#80: Molly O'Shea — The Venture Artist

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The Jason Levin Show

Jason Levin

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#80: Molly O'Shea — The Venture Artist

The Jason Levin Show

58 minutes 52 seconds

8 months ago

#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) 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.

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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.