On Deck Podcaster Fellowship
Where the best podcasters go to grow their audience and improve their craft.
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Inspired by the success of and love for our On Deck Founder, Angel, and Writer Fellowships, we’re excited to announce the launch of the On Deck Podcast Fellowship!
With the growing popularity of audio-based media, the ubiquitous nature of podcasting apps, and the immense value one gets from starting their own podcast, we see no better way to share your voice with the world. But as with starting a company, angel investing, and writing online, starting a podcast is tough — How do I logistically get started? How do I get guests? How do I distribute it and build an audience?
Whether you’re looking to make a living podcasting, or just want a creative outlet to share your views, having a community behind you for support couldn’t be more helpful in this day and age. The On Deck Podcast Fellowship (ODP) will help cohorts of 100 podcasters accelerate their journey from listener to podcaster in a community-driven 8-week program.
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Participants in the first cohort
The Program
Getting Started
- Introduction session where we share everything you need to launch: the right equipment (doesn’t have to be expensive!), the right distribution channels, and the right launch strategy.
- Recommendations and introductions for guests as well as recommended processes for reaching out
- Accountability sessions to ensure your achieving your desired cadence
Building Your Audience
- Podcasting workshops led by the ODP team, with guest appearances from world-class podcasters.
- Community feedback from a curated group of listeners & fellow podcasters
- Growth lessons from viral podcast hosts, letting you in on the secrets of how to best market your show in iTunes and other platforms
Apply for the On Deck Podcaster Fellowship
Application deadline: November 15th | Cohort start: January 9th.
Cohort Price: $1,990
Early-bird pricing for the inaugural cohort
Access to the On Deck Founder Fellowship
The On Deck Founder Fellowship (ODF) is a 10-week program that creates an incredible community around a cohort of experienced founders & talented individuals in the formative stages of starting a company.
As an On Deck Writer Fellow, you’ll have complete access to the rest of the On Deck Fellowship, full of world-class startup experts who can help you with marketing, growth, and connecting with leaders in your subject matter.
Want to learn more about ODF? 👉Read the ODF5 Announcement Post
What to Expect
Dive deep into what drives you as we help you narrow in on what your podcast is about.
Learn how to best share your thoughts without bias.
Framing is everything, so we’ll help you draft interview questions, as well as brainstorm strategies for asking questions on the fly.
Find like-minded listeners who will support you from day one.
Understanding how your listeners will find you is crucial to having a successful podcast; hear from the best podcasters on how they crafted distribution strategies.
No need to spend thousands of dollars on a podcast setup; we’ll help you find what’s right for you
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Apply for the On Deck Podcaster Fellowship
Application deadline: November 15th | Cohort start: January 9th.
Cohort Price: $1,990
Early-bird pricing for the inaugural cohort
FAQ
To be a good fit for ODW, you are probably:
- A strong and enthusiastic podcaster with some form of past work to point to, whether that’s a published talk, an existing podcast, or even just a sample of your public speaking uploaded to YouTube.
- An insatiably curious explorer who loves asking questions that take you down fascinating rabbit holes
- An avid podcast listener.
- At least a little bit entrepreneurial, with an independent spirit.
- Eager to be an active participant in a growing community, as much of the value of On Deck comes from the network and peer-to-peer connections.
You do not need to have an existing podcast to apply to the Fellowship. ODP is for podcasters who want to start building an audience as well as grow an existing one.
Joining the On Deck Podcaster Fellowship is $1,990
For this first inaugural cohort, we’re offering the program at an early-bird rate of $1,990, with the cost rising for subsequent cohorts.
ODP is a choose-your-own-adventure buffet. You get out what you put in: often, the biggest contributors are also the biggest beneficiaries.
Depending on your schedule and interests, you could choose to:
- Attend everything and “gorge” yourself on knowledge until you explode
- Tune in at your leisure to attend sessions that interest you
- Or just search the directory and connect with interesting people one-on-one
Absolutely not! We’re aiming to build a cohort with podcasters spanning a wide range of subject matter.
Yes: ODP will be run entirely remotely. This enables participation from all corners of the world. We’ve spent the past few ODF cohorts mastering the playbook for building remote communities and relationship building online, and will apply the same approach here.
Post-COVID, we’ll return to organizing offline programming like dinners, small gatherings, and retreats, but the core Fellowship will remain a remote-first experience.
We’re aiming to build a cohort that is diverse across race/ethnicity, gender, sexuality, national origin, professional background, age, viewpoint, and subject matter—you name it!
Since this is the first cohort of ODP, we don’t yet have specific demographics for this program, but we released a demographic breakdown for ODF5 that can serve as a useful comparison.
