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Zach Pogrob

Co-Founder, Vids · 1 appearance on the record.

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Zach Pogrob is an entrepreneur and social media creator known for his minimalist animations and writings focusing on discipline and hyper-focus. He co-founded the short-form creative agency Vids, leads the Run Cult community, and writes the Ten Bullets newsletter.

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1 prediction · 1 assertion · 3 opinions · 8 insights · 1 disclosure · every statement was checked. The prediction and assertion are the 2 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 1 is resolved, and 1 names no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Zach argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Sam Sulek gained two million YouTube subscribers in 2023 via daily long-form
“And over the last year he, or in 20, 23, he went from like zero to, I don't know, what's he at? Two million subscribers on YouTube posting a long form video of him working out every single day.”
Zach Pogrob Feb 21, 2024 ▶ 27:29 I Met The Most Obsessed Man On The Internet

How they sound: not measured why? →

We measure speaking style by listening to the audio itself, and a fair number needs at least 2,000 words from one person on tape we have measured. There is too little of Zach Pogrob on measured tape to publish a rate. This says nothing about how they speak.

Everything Zach Pogrob said on the Startup Ideas Podcast that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Prediction Not checkable as stated
Pogrob predicts he will be the fastest 180-200 lb marathoner by 2026
“I genuinely think if I keep going in two years, I'm going to be the fastest marathoner probably in the world between like a 180 to 200 pounds.”
Zach Pogrob Feb 21, 2024 ▶ 10:41 I Met The Most Obsessed Man On The Internet
Insight
Pogrob: Short-form video success is 90% script writing
“The scripts on these videos are everything. I genuinely think it's like 90% script writing for short form and really for content in general.”
Zach Pogrob Feb 21, 2024 ▶ 17:22 I Met The Most Obsessed Man On The Internet
Opinion
Pogrob: Creator agencies are overrated for creators but underrated for operators
“It's probably as a whole super overrated for creators, but I think it's okay. I think it's underrated for like operators. I think it's a cool opportunity for like the operator to like start something cool.”
Zach Pogrob Feb 21, 2024 ▶ 19:34 I Met The Most Obsessed Man On The Internet
Opinion
Pogrob: Pure online writing is overrated and unviable for almost all creators
“I think the online writer staple, like that's like kind of a meme now, kind of like on Twitter, I think it's so overdone and overrated for almost everybody. And like, you can't make any money with it and you can't build a real brand and you can't build a real …”
Zach Pogrob Feb 21, 2024 ▶ 35:06 I Met The Most Obsessed Man On The Internet
Insight
Pogrob: Modern convenience drives demand for extreme physical discomfort
“I just think normal life has gotten so soft and easy, you know, Uber eats to your apartment, go puff for deliveries. And that's why you see all these people doing, you know, tough modders, Spartan races, ultra marathons. People are craving that type of discomf…”
Zach Pogrob Feb 21, 2024 ▶ 2:27 I Met The Most Obsessed Man On The Internet
Opinion
Pogrob: The running market is massively wide open for new ventures
“I think the running space as a whole is massively wide open. And so that's where I think I'll make a lot of moves over the next year or two.”
Zach Pogrob Feb 21, 2024 ▶ 6:22 I Met The Most Obsessed Man On The Internet
Insight
Pogrob: Activities that demand lifelong dedication offer unlimited monetization opportunities
“I think if you could create something that people dedicate their life towards, that is unlimited monetization opportunities”
Zach Pogrob Feb 21, 2024 ▶ 10:59 I Met The Most Obsessed Man On The Internet
Insight
Pogrob: Removing Twitter handles from Instagram text posts dramatically boosts sharing
“I think removing your Twitter thing is so useful because Instagram posts, especially texts, they get shared. They grow from people sharing on their stories and most people don't want to share A quote with someone's little face and Twitter at they want to share…”
Zach Pogrob Feb 21, 2024 ▶ 29:49 I Met The Most Obsessed Man On The Internet
Insight
Pogrob: Audiences are exhausted by podcast clips in their short-form feeds
“Like you're going to post a hundred clips and maybe one goes viral and the others just get ignored because people are tired of seeing podcast clips in their feed.”
Zach Pogrob Feb 21, 2024 ▶ 32:29 I Met The Most Obsessed Man On The Internet
Insight
Pogrob: Short-form builds trust, but long-form content creates connection
“The way I've been explaining to people what I'm going through, and I think you understand this too, it's like your short form stuff builds trust, especially when you do it for years, right? You get a lot of trust by posting every day and showing up, but once y…”
Zach Pogrob Feb 21, 2024 ▶ 33:46 I Met The Most Obsessed Man On The Internet
Insight
Pogrob: Creators should stay strict on message but flexible across mediums
“I basically was like, all right, I'm going to commit to this one message, but I'm going to be super flexible with the medium that I use to get the message in front of more people. And that is like a thing that I don't think anyone does. And if you, most people…”
Zach Pogrob Feb 21, 2024 ▶ 37:57 I Met The Most Obsessed Man On The Internet
Insight
Pogrob: The best creators build brand leverage by owning a single word
“Well, usually the best creators own one word or one specific phrase, right? Like Ryan holiday owns stoicism. Jocko Willink I think owns discipline or maybe leadership also.”
Zach Pogrob Feb 21, 2024 ▶ 38:44 I Met The Most Obsessed Man On The Internet
Assertion Supported
Sam Sulek gained two million YouTube subscribers in 2023 via daily long-form
“And over the last year he, or in 20, 23, he went from like zero to, I don't know, what's he at? Two million subscribers on YouTube posting a long form video of him working out every single day.”
Zach Pogrob Feb 21, 2024 ▶ 27:29 I Met The Most Obsessed Man On The Internet
Disclosure
Pogrob commits to publishing daily long-form YouTube videos throughout 2024
“I'm doing a video every single day this year, trying to make them all long form.”
Zach Pogrob Feb 21, 2024 ▶ 53:02 I Met The Most Obsessed Man On The Internet

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I Met The Most Obsessed Man On The Internet Feb 21, 2024 27m
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