Podbit · SOLVED with Mark Manson
After experimenting with shorter, more frequent episodes, Mark and the SOLVED team are returning to one comprehensive monthly mega-episode starting June. YouTube will drip these in 5–6 parts over 10 days to beat the algorithm, while podcast listeners get the full episode on day one. PDF guides also return, free, alongside each episode.
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Mark opens the anniversary episode with characteristic self-deprecation and genuine pride, ticking off the milestones: 20 episodes published, 20 million downloads, 3 million YouTube subscribers, and an unspecified but apparently impressive number of poop jokes. The tone is warm and celebratory, and the promise is ambitious — a Q&A that covers addiction, procrastination, manifestation, confidence, relationships, purpose, and more. It's a fitting opener for an episode designed to showcase everything the show has become in its first year.
The SOLVED Podcast hit 20 million downloads and 3 million YouTube subscribers within its first year of publication.
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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