Angelo Bahu - TikTok Creator | From Donut Shop to 750 Million Views

➡️ Join 321,000 people who read my free weekly newsletter: https://newsletter.scottdclary.com ➡️ Like The Podcast? Leave A Rating: https://ratethispodcast.com/successstory Angelo 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 Links https://www.instagram.com/yoangelolo/ https://www.youtube.com/@yoangelolo/ ➡️ Podcast Sponsors Hubspot - 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 Points 00:00 – Intro 01:32 – The Moment That Changed Angelo 04:18 – How His Family Joined Yonutz 10:06 – The Secret Behind His Viral Boom 16:25 – Making Your Brand Culturally Relatable 19:24 – Using Socials to Pick Your Next Location 22:20 – Opportunities That Leveled Him Up 24:19 – Sponsor Break 27:03 – Why His Content Exploded Organically 28:19 – Does Every Platform Treat Content the Same? 34:24 – Inside Angelo’s 21-Day Viral Course 43:42 – Angelo’s “Evil Twin” Growth Strategy 51:46 – Why You Must Keep Testing New Ideas 53:25 – Sponsor Break 55:55 – The New Rules of Social Media 1:00:14 – Angelo’s Best-Performing Videos 1:02:18 – Can Any Content Style Go Viral? 1:05:13 – Winning on Socials Without a Big Team 1:07:58 – The Power of a Strong CTA 1:14:19 – Podcast vs Short-Form Audiences 1:16:47 – Who Angelo’s Course Is Really For 1:20:45 – What Agencies Get Wrong About Social Media 1:24:58 – Angelo’s Hardest Career Lesson 1:26:37 – A Social Media Belief He No Longer Holds 1:27:43 – Balancing Perfectionism with Posting 1:32:51 – The Value of Pausing to Appreciate Progress 1:39:40 – The One Lesson He’d Leave His Kids