I build media companies.
I’ve started and scaled businesses in music and media, with multiple exits along the way. I founded Jingle Punks, helped break artists like Lil Dicky and Jelly Roll, and learned firsthand how the industry really works (the good parts and the ridiculous parts).
Now I’m building Rebel Audio, the first AI-native podcast platform, and documenting what it takes to turn an idea into a real media company: product, distribution, talent, deal flow, and the messy decisions nobody posts about.
If you’re building in media, creators, music, or tech, this show is your playbook and your behind-the-scenes pass. This is the Rebel Dispatch. Notes from a CEO in Silicon Country.
Special Event: Pod U Series | Pt. 4 | Convo With The Chefs
The hosts preview a lavish food gathering with Kane Raymond and a wild crew, trading jokes about morning beers, mimosas, moderation, and the perils of touching another man’s meat. They detail the menu and outdoor setup, including Santa Maria-grilled vegetables, smoked chicken, salmon, marinades, brines, comeback sauce, and ribeyes, as Pod U gets ready for a serious culinary treat.
15 Oct 2026
Special Event: Pod U Series | Pt. 3 | Dept. of Hydration
The hosts sit down with (another) Jared from Dept. of Hydration to taste the brand’s sparkling hydration drink and discuss its beer-can-inspired design, patriotic positioning, and appeal to consumers seeking alternatives to alcohol. They also talk about the company’s social media strategy, preorder availability at deptofhydration.us, its planned Amazon launch, and the brand’s presence at PodU. Check them out at: deptofhydration.us
15 Oct 2026
Special Event: Pod U Series | Pt. 2
Take a behind-the-scenes tour of the Rebel Chateau in Franklin, Tennessee, as PodU comes together. The hosts preview an ambitious menu featuring Portuguese-style chicken and Moroccan-cured Ora King salmon, sample the event’s coffee setup, and show off the bar, hydration station, and pop-up podcast studios built for conversations about the future of podcasting.
15 Oct 2026
Special Event: Pod U Series | Pt. 1
From the Rebel Chateau, Jingle Jared takes listeners behind the scenes of Pod U, Rebel Audio’s first creative think tank focused on the future of social audio, as creators, partners, investors, and product demos come together. He also shares candid lessons from LA Tech Week, the realities of fundraising and hosting a major event, and how to follow Rebel Audio’s journey into the creator economy. Pod U takes place in Silicon Country Friday, October 16th. Stay tuned here for a BTS view and exclusive access
4 Sept 2026
Rebel Dispatch | EP. 013 | Secret Of My Success
Jared Gutstadt riffs on the 1980s “rule-breaker” energy of Michael J. Fox’s Secret of My Success, and how that fake-it-till-you-make-it mindset seeped into his own career. He shares early New York stories, from an internship at Heavy.com during layoffs to sneaking into empty MTV floors with a swipe card to take “Jingle Punks” meetings and push his music hustle forward.
Read the Substack - https://jaredgutstadt.substack.com/
13 Aug 2026
Rebel Dispatch | EP. 012 | When There's Room for One, There's Room for 100
Jared riffs on a “Substack of the week” idea from an old friend and uses it to challenge the knee-jerk "crowded marketplace" take. He talks about incremental improvements, why VCs don’t have a crystal ball, and share a fun aside about earning more from the Pawn Stars theme than anything else he's composed.
Read the Substack - https://jaredgutstadt.substack.com/
Join Rebel Audio - rebelaudio.ai
3 Aug 2026
Rebel Dispatch | EP. 011 | Raising Money Is Inception and a Fundraising Odyssey Across America
On a Chris Nolan kick, I break down why Inception hits so hard, from layered reality to the idea that “the most contagious virus is an idea.” Then I connect the film’s dream-within-a-dream logic to modern fundraising and the creator-entrepreneur economy: how founders sell belief, build a brand, and get investors to feel like they came up with the idea themselves.
Read the Substack - https://jaredgutstadt.substack.com/
Join Rebel Audio - rebelaudio.ai
This week’s story starts with a Substack-worthy, true, ridiculous tale about what happens after selling a company to William Morris Endeavor, endless “general” meetings that go nowhere. It takes a turn when the host and a business partner get invited to meet legendary hip hop producer Mike Dean (Kanye West’s longtime collaborator), leading to an unexpected moment and a quick scramble to send over some non-poop-related beats.
Listen to Poop on the Potty: https://soundcloud.com/jinglepunks/poop-on-the-potty-song#t=0:00
Read the Substack - https://jaredgutstadt.substack.com/
Join Rebel Audio - rebelaudio.ai
20 Jul 2026
Rebel Dispatch | EP. 009 | God Has Other Plans
This week we use The Unforgiven as a mirror for entrepreneurship, where drifting off-mission gets people (and businesses) killed. Stay locked on your goal, learn from film and biographies, and ignore the online “advice” that’s built to distract you.