On Deck lives by four core guiding values, crucial to the culture we strive to foster in the community:
- Service: On Deck is bigger than any one person. For this community to thrive, it must be driven by a spirit of service to others. Be generous with your time, knowledge, and support. Karma has a way of finding its way back.
- Sacredness: By default, everything is off the record. Many in this group are searching for something deeper in their lives or making big transitions, and others may not yet have publicly shared this with friends, family, or employers. Please honor that, and avoid sharing anything you learn about each other without explicit permission.
- Respect: You are all now part of the On Deck family. You’re all embarking on what will surely be a rollercoaster of a journey — but you’re in this shared experience together. With that comes a sense of responsibility: be inclusive, stick together, and respect one another.
- Gratitude: have a spirit of curiosity and gratitude. We’re bringing together a group of fascinating people, most of whom likely have never met each other…how amazing is that? Get to know each other, and make the cohort what you want it to be for yourself.
But helping founders is just half of the equation. If a startup chooses to raise capital, who they raise from can have an incredible impact on its trajectory in the early days.
Founders love raising from other founders and experienced operators. They’ve been there before, have great advice, networks, and know their markets better than anyone else. If we’re trying to 10x the number of world-class founders, it stands to reason we should help grow the number of top investors who will back them early, as well.
- Sacredness: By default, everything is off the record. Many in this group are searching for something deeper in their lives or making big transitions, and others may not yet have publicly shared this with friends, family, or employers. Please honor that, and avoid sharing anything you learn about each other without explicit permission.
- Respect: You are all now part of the On Deck family. You’re all embarking on what will surely be a rollercoaster of a journey — but you’re in this shared experience together. With that comes a sense of responsibility: be inclusive, stick together, and respect one another.
- Gratitude: have a spirit of curiosity and gratitude. We’re bringing together 200 fascinating people, most of whom likely have never met each other…how amazing is that? Get to know each other, and make the cohort what you want it to be for yourself.
On Deck lives by four core guiding values, crucial to the culture we strive to foster in the community:
- Service: On Deck is bigger than any one person. For this community to thrive, it must be driven by a spirit of service to others. Be generous with your time, knowledge, and support. Karma has a way of finding its way back.
- Sacredness: By default, everything is off the record. Many in this group are searching for something deeper in their lives or making big transitions, and others may not yet have publicly shared this with friends, family, or employers. Please honor that, and avoid sharing anything you learn about each other without explicit permission.
- Respect: You are all now part of the On Deck family. You’re all embarking on what will surely be a rollercoaster of a journey — but you’re in this shared experience together. With that comes a sense of responsibility: be inclusive, stick together, and respect one another.
- Gratitude: have a spirit of curiosity and gratitude. We’re bringing together 200 fascinating people, most of whom likely have never met each other…how amazing is that? Get to know each other, and make the cohort what you want it to be for yourself.
On Deck lives by four core guiding values, crucial to the culture we strive to foster in the community:
- Service: On Deck is bigger than any one person. For this community to thrive, it must be driven by a spirit of service to others. Be generous with your time, knowledge, and support. Karma has a way of finding its way back.
- Sacredness: By default, everything is off the record. Many in this group are searching for something deeper in their lives or making big transitions, and others may not yet have publicly shared this with friends, family, or employers. Please honor that, and avoid sharing anything you learn about each other without explicit permission.
- Respect: You are all now part of the On Deck family. You’re all embarking on what will surely be a rollercoaster of a journey — but you’re in this shared experience together. With that comes a sense of responsibility: be inclusive, stick together, and respect one another.
- Gratitude: have a spirit of curiosity and gratitude. We’re bringing together 200 fascinating people, most of whom likely have never met each other…how amazing is that? Get to know each other, and make the cohort what you want it to be for yourself.
On Deck lives by four core guiding values, crucial to the culture we strive to foster in the community:
- Service: On Deck is bigger than any one person. For this community to thrive, it must be driven by a spirit of service to others. Be generous with your time, knowledge, and support. Karma has a way of finding its way back.
- Sacredness: By default, everything is off the record. Many in this group are searching for something deeper in their lives or making big transitions, and others may not yet have publicly shared this with friends, family, or employers. Please honor that, and avoid sharing anything you learn about each other without explicit permission.
- Respect: You are all now part of the On Deck family. You’re all embarking on what will surely be a rollercoaster of a journey — but you’re in this shared experience together. With that comes a sense of responsibility: be inclusive, stick together, and respect one another.
- Gratitude: have a spirit of curiosity and gratitude. We’re bringing together 200 fascinating people, most of whom likely have never met each other…how amazing is that? Get to know each other, and make the cohort what you want it to be for yourself.
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