Angelo Bahu - Viral Video Creator | From Donut Shop to 6 Billion Views

Angelo Bahu - Viral Video Creator | From Donut Shop to 6 Billion Views

Success Story with Scott D. Clary · 2025-11-16

➡️ Join 321,000 people who read my free weekly newsletter: https://newsletter.scottdclary.com ➡️ Like The Podcast? Leave A Rating: https://ratethispodcast.com/successstoryAngelo Bahu is the viral force behind Yonutz, racking up 750+ million views across 8 million YouTube subscribers and 2.8 million TikTok followers. He turned his family's donut shop into a national franchise backed by Shark Tank's Kevin Harrington, with his creative content—making ice cream-stuffed SMASH Donuts based on movies and pop culture—generating multiple 20+ million view hits. Featured on Fox Business and ranked #9 in U.S. Food Entertainment, Angelo built a Gen Z empire that transformed gourmet donuts into a cultural movement. ➡️ Show Linkshttps://www.instagram.com/yoangelolo/https://www.youtube.com/@yoangelolo/ ➡️ Podcast SponsorsHubspot - https://hubspot.com/ ShipStation - https://www.shipstation.com/ (Code: SuccessStory)Square - https://square.com/go/success SurveyMonkey - https://www.surveymonkey.com/scott Monarch Money - https://www.monarchmoney.com (Code: Success)Claude - https://claude.ai/success Incogni - https://incogni.com/success (Code: Success)Huel - https://huel.com/scott (Code: scott)Think Big, Buy Small Podcast - https://link.chtbl.com/B2cH36AX?sid=SuccessStory NetSuite — https://netsuite.com/scottclary/ Indeed - https://indeed.com/clary ➡️ Talking Points00:00 – Intro01:32 – The Moment That Changed Angelo04:18 – How His Family Joined Yonutz10:06 – The Secret Behind His Viral Boom16:25 – Making Your Brand Culturally Relatable19:24 – Using Socials to Pick Your Next Location22:20 – Opportunities That Leveled Him Up24:19 – Sponsor Break27:03 – Why His Content Exploded Organically28:19 – Does Every Platform Treat Content the Same?34:24 – Inside Angelo’s 21-Day Viral Course43:42 – Angelo’s “Evil Twin” Growth Strategy51:46 – Why You Must Keep Testing New Ideas53:25 – Sponsor Break55:55 – The New Rules of Social Media1:00:14 – Angelo’s Best-Performing Videos1:02:18 – Can Any Content Style Go Viral?1:05:13 – Winning on Socials Without a Big Team1:07:58 – The Power of a Strong CTA1:14:19 – Podcast vs Short-Form Audiences1:16:47 – Who Angelo’s Course Is Really For1:20:45 – What Agencies Get Wrong About Social Media1:24:58 – Angelo’s Hardest Career Lesson1:26:37 – A Social Media Belief He No Longer Holds1:27:43 – Balancing Perfectionism with Posting1:32:51 – The Value of Pausing to Appreciate Progress1:39:40 – The One Lesson He’d Leave His Kids

Success Story with Scott D. Clary

Welcome to the Success Story Podcast, hosted by entrepreneur, business executive, author, educator & speaker, Scott D. Clary (@scottdclary). On this podcast, you'll find interviews, Q&A, keynote presentations & conversations on sales, marketing, business, startups and entrepreneurship. Scott will discuss some of the lessons he's learned over his own career, as well as have candid interviews with execs, celebrities, notable figures and politicians. All who have achieved success through both wins and losses, to learn more about their life, their ideas and insights. He sits down with leaders and mentors and unpacks their story to help pass those lessons onto others through both experiences and tactical strategy for business professionals, entrepreneurs and everyone in between. To get more of the Success Story podcast, go to www.successstorypodcast.com.

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