The Jason Levin Show

0:00 Horse blinders for humans0:48 We bought Jester.ai for $69,6901:16 Four years trying to clone myself1:56 Hot take: some iMessage AI agents are just dudes texting2:34 Building the scientifically funniest AI agent3:28 Slow, unpopular, long journey3:57 stopgivingmeadvice.com4:56 Why the funniest AI agent is worth billions6:13 The scariest wire I've ever sent6:40 Slop vs memes7:37 Salvador Dali would be a Higgsfield power user9:03 Picasso's napkin10:29 Why AI writing always feels like slop11:51 Health with the blinders on13:01 My $3,600 Eight Sleep13:29 Ketone IQ, creatine and the no-phone gym14:51 Bringing play back to the gym15:20 Live like my dog16:56 My therapist Troy17:41 Self one vs self two19:09 Control the memes or they control you19:47 A dilettante is a polymath in training21:04 If you're not skipping lunch you're not obsessed21:57 Touring Marlins Stadium22:26 Barbell theory23:51 The midwit curve25:43 The Greek fisherman

(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 short king and ai comedy influencers(8:52) why imessage feels like home(10:49) the inner game of tennis(11:31) letting it happen is not making it happen(12:29) a silicon valley serenity prayer(13:16) free third eye blind tickets from a floaty(15:57) judgment results in tightness(17:56) playing in the gym(19:06) self 1 doesn't trust self 2(22:41) a man does not walk into the ocean(24:09) you can't ayahuasca me(25:01) the instruction isn't the stroke(26:19) what does it mean to try too hard?(28:28) in the zone(30:51) stop thinking about the clip(32:19) my holy tattoo(33:29) sunk cost(34:51) key largo and a $300 hotel for four hours(38:24) shut down what doesn't work(39:54) ics are the best leaders(40:43) love you, internet

(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 opinion(14:19) the point of ai is going offline(16:04) i found my harley quinn(19:27) digital wellness retreat recap(22:16) no phone for another 4 days(30:22) ten days off twitter(31:47) life at the speed of play(34:11) internet treasures(35:38) you never regret more yoga(38:16) this hat might be magic(40:08) i bought a dumb phone(41:27) blaise was retarded, so are you(42:41) everything works out for me(43:33) think rich, dress poor(45:06) gen z founder brain(48:19) digital shabbat

(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) You don’t need to be a finance bro to make finance bro money(11:01) Cool shit law (make cool shit → meet cool people)(12:53) Meme Fighter: Smash Bros for the timeline(14:19) Spicy Cubes + my wife got a brand to pay for her gala(15:48) Snap embracing the memes (go luxury-silly)(19:35) Muse vs GrokBot vs Instinct (Pokemon agents)(22:29) Building the most useless AI agent (iMessage)(24:25) Artificial general stupidity(26:19) Fait accompli: only tell people after it’s done(27:18) Taste comes from cooking, not eating(29:41) Stop overthinking Reels, just tell a story(31:38) Never start a business with your girlfriend(33:08) Keep cooking (retard in motion > genius at rest)(36:47) Grindr acquires Hyrox + let marketers vibe code(39:39) Deep thoughts: Clav is performance art(41:30) Grandpa, Meta Ray-Bans, aliens are real(41:59) Luck = exploiting accidents (Napoleon)(42:56) Things to do while AI is loading → rip a Reel(44:34) Don’t like it. Love it. Comment.

00:00 Back after a year (no polish, just talking)00:57 The point of the internet isn't money — it's connection02:22 Broke in NJ to Miami whiplash04:44 Who am I vs who is the company05:43 Cheating on marketing with product08:08 Don't wanna just be the viral meme guy10:00 Marketers have an identity crisis too (vibe coding)12:54 VCs = fairy godmothers who only pick up on a boat14:14 Anti-polish internet / just make people laugh14:42 Grandma watched my Reels because I wasn't calling16:10 Agents era — Grokbot booked my UM speaking gigs19:32 Support + CMO on autopilot (Mimi Mills)22:16 Meta Ray-Bans (not sponsored, actually obsessed)25:12 Ketone + health year kickoff26:12 Boxing, padel, sleep still sucks29:08 Men sports-bet more than they play sports with friends31:33 Why I moved to Miami (beach over bay boat envy)35:26 Hiring: they find me on Twitter. Keep it mysterious.41:35 Content diet: more music, fewer masturbatory pods44:19 Serendipity / Chief Stumbling Officer48:02 I'm just a vessel — stop forcing everything48:29 Fear year: hit pieces and death threats50:31 Stop Pokemon-catching podcast guests52:41 Saturdays for Shabbat (founders need offline)55:37 We weren't meant to be always connected59:01 Don't find me. I'm at the beach. Peace.

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

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 TechnologiesRead 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.

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 winningJason 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 Troy on TwitterSubscribe 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.

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.Follow Erica on TwitterSubscribe 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.

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 promptJason 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 Varun on InstagramSubscribe 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.