Simon Owens's Media Newsletter • 74 implied HN points • 19 Dec 24
- David Stein used clever marketing tricks to grow his podcast audience by adding other popular podcast names to his metadata. This helped him reach over 20 million downloads.
- His podcast led to a successful membership community where listeners pay around $450 a year, making it a six-figure revenue source.
- Stein is now expanding into a SaaS platform for individual investors, offering them tools for better financial analysis, which he sees as a scalable business model.