Read the Substack - https://jaredgutstadt.substack.com/
Join Rebel Audio - rebelaudio.ai
6 Jul 2026
Rebel Dispatch | EP. 008 | The Dao of Rocky 4
Rocky IV is the comeback manual, and this week I’m using it to talk about why nobody mounts a comeback from a mansion (or any life that’s gotten too comfortable). We get into paring things down, getting back in the fight, and how film lenses like Rocky can kickstart motivation and creativity, plus where to find the related Substack and what I want to do next with movie-based breakdowns.
Read the Substack - https://jaredgutstadt.substack.com/
Join Rebel Audio - rebelaudio.ai
4 Jul 2026
Rebel Dispatch | EP. 007 | The Next Gold Rush is here. See You in Durango!
From the 1849 Gold Rush to today’s creator economy, this week’s Rebel Dispatch maps pioneers, superstardom, and the ones who got “shot” along the way, inspired by *The Age of Gold*.
It’s feeling like there’s gold in them hills again, so check the Substack for the full write-up, and come back next week for a Rocky IV riff on comebacks and complacency.
Read the Substack - https://jaredgutstadt.substack.com/
Join Rebel Audio - rebelaudio.ai
21 Jun 2026
Rebel Dispatch | Field Note | Back to Cannes Lions, Where Ads Became the Creator Economy
Back in the airport, the host heads to Cannes Lions for the first time since 2018 and talks about how the festival has shifted from an ad conference into a creator conference. They reflect on the rise of independent, creator-led projects and why more creators across every profession will need tools like Rebel Audio. Plus, a quick note on big conversations coming up on the ground and the news that Rebel Audio is now in public beta at rebelaudio.ai.
Read the Substack - https://jaredgutstadt.substack.com/
Join Rebel Audio - rebelaudio.ai
15 Jun 2026
Rebel Dispatch | EP. 006 | What Would P.T. Barnum Do?
Fresh off a P.T. Barnum-style week in Nashville, the host recaps Rebel Audio’s launch, the chaos of raising money, shipping product, and marketing all at once, plus some hilarious street-mic feedback from CMA Fest on Broadway. Then it’s off to Cannes Lions, where creators are running the show, and Rebel’s taking its circus international.
Read the Substack - https://jaredgutstadt.substack.com/
Join Rebel Audio - rebelaudio.ai
8 Jun 2026
Rebel Dispatch | EP. 005 | The Color of Money: Stake Yourself and Hit the Road
Jingle Jared takes a cue from *The Color of Money* and makes the case for “staking yourself and hitting the road”, because fundraising doesn’t happen from Instagram posts and endless Zooms.
He also gets real about confidence, rebrands, and focus, sharing lessons from raising money for Rebel Audio and the Jingle Punks earn-out (don’t let your dreams derail the goal in front of you).
Read the Substack - https://jaredgutstadt.substack.com/
Join Rebel Audio - rebelaudio.ai
4 Jun 2026
Rebel Dispatch | EP. 004 | Midweek Update: Early to Bed, Early to Rise, Work Like Hell, and Always Advertise
A quick Rebel Dispatch from LAX as I head back to Nashville for the Rebel Audio launch at the Rebel Chateau. I’m also gearing up for a live taping of Meet the Drapers with Tim Draper, where Rebel Audio is competing for a $1M investment, plus an open invite to the launch and a CMA Fest barbecue (work like hell, always advertise).
Read the Substack - https://jaredgutstadt.substack.com/
Join Rebel Audio - rebelaudio.ai
26 May 2026
Rebel Dispatch | EP. 003 | Silicon Country: There Will Be Pods
The Vibe Code Cowboy, Jared Gutstadt, shares their Rebel Audio founder journey and why chasing funding outside Silicon Valley and New York can be a real edge, especially in less saturated markets.
They break down what Launch TN taught them about backing unique startups and how “Silicon Country” is about standing out in a crowded media world while building a community (and a better day-to-day life) beyond the coasts.
Read the Substack - https://jaredgutstadt.substack.com/
Join Rebel Audio - rebelaudio.ai
26 May 2026
Rebel Dispatch | EP. 002 | Once Upon a Time in the West: The Legend of the Vibe Code Cowboy
Jared tracks his creative reboot from “Jingle Jared” to the “vibe code cowboy,” after a Lovable hackathon win lit the fuse and rebuilt his confidence. It’s a fast, honest riff on learning new tools (even when you don’t want to), ditching gatekeeping, and building a personal brand that lets your ideas travel.
Read the Substack - https://jaredgutstadt.substack.com/
Join Rebel Audio - rebelaudio.ai
20 May 2026
Rebel Dispatch | EP. 001 | The Rebel's Are Coming...
Jingle Jared (aka the Vibe Code Cowboy) riffs on how Podcast 1.0 turned into splashy, unsustainable mega-deals, and why that Hollywood-advance model was never built to last.
He maps the music industry’s distributor wave to what’s coming next in podcasting: native basement-born creators, video everywhere, and platforms that help rebels ship without gatekeepers.
Read the Substack - https://jaredgutstadt.substack.com/
Join Rebel Audio - rebelaudio.ai
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