Paige Finn DohertyFounding Partner, Behind Genius · Founding Partner at Behind Genius Ventures

What strategies did Meagan Loyst use to gain 40K Twitter followers in 2 years?

12 Sept 2022 · 1 min

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In this interview segment, 25‑year‑old Meagan Loyst discusses how her passion for Gen Z‑focused venture capital propelled her rapid Twitter growth—from roughly 50 followers in 2020 to nearly 40,000 today. She highlights the role of authentic enthusiasm, leveraging media appearances (multiple Bloomberg and Fox Business in‑studio interviews), and confronting a longstanding fear of public speaking that began when she delivered a valedictory speech to 2,000 people. The conversation underscores that genuine interest, strategic media exposure, and personal confidence are key drivers of her social‑media success.

I'm 25 years old, so this is the perfect time to be pouring myself into anything and everything that I'm insanely passionate about. And luckily that is Gen Z VCs, right? And so if I didn't love it, I wouldn't do it. But it's, it's super fun for me and it's also created a bunch of amazing and incredible opportunities, right? Like I went from, again, I had 50 followers on Twitter in 2020. Now I have almost 40,000 followers on Twitter.
You've done some like crazy like press stuff too. I remember we were talking about that last time I was in New York and I was like, I was like, doing live TV is so nerve-wracking because you're just like, it's— well, I guess you were in studio, right, for that?
I was. Yep.
Yeah.
Yeah. I've been on Bloomberg, I think, 3 times now, and I was on Fox Business, and I think the in-studio experience is definitely my favorite versus doing it on Zoom. But I found that I really like it. I actually used to be terrified of public speaking. I was the valedictorian of my high school, and I remember I had to give a speech to 2,000 people.