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24 alternatives to Startup - 16: The Secret Formula

Gimlet Media breaks down how they produce podcasts

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Startup - 16: The Secret Formula launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   The Message - Episode 1▲64

   Cyphercast, the podcast within a podcast

   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Building Nexcast Part 6: What's Up With Podcasting?▲62

   Many strangers give us their take on podcasting

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Sampler - Teaser of Gimlet Media's New Podcast▲89

   Gimlet Media launches another podcast next week

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Building Nexcast Part 1: Schooled by Silicon Valley▲74

   Part 1 of the journey building the podcast app and platform

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   The Twenty Minute VC - Founder's Friday: Matt Lieber @ Gimlet Media▲74

   Matt describes the future of podcasting and life at Gimlet

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   The Podglomerate▲70

   A hybrid podcast network and production house

   2017 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   The Podcast Universe▲111

   Visualization of podcast networks

   2015 · its alternatives →

8. 8TP
   The Program – A fictional podcast inspired by Hacker News stories▲162

   2018 · programaudioseries.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Interviewed▲189

   A growing database of podcast interviews about startups

   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Hello Tech Pros: Announcing the IMDB of Podcasting▲54

    Matthew Rehm from PodXRef on Entrepreneurship

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11PA
    Podscripter – Automated Transcription for Podcasters▲153

    2018 · podscripter.co · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Inside Podcasting▲126

    Curating the resurgence of the spoken word

    2017 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    OPT-IN! — A Marketing and Sales Podcast▲53

    Why every business should have a podcast

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Hello Tech Pros: Tools to Create 100+ Podcast Episodes▲54

    The gear I've used to create this here podthingy

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Hit Reply – Episode 0: Yet Another Startup Podcast?▲80

    How we went from 0 launches in 5 years to 9 in the last 2

    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Full Stack Radio▲128

    A podcast for devs interested in building great products.

    2015 · its alternatives →

17. 17WB
    We built an open source app to visualize data from Serial Podcast▲22

    2015 · anylytics.io · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Probe #1: The Teaser▲65

    Satirical take on popular magazine-style news podcasts

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Podcast Feed Creation And Publishing▲103

    Easy podcast publishing

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Under the Radar - 1: Adapting to the market▲66

    A new podcast for independent app developers

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    [Array] Podcast▲88

    Hacks on AI/ML and data from founders and investors

    2018 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Prehype Podcast▲107

    Entrepreneurs speaking to people they think are interesting

    2015 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Hello Tech Pros: The Gap In Industry Podcasts and the Process For You To Crush It▲63

    How Gallup is building a community through pod/webcasting

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Tung▲96

    A social podcast player

    2016 · its alternatives →

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