Transcript: ‘Building an AI Media and Software Empire’

The transcript of AI & I with Brandon Gell is below.

Timestamps

1. Introduction: 00:00:56
2. Dan’s childhood dream—to build a Microsoft competitor: 00:03:36
3. The first app Dan built in middle school: 00:07:07
4. The story of Dan’s first company that he sold in college: 00:18:52
5. How Every came to be: 00:33:56
6. The start of Brandon’s journey as a builder: 00:49:15
7. Brandon’s first software app—and why you should launch first, and iterate later: 00:57:05
8. Everything Brandon learned from running a B2B business for seven years: 01:08:49
9. What brought Brandon to Every—and the email he sent Dan before joining: 01:18:00
10. Every’s master plan to be a successful creator-run business: 01:29:15 
11. Live demo of Spiral, the app that automates 80 percent of repetitive creative work: 01:38:11
12. Brandon and Dan’s take on how AI startups can find a valuable niche: 01:44:00
13. Live demo of Sparkle, the app that organizes your files for you: 01:50:52

Transcript

Dan Shipper (00:00:57)

Brandon, welcome to the show. 

Brandon Gell (00:00:58)

Thanks, Dan. Thanks for having me.