DIGG Returns with Reddit and Digg Founders, Where To Get The Best AI Prompts, How Crocs Built a Cult Like Following

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Eric Siu and Neil Patel

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4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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In episode #2934, Eric Siu and Neil Patel discuss the return of Digg and its impact, why investors are returning to founding roles, the role of AI in healthcare, the importance of asking the right questions, and the power of branding exemplified by Crocs and Michael Jordan's legacy. Note this episode is virtually recorded. Audio quality is reduced compared to typical episodes. TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES (00:00) The Return of Digg: A New Era or a Mistake? (03:06) The Shift from Investing to Founding: A Trend? (06:00) AI in Healthcare: A New Frontier? (08:58) The Importance of Asking the Right Questions (11:52) Branding Power: The Crocs Phenomenon (14:55) The Legacy of Michael Jordan: Branding and Business Prefer single topic episodes? Head over to our YouTube channel. To suggest a topic, go to https://www.marketingschool.io. For more content from Eric and Neil, check out Eric’s Leveling Up with Eric Siu YouTube channel and Neil’s Neil Patel YouTube channel. Connect with Us: Single Grain << Eric's ad agency NP Digital << Neil’s ad agency X @neilpatel, @ericosiu Instagram @neilpatel, @ericosiu Drop Us a Review If You Enjoyed the Episode!

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0:00.0	So Dig returns with Reddit and Dig founder. So Alexis Ohanian and Kevin Rose, who used to be rivals.
0:05.5	So just so everyone knows, Neil used to be a pro at Dig. He used to be, he used to get top page all the time.
0:12.0	And the thing is, I don't know what they're trying to do with this. I mean, I'd rather just start a new brand.
0:19.0	Like there's no reason to bring back Dig, in my opinion, because it kind of just died. But what's your take on it?
0:24.2	So it's funny because we both have this in our sheet. You said Dig Returns and Dig Returns
0:28.5	with Reddit and Dig Founders. And I put, my title was, no one cares for a new dig.
0:34.3	Yeah. They're not solving for anything new. It's like, I saw the screenshot previews at TechCrunch, right?
0:39.3	Because TechCrunch was one of the, there was quite a few news websites that wrote about it.
0:43.3	But TechCrunch had a few screenshots that were provided by them.
0:47.3	I was like, okay, so this doesn't look like anything new.
0:50.3	Do I need another Reddit?
0:52.3	No.
0:53.3	Are they solving anything new or doing anything crazy? No.
0:56.6	So why should I use the site? You could have a better user interface, but I have no issues
1:00.6	with the current user interface at Reddit.
1:02.5	You know what's interesting? I'm noticing this. I don't know if you're noticing this,
1:06.0	but a lot of these people that became investors are all itching to become founders again. So
1:10.0	you look at Chimath,
1:11.1	okay, he's got, you know, 80, 90 or whatever or something like that. It's the coding company,
1:15.3	right? They try to make software cheaper or whatever, right? And then Freeberg's O'Halo, right? I'm
1:20.1	talking about the all-in people. What's O'Hawlo? O'Halo is like his, some science related business. I think, I don't wanna butcher it,
1:28.0	but I know he's like a science nerd, right?
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