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From Dyslexia to 52M Users: The Story Behind Speechify’s Wild Rise
This week I FaceTimed Cliff Weitzman, Founder & CEO of Speechify, the wildly popular text-to-speech app with over 50 million downloads, born out of his personal battle with dyslexia and built with no fear, no filter, and a mic-grabbing mindset.
Don’t miss this brand new interview with Cliff Weitzman, Founder & CEO of Speechify, the wildly popular text-to-speech app with over 50 million downloads, born out of his personal battle with dyslexia and built with no fear, no filter, and a mic-grabbing mindset.
Cliff shares how hijacking a mic at a conference helped him land early mentors, how a visit to MrBeast’s house reframed his thinking on content and virality, and how he scaled Speechify through UGC, storytelling, and an army of 10,000 creators. They talk about Cliff’s growth philosophies, what makes ads convert, how Speechify invests in creators instead of agencies, and why speed is the ultimate unlock for any startup.