of Bit.ly. (00:39) How Steven hit #1 on Product Hunt (07:22) Founding Dub.co (09:47) Product Hunt launch hacks (15:32) Steven's Twitter hacks (20:04) Future of Dub.co Jason Levin⁠⁠⁠ is a viral marketer and Head of Growth at...

  44. #52: Joshua Steinman - TikTok Ban, Communism in America, Anti-Israel Protests

    Joshua Steinman is the founder of cybersecurity startup Galvanick and a former member of the National Security Council. (00:42) Biggest threats in USA (2:02) Factories getting hacked (05:45) 2024 Election (08:03) Working in White House (09:18) El Segundo (15:17) Should we ban TikTok??? (18:10)…

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  45. #51: Jordan Mix - Tweeting Your Way Into a Dream Job With Your Heroes

    Jordan Mix is a designer, engineer, and Partner at Late Checkout with Greg Isenberg. (00:43) How to work with your heroes (5:30) Buying and growing businesses at Late Checkout (10:39) You gotta take L's (15:40) Why I give away free books (17:06) Bullish on physical communities (22:21) Product…

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  46. #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…

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  47. #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...

  48. #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...

  49. #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...

  50. #46: Alex Cohen - Meme Marketing, Getting Fired, $100M profit or bust

    Alex Cohen is the founder of SaaS spending tracking Spendoso, the Sr. Director of Product at Carbon Health, and an angel investor in 70+ companies. He's also a prolific memelord and meme marketer. (01:24) Alex has a real job? (6:38) How to handle a co-founder breakup (11:23) Bootstrap versus...

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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.

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