Billionaire Founder Stories · 2026-01-17 · 1 min
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The Follow the Money podcast is launching a 'Propose a City' contest inviting listeners to nominate emerging hubs of industrial and capital growth for featured episodes. Participants watch existing Follow the Money content, then submit city proposals via comments explaining why capital is flowing to their chosen location. Ten winning cities will be selected and featured in dedicated video episodes with on-screen credits acknowledging contributors. This is an audience engagement initiative designed to crowdsource geographic intelligence on where business activity and investment are concentrating, allowing the show to expand its coverage based on listener insight while building community participation and shareability.
Watch a few episodes from the Follow the Money playlist, then submit your city proposal in the comments section explaining why you believe capital is flowing there and why it should be featured.
Ten winning cities receive a featured video episode on the show and personalized on-screen thank you credits acknowledging the contributor who nominated them.
Submit your city proposal in the comments section of the Follow the Money playlist after watching a few existing episodes.
Our reviewer’s read on each dimension, with quotes from the episode.
This is a 1-minute promotional contest announcement with zero substantive claims, frameworks, or ideas. There is no educational content whatsoever for a B2B operator.
Have fun. Share your city vote and see your favorite city featured here.
No original thinking is present; the entire transcript is a call-to-action for a user-generated content contest with no intellectual substance.
Submit your city proposal in the comments section and explain why you think the capital is flowing there.
There is no guest - only a single unnamed speaker delivering a promotional script. No practitioner, operator, or expert of any kind appears.
Speaker A: The Follow the Propose youe City Contest is happening now.
No data, metrics, company names, dollar figures, or concrete evidence of any kind are present. The only 'specific' detail is that 10 winning cities will be selected.
10 winning cities will be selected.
There is no conversation, no host-guest dynamic, no questions, no follow-ups, and no dialogue of any kind - just a unilateral promotional monologue.
First, click on our Follow the Money playlist and watch a few episodes.
Computed from the transcript - who did the talking, and the words that came up most.
Follow the Money has launched al "Propose a City" Contest. Viewers can propose their city for recognition. Viewers can visit . Navigate to the Follow the Money Podcasts, watch an episode or two, submit their city name in the comments section. Then explain why their city is booming, why their city deserved a spotlight. The company reported that ten cities can win spotlight status, that their city will be featured in a full video, with their personal or company name fully attributed. Contest winners can expect thousands to millions of views for their winning city videos. Follow the Money reported that companies like Amazon, Google, Tesla, Walmart, Home Depot, Costco, ExxonMobil, UPS, FedEx, were featured in past City episodes.
Transcribed and scored by The B2B Podcast Index.
Speaker A: The Follow the Propose youe City Contest is happening now. Enter the name of a city you think is booming with new industry and tell us why it should be included in a new episode of uh, Follow the Money. First, click on our Follow the Money playlist and watch a few episodes. Submit your city proposal in the comments section and explain why you think the capital is flowing there. Rewards from all submissions, 10 winning cities will be selected. Each winning city will receive a featured video episode and a uh, personalized on screen thank you. Credit to you the contributor. Have fun. Share your city vote and see your favorite city featured here.
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