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The Jason Levin Show
Jason Levin
89 episodes
2 days ago
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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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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The Jason Levin Show
#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 doesn’t(08:20) MVPs are dead: you only get one shot now(09:50) How AI tools raised the floor for design(11:20) Dropshipper smell test: even your mom can detect it(17:20) Why ugly landing pages sometimes convert better(19:20) Niko’s high school t-shirt empire and how it scaled(23:20) Our morbid project: HeavenWireless(25:20) Design tips for getting VCs to take you seriously(27:20) “Design is like a hot person”(29:20) The psychology behind people tolerating bad UX for good looks(31:20) The highlighter girl moment: getting obsessive in FigJam and Notion(33:20) Why billionaires don’t care about tools(37:20) Product-led growth by design: making people pay upfront(39:20) How a Gumroad link with old screenshots got 1,000 signups(41:20) Sending pizzas to VCs(43:20) Memes by mail and hyper-personal gifts as biz dev hacks(45:20) Scaling as a chaotic creative: systems, checklists, looms(47:20) What to do when your SOPs are fucked(51:20) Talking to ChatGPT like your dadJason Levin⁠⁠⁠ is the founder of meme marketing software Memelord Technologies (https://memelord.tech)Read Jason's weekly advice column on organic social media growth for startups:https://www.cyberpatterns.xyz/subscribeFollow Jason for cool ideas here: https://twitter.com/iamjasonlevinFollow Shane for design and product content here: https://twitter.com/theShaneLevineFollow Nico for DTC content here: https://twitter.com/NicoMuoioPast 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.#startups #venturecapital #ycombinator #growthhacks #growthhacking #viralmarketing #marketing #marketingpodcast #marketingstrategy #marketingtips #marketinghacks #jasonlevin #techpodcast #entrepreneur #entrepreneurship #businesspodcast #indiehacking

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4 months ago
1 hour 17 seconds

The Jason Levin Show
#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 a broken app with the world’s best network(07:21) Making his first dollar $100 from content(09:28) Getting Chainsmokers follow from memes(14:36) How Adam got access to Vegas F1 Grand Prix and met celebrities(19:04) How creator work leads to absurd adventures(22:16) Adam’s creator bucket list: a Netflix show(25:22) How to create your own internet series(28:17) Why passion matter more than size (that’s what my wife said)(30:23) Don’t just aggregate memes. BE the meme(31:57) Message to companies: let the creators be creative(37:15) Adam’s Playboy gig with the Super Bowl(39:27) Red Bull should sponsor hackathons, not just athletes(41:26) GoPro nostalgia and how they lost their mojo(42:59) Idea: energy drinks for memelords(44:12) Running an agency on top of content empire(46:24) Why self-driven teams make everything better(49:36) Why Timothée Chalamet’s speech hits like crack for us ambitious peopleJason Levin⁠⁠⁠ is the founder of meme marketing software Memelord Technologies
Read Jason's weekly advice column on organic social media growth for startups.Follow Jason for memes and cool ideas hereFollow Adam for sports content herePast 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, Troy Osinoff and more.

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5 months ago
51 minutes 18 seconds

The Jason Levin Show
#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 that made MakeAGIF profitable(04:22) Investing in a studio where Kendrick recorded good kid, m.A.A.d city(06:52) Bought a bankrupt shoe factory and made handmade sneakers for Shaq(08:57) My Memelord Coffee launch(14:41) Learned to code by handwriting it at Barnes & Noble(16:20) Getting parents approval by being on Dr.Phil(17:25) Blog goes viral → book deal with Penguin → sells rights to John Krasinski(20:54) Troy’s gut-driven lifestyle manifesto(24:42) The meme rule: “Don’t touch a viral topic unless it’s your lane”(28:48) “Vibe marketing is still bullshit.”(32:50) “Every girl tweets about vibrators. I do it once and it’s a war crime.”(42:17) How Troy accidentally built a Gen Z media army(46:47) Troy's investment philosophy(54:49) Weirdos with WiFi and caffeine are finally winning


Jason Levin⁠⁠⁠ is the founder of meme marketing software 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.

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6 months ago
55 minutes 11 seconds

The Jason Levin Show
#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 (good luck)(09:42) Planning our wedding with AI like a true startup couple(11:15) Erica’s GLP-1 app and the Ozempic rabbit hole(12:37) What it’s like being married to a memelord?(14:12) Just doing things in New York (chaotic creative mode)(16:15) That time a One Direction guy hit on my wife 🫠(18:52) How I structure my day between building, writing, and yapping (21:02) That time I was a broke data engineer(24:37) How my memes upset her friends(32:42) Papa Levin: the OG newsletter king(36:17) How I became the “Unhinged Husband” on her work Slack(37:37) My business advice to Erica (go silly or go home)(42:12) Why I avoid Hacker News like the plague(43:27) Celebrating your milestones: wins, fails, and firing clients(51:02) Our #1 thing: being able to make ourselves laugh


Jason Levin⁠⁠⁠ is the founder of meme marketing software Memelord Technologies.

Read Jason's ⁠weekly advice column on organic social media growth for startups⁠.

Follow Jason on ⁠Twitter⁠.

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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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6 months ago
54 minutes 35 seconds

The Jason Levin Show
#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 internet kids who’ve never built anything(13:23) Explaining to my dad that YouTube is now modern TV channels(16:37) Going insane at work, quitting with $0 plan, and telling your parents after(19:46) Turning your personality into the product(22:58) Using dirty jokes as brand strategy(26:06) The most boring job in tech rebranded as “GTM”(32:30) Startup ideas: Latina cleaners but for your laptop(35:40) Varun’s LinkedIn playbook: make fun of LinkedIn and get Viral(38:52) Long vs short posts: crank it out or let it marinate(42:00) The best bangers are unplanned(45:16) Meme-a-thons, flyers, Grok AI, and a dirty system prompt


Jason Levin⁠⁠⁠ is the founder of meme marketing software Memelord Technologies.

Read Jason's ⁠weekly advice column on organic social media growth for startups⁠.

Follow Jason on ⁠Twitter⁠.

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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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6 months ago
48 minutes 25 seconds

The Jason Levin Show
#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 friends with them(22:37) That one time Jared and I built a bot to talk to dead people during my bachelor party(24:14) Building while hackathon teammates hit the strip club(28:25) Founders: please have a hobby(32:50) Real talk: should you throw money at investing or keep building stuff?(36:55) Contrarian hot take: “This is a good time to be a software engineer”(39:27) Go all in on the platform you vibe with. Don’t try to be everywhere(45:09) Balancing between building and yapping to get customers(47:32) You can only get warm intros if you’re hot
Jason Levin⁠⁠⁠ is the founder of meme marketing software Memelord Technologies.

Read Jason's ⁠weekly advice column on organic social media growth for startups⁠.

Follow Jason on ⁠Twitter⁠.

Follow Jared 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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7 months ago
48 minutes 58 seconds

The Jason Levin Show
#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 kinda loving it?

(15:55) Vibes vs. data: who actually won?

(20:17) How TikTok ban almost gave Alex a panic attack

(23:29) Creativity is your only bottleneck in software

(24:37) Teaser for my upcoming TV show

(25:35) “You could just build software for the sake of it”

(27:28) First time learning about vibe coding

(30:34) Becoming the "Avengers of Doing Things"

(40:06) Fuck cold plunges. Just make money

(44:39) From building a brand to building software

(45:04) 99% of startup advice is bullshit

(49:15) Why entrepreneurs should always bootstrap first

(53:04) Freedom as the goal for founders

(55:42) AI can do a lot, but it still can’t be funny


Jason Levin⁠⁠⁠ is the founder of meme marketing software ⁠Memelord Technologies⁠

Read Jason's ⁠⁠weekly advice column on organic social media growth for startups⁠⁠.

Follow Jason on ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠

Check out ⁠Faceless Video⁠

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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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7 months ago
57 minutes 19 seconds

The Jason Levin Show
#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 attacks(13:17) How startup founders can hit back at legacy media(17:26) Making the Israeli PM go viral on day one(21:14) Why are terrorists so damn good at PR?(23:21) The viral TOTAL VICTORY campaign and what made it explode(28:26) What David learned from working with Netanyahu firsthand(34:28) Our funeral for legacy media(36:08) Legacy media's death: self-inflicted?(37:28) What’s next for PR agencies now that legacy media is kaput?(40:04) “We need to seize the memes of production” me to @PalmerLuckey(41:25) The secret sauce to making your content go viral everytime(43:58) Measuring who’s winning the narrative war(46:04) Cracking world leaders with humors and jokes(49:46) How to stand out in an ocean of AI-generated slop(51:53) David’s mentors and the lessons they taught him(55:34) I was dead WRONG about memes making millionsJason Levin⁠⁠⁠ is the founder of meme marketing software Memelord Technologies

Read Jason's ⁠weekly advice column on organic social media growth for startups⁠.

Follow Jason on ⁠X

Follow David on X

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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8 months ago
57 minutes 50 seconds

The Jason Levin Show
#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 to sign up for my software(13:08) How I (almost) raised VC(17:11) Telling stories to get your team hyped(21:40) Dealing with “people problems” in your company(25:10) “Small teams are sexy”(26:45) The hiring domino effect(28:10) Building a company you actually want to work on(31:18) Hot take: You shouldn’t talk to users before launching(34:20) From $3 in his bank account to a job at @morningbrew(38:10) Doing whatever the fuck you gotta do to get what you want(41:35) My superpower: Being seen as an idiot(42:43) How the Memelord Technologies team got assembled(45:30) Building the most cracked team with people all over the world

Jason Levin⁠⁠⁠ is the founder of meme marketing software Memelord Technologies

Read Jason's ⁠weekly advice column on organic social media growth for startups⁠.

Follow Jason on ⁠Twitter⁠

Follow Tyler on Twitter

Subscribe to Jason on ⁠YouTube⁠

Subscribe to Tyler's newsletter Big Desk Energy

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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8 months ago
52 minutes 6 seconds

The Jason Levin Show
#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.

Read Jason's ⁠weekly advice column on organic social media growth for startups⁠.


Follow Jason on ⁠X.

Follow Molly on X.

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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8 months ago
58 minutes 52 seconds

The Jason Levin Show
#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 (13:31) What if Bryan Johnson started recruiting for ISIS? (15:24) Is your CEO a fraud? This AI tool will help you (20:35) Why you should be screenmaxxing all the time (29:25) Can Goonmaps get into YC? (33:58) The business case for paying people to jerk off (47:39) My grandpa: the OG astrology grifter (57:17) Making Goonmaps go vira (01:02:59) Zuck's glow-up: PR firm or just a really good blowjob?

Jason Levin⁠⁠⁠ is a viral marketer and founder of Memelord Technologies, the meme software for meme marketer: memelord.tech


Read Jason's weekly advice column on organic social media growth for startups:

https://www.cyberpatterns.xyz/subscribe


Follow Jason for cool ideas here:

https://twitter.com/iamjasonlevin


Follow Jack here: https://x.com/jackkuveke


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.


#podcast #startups #venturecapital #ycombinator #growthhacks #growthhacking #viralmarketing #marketing #marketingpodcast #marketingstrategy #marketingtips #marketinghacks #jasonlevin #techpodcast #entrepreneur #entrepreneurship #businesspodcast #indiehacking

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9 months ago
1 hour 8 minutes 45 seconds

The Jason Levin Show
#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) Claude vs. OpenAI: who has better marketing (22:51) The platforms Katelyn’s are bullish on (25:23) Why “be everywhere all the time” content advice is total horseshit (30:02) The psychology of humor and meme marketing (32:57) Using fear, to sell but make it funny (36:19) The secret to make people buy (39:58) Jealousy: a powerful cheat code for marketers

Jason Levin⁠⁠⁠ is a viral marketer and founder of Memelord Technologies. Read Jason's ⁠weekly advice column on organic social media growth for startups⁠.


Follow Jason on ⁠Twitter⁠.

Follow Katelyn 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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9 months ago
45 minutes 27 seconds

The Jason Levin Show
#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

(13:10) How my wife forced me to dress up for Hereticon

(15:56) Idea: Bryan Johnson's Blueprint but for women

(21:36) The fuck is “retention” and how I do it for Memelord Tech?

(27:28) Is Trump the GOAT marketer?

(32:44) Giving my future kids a $1M loan so they don’t become useless

(35:55) Keeping employees around (potentially with drugs

(40:57) Should you take your employees to an Ayahuasca trip

(44:33) My theory: The Rizzler is a Big Candy industry plant

(46:35) Best marketing I've seen: Lucy Nicotine

(49:06) Prediction market: the next big thing

(51:41) Injecting more Jewish culture to the e-commerce world

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11 months ago
57 minutes 12 seconds

The Jason Levin Show
#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 burnout

(14:04) Running his online biz with family, Godfather style

(19:12) Design is the new marketing baby embrace it

(20:22) Can taste be developed or is it innate?

(26:08) Brand consistency and why it’s essential

(27:55) “AI design tools are suck”

(30:38) Why I ditched ChatGPT for six months (yes this is a flex)

(32:39) Craft over AI slop

(37:03) Figma AI backlash: a PR mess

(41:23) Writing for the internet, not your English teacher

Jason Levin⁠⁠⁠ is a viral marketer and founder of Memelord Technologies. Read Jason's ⁠weekly advice column on organic social media growth for startups⁠.

Follow Jason on ⁠Twitter⁠.

Follow Ridd 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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11 months ago
45 minutes 11 seconds

The Jason Levin Show
#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 (08:15) Tom’s “Meme Battle” strategy (09:17) The rise of “mini tools” (yes, it’s about my penis) (16:05) Is “screenshot marketing” the next big thing? (21:56) Why people stealing your memes is good (24:59) Tom’s secret advice for meme account outreach (25:28) Should we be bullish on event marketing? (30:34) How my dog is helping me get signups for Memelord Tech (32:26) Marketing tactics to be bullish on in 2025: mini games

Jason Levin⁠⁠⁠ is a viral marketer and founder of Memelord Technologies. Read Jason's ⁠⁠weekly advice column on organic social media growth for startups⁠⁠.

Follow Jason on ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠.

Follow Eric 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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11 months ago
39 minutes 7 seconds

The Jason Levin Show
#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.

Follow Jason on ⁠Twitter⁠.

Follow Eric 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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1 year ago
38 minutes 7 seconds

The Jason Levin Show
#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.

Follow Jason on ⁠Twitter⁠.

Follow Kevin 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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1 year ago
41 minutes 27 seconds

The Jason Levin Show
#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 memelord


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.


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1 year ago
1 hour 27 minutes 21 seconds

The Jason Levin Show
#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.

Follow Jason on ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠.

Follow Dani 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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1 year ago
36 minutes 15 seconds

The Jason Levin Show
#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 pitches

Jason Levin⁠⁠⁠ is a viral marketer and founder of Memelord Technologiest. Read Jason's ⁠weekly advice column on organic social media growth for startups⁠.

Follow Jason on ⁠Twitter⁠.

Follow Alex 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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1 year ago
41 minutes 43 seconds

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.