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How I Grew My Podcast To 300 Million Downloads (My Exact Playbook + Mistakes)

The $100 MBA Show · 2026-07-01 · 33 min

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Starting a podcast can feel exciting for about five minutes, then the doubt kicks in. You wonder if anyone will listen, if the space is too crowded, or if you’re just pouring time and energy into something that will never really take off. If you’ve been stuck between wanting to build something big and worrying it might flop, this episode is going to hit close to home. In this Q&A Wednesday episode, John sent in the question and asked what it really takes to grow a podcast from the ground up, and Omar gets brutally honest about the road behind the success. He shares what changed everything for him after an early failure and opens up about the mindset, decisions, and lessons that shaped the show into what it became. If you’ve been trying to figure out what makes one podcast grow while another disappears, this lesson will give you a lot to think about. Omar and Nicole have grown this show to 300 million downloads, and if you want to hear what helped turn it into something that massive, click play at the top of the page and dive into the lesson behind building a podcast that truly lasts.

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