Hey everyone, Alex here.

Before we start today's episode, I have one ask of my listeners,

and it is very appropriate for what today's episode is about.

I've been studying the growth playbooks of the biggest podcasts in the world

to better understand how I can keep growing Founders Journal beyond show cross

promotions content marketing on social media, and recommendations by Apple Podcasts and

Spotify on their home pages. The number one way to grow your show is through show reviews. Reviews take less than 60 seconds and they

make a huge difference for podcasters like myself. With that being said, it would mean the

world to me if you could head to the Apple Podcast app and leave a review on the show.

My goal is to go from 126 ratings to 250 ratings in two months.

And with your help, I believe we can do it.

Now, time for the episode.

What is up everyone?

This is Alex Lieberman, co-founder and CEO of Morning Brew.

As always, thank you for joining Founders Journal,

my personal audio diary, made public for the world.

My diary is meant to give you the business builder a backstage pass into building Morning Brew.

I want to help you think better in order to build better whether that's building a business,

building a team, or building a new product.

So let's build together.

Today I'm going to walk you through Morning Brew's Playbook for Growth,

with never before shared insight. I'm going to tell you how we grew from

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