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by Marina Mogilko
Learn the tools. Own the future. Build the mindset. Positive about technology and how it can improve our lives. Obsessed with building, learning, and creating new opportunities. Hosted by Marina Mogilko — immigrant, mom, entrepreneur, and creator in Silicon Valley. This podcast explores how to use AI, technology, and entrepreneurship as your unfair advantage to grow, build wealth, and design a life of freedom and purpose.
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- Today42 min
Godmother of Silicon Valley: How to Raise a CEO | Esther Wojcicki
Esther Wojcicki is the "Godmother of Silicon Valley." She raised three daughters: Susan, who ran YouTube; Anne, who founded 23andMe; and Janet, a professor and anthropologist. Her parenting advice got me through the hardest parts of new motherhood, and YouTube, which Susan built, is the reason I have a career at all.So I asked her the question every parent is scared to ask right now: what happens to our kids when AI can do almost everything?We cover:The one rule that decides whether AI makes a kid smarter or just lets them cheat themselves: do the work first, then ask AI to grade it like a teacherWhy she's against banning phones, social media, or AI for kids, and what she'd teach insteadTRICK: the five-part system (Trust, Respect, Independence, Collaboration, Kindness) she used to raise three founders, and how to run it on yourself as an adultHow to rebuild trust in yourself if you were raised to chase everyone else's approvalThe three sentences she told Anne when 23andMe was falling apartThe billion-dollar bet Susan almost didn't make, the one that became YouTubeWhy she still tells parents to push for college in the AI ageWhat she says to every mom who's afraid AI will take her kid's jobLinks:Subscribe to my free newsletter where I go deeper on AI tools, career strategies, and parenting in the AI age: https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/subscribe?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=futureproof-sub&utm_content=EstherWojcicki🔗 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconvalleygirl/𝕏 : https://x.com/siliconvalleymm💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marinamogilko📌 My Companies & Products: https://Marinamogilko.co
- 4 days ago44 min
$2.1B AI CEO: From "The Worst Idea" to a $2.1B Company | Grant Lee, Co-Founder and CEO Gamma
Grant Lee is the co-founder and CEO of Gamma — the $2.1B AI tool that turns one prompt into a finished presentation, now used by 100 million people.We covered:How Gamma hit $100M in revenue with a team of just 50 — profitably, on only $23M of fundingThe two signs you have product-market fit before the money shows up, and why "your friends will lie to you" about your productHow to run a full fundraise in two weeks — Grant did 100+ pitches and how he turned a wall of no's into yes'sHow to tell if an idea is worth a year of your life (he picks by energy, not spreadsheets)Why a top investor called Gamma "the worst idea I've ever heard" — and what that investor actually got rightThe exact first-30-days plan he gives any founder starting today Links: Subscribe to my newsletter: https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/subscribe?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=futureproof-sub&utm_content=GrantLee Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconvalleygirl/ X: https://x.com/siliconvalleymmLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marinamogilkoMy Companies & Products: https://partnerships.marinamogilko.co
- 5 days ago34 min
Your Next Cofounder Is an AI | Edward Kim, Co-Founder & CTO of Gusto ($10B)
Eddie Kim is the co-founder and CTO of Gusto — the $10B payroll and HR platform that millions of small businesses run on.Gusto just launched Gusto Cofounder — an AI teammate for small businesses: payroll, compliance, and daily ops handled before they become problems.Learn more about cofounder here -> https://gusto.com/cofounder?idgm=2mm6b6i2 We covered:The two levels of using AI in a business, and why almost everyone is still stuck on the first oneHow Gusto's AI found $17M in tax credits owners had no idea they qualified for, including one pool company now collecting $50K a yearHow to hand off the "work before the work" so payroll runs itself two days early and all you do is tap approveHow to run your whole back office from a text message, with your Notion and spreadsheets plugged straight inHow to stay ahead of tens of thousands of changing tax rules without reading a single oneLinks: Subscribe to my newsletter: https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/subscribe?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=futureproof-sub&utm_content=Edward KimInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconvalleygirl/ X: https://x.com/siliconvalleymmLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marinamogilkoMy Companies & Products: https://partnerships.marinamogilko.co #GustoPartner
- 6 days ago14 min
The 5-Layer System to Make Your Business Run on AI
In 5 years the most valuable companies will run as a closed AI loop — every call, email, and content metric feeding back into one system that acts faster than any human team. In this video I walk through the 5 levels we're building inside my own company, from the foundation layer to the part most founders skip. If you're a founder, creator, or operator trying to make this real in your own business, this is the playbook.Links: Subscribe to my newsletter: https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/subscribe?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=futureproof-sub&utm_content=5layers-systemInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconvalleygirl/ X: https://x.com/siliconvalleymmLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marinamogilkoMy Companies & Products: https://partnerships.marinamogilko.co
- 2 weeks ago44 min
$1.5B CEO: How to Build in a Crowded AI Market Without Marketing | Christopher Pedregal, Granola
📌 Head to https://granola.ai/marina and enter the code MARINA for 3 months off.Chris Pedregal built a $1.5 billion AI app in 3 years, in a category where Zoom and Google already had similar features before he launched.In this conversation he hands over the exact playbook for breaking out of a crowded market with a tiny team and a small marketing budget — a playbook anyone can use to win in the AI era.We cover:Why Chris kept Granola in closed beta for a full year before launching — and how 150 users taught him more than any public launch wouldThe 2x2 matrix he uses to decide if a startup idea can survive in a market with big competitorsHow Granola grew virally with zero built-in growth loops — no automated emails, no forced sharingThe dot plot: the early-stage retention tool that replaced usage graphs for Chris's teamWhy he doesn't use AI for product decisions — and what he uses it for insteadHow to turn 2,500 meeting recordings into a virtual chief of staffThe one thing small teams can do that Google and Zoom structurally can'tLinks: Subscribe to my newsletter: https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/subscribe?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=futureproof-sub&utm_content=ChrisPedregalInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconvalleygirl/ X: https://x.com/siliconvalleymmLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marinamogilkoMy Companies & Products: https://Marinamogilko.co
- 2 weeks ago30 min
Airtable CEO: AI Will Make You Almost Superhuman | Howie Liu
Howie Liu co-founded Airtable in 2012, the no-code app builder used by over 80% of Fortune 100 companies. After scaling Airtable into one of the biggest software businesses on the planet, he's now building HyperAgent: a platform where anyone can deploy AI agents into their team chats, email, and calendar without writing code.In this conversation, Howie asked me a question I couldn't answer: if you could hire as many people as you wanted for almost zero cost, what roles would you fill first? That's the question agents force you to answer in 2026.We covered:The two skills that separate the people who become almost superhuman from everyone elseHow to build a virtual twin of yourself so you stop being the bottleneck in your own companyWhy builders win the next few years and what the "tinker mindset" actually meansHow to choose between Claude, ChatGPT, and HyperAgent (Howie maps the full landscape)A live demo of his real productivity setup, including an agent that watches X 24/7 and only pings him when something actually mattersHe also walked me through a billboard campaign his agents ran end-to-end (sourcing locations, cross-referencing Google Street View, generating mockups with NanoBanana), and shared his three steps for anyone who's been reading about agents but hasn't deployed one yet.If you've ever felt like the bottleneck in your own work, this one's for you.Links: Subscribe to my newsletter: https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/subscribe?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=futureproof-sub&utm_content=HowieLiuInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconvalleygirl/ X: https://x.com/siliconvalleymmLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marinamogilkoMy Companies & Products: https://Marinamogilko.co
- 3 weeks ago29 min
Head of ChatGPT & Codex: AI Agents for Everyone Are HERE | Thibault Sottiaux OpenAI
Thibault Sottiaux is the head of ChatGPT and Codex at OpenAI. He told me that in a few months, people who don't use AI at all will get the same benefits as those who've spent two years figuring it out. So what's actually going to be your edge in a market this competitive? Thibault opened up and shared a few of his secrets — he showed me how his own agents work and how anyone can set them up. We covered the must-have files everyone should create, the one file you should never write yourself, and the new skill that replaces prompting entirely. If you work with a computer for a living, this is the one to watch this week.Links: Subscribe to my free newsletter where I go deeper on AI tools, career strategies, and everything I can't fit into a 30-minute podcast: https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/subscribe?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=futureproof-sub&utm_content=Tibo🔗 My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconvalleygirl/ 📌 My Companies & Products: https://Marinamogilko.co
- 3 weeks ago31 min
Google I/O 2026: A New Era of Work Just Started | Josh Woodward
Josh Woodward runs Google Labs, AI Studio, and the Gemini app — basically every AI product Google ships. Google just launched Gemini Spark, the AI agent that works for you 24/7 in the background.In this episode, Marina sits down with Josh during Google I/O to talk about:— Why we're moving from "doing" to "directing"— Why human judgment and taste are becoming more valuable, not less— Why voice is about to become the dominant way we interact with AI— How his small teams ship viral products in two weekends— What Google actually shipped at I/O 2026: Gemini Spark, 3.5 Flash, Ask YouTube, smart Gemini glasses with Gentle Monster, and Docs Live— Whether Google is really losing the AI raceTopics: Google Gemini, AI agents, future of work, voice AI, Notebook LM, AGI, Josh Woodward, Google Labs, Silicon ValleyMore from the Silicon Valley Girl: Newsletter: https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/subscribe?utm_source=spotify&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=futureproof-sub&utm_content=guest-name&utm_term=Josh WoodwardInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconvalleygirl/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@SiliconValleyGirlLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/marinamogilko
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