Podbit · SOLVED with Mark Manson
2026 brings a Boundaries episode on January 1st, an Ego episode January 15th, structured flagship episodes starting February, monthly Q&As, live podcasts potentially in LA, the 10th anniversary of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck, and Mark beginning to write a new book for the first time since 2021. It's a lot — and he's excited.
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Two distinct questions get handled in quick succession here. On a new book: Mark hasn't written one since Will Smith's 2021 memoir, partly by design, partly because he didn't miss it. But 3–4 months ago something shifted — ideas started coming back, content threads from the podcast feel ready to go deeper, and the desire to write is returning [1] — Mark Manson "No book written since Will Smith's 2021 book: Mark Manson has not written a new book since co-writing Will Smith's book in 2021, but says h…" 1:00:50 . His current plan is to start tinkering with outlines in 2026, with no hard timeline beyond that. On live shows and speaking: he does do international events — Australia, New Zealand, the UK — but not frequently because he doesn't love it. That's changing. Live podcasts in LA are actively being discussed with Drew, though the 4–5 hour flagship format would need rethinking. The 10th anniversary of The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck in 2026 will likely include a special edition and a handful of live events, possibly including international ones given how large the book was in foreign markets.
Sam built Algrow, a SaaS for finding viral content formats, with zero coding experience using ChatGPT and Cursor. Six months later: 10,000 users, $14K/month in revenue.
Sam's first MVP threw an application error on its very first user — and he shipped it anyway. The core idea worked, and that was enough to validate the product and keep users coming back.
Sam joined Discord voice chats, muted himself, and silently screen-shared his product. Users in the chat started tagging him asking what the tool was. No pitch needed — curiosity did the selling.
Most founders post links in Discord and immediately get banned for self-promotion. Sam's approach was the opposite: build rapport, help people with the tool, let word of mouth do the work.
Find where your ICP lives. Listen before building. Validate with DMs and Loom recordings. Build in public with users inside your own Discord server. Turn early adopters into advocates with free access.
Instead of fearing the self-promo ban in large Discord servers, create your own private server for your product. You funnel in ideal customers and build a relationship that email can't replicate.
Algrow helps creators find and replicate viral video formats, starting at $25/month. It analyzes subscriber counts, average views, and trending formats — and can even generate the videos with AI.
After weeks of Sam silently screen-sharing in a Discord server, the server owner — unprompted — made a full YouTube promotional video about Algrow. Sam paid nothing and asked for nothing.
Producer Gus admits Discord never crossed his mind as a customer acquisition channel. Pat connects the insight to a broader lesson: match your distribution channel to where your actual customers live.
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