In this episode of Silicon Valley Girl, Marina Mogilko sits down with Mike Krieger, co-founder of Instagram and CPO at Anthropic, to discuss how artificial intelligence is reshaping entrepreneurship and work itself.
00:00 Teaser
1:01 – Can you really build a $100M company today solo?
2:21 – Do you need to be technical to scale a business in 2025?
3:46 – The painful story of Mike shutting down a company after Instagram’s success
4:53 – How to know when to push forward or when to stop?
6:27 – 100 free prompts to supercharge your marketing
8:21 – How to use Claude to automate your business
10:14 – In 2-3 years Claude will be your co-worker and collaborator
12:50 – How Mike’s work have changed with the AI automation
14:11 – Integrating Claude into your Chrome browser
15:20 – Writing and brainstorming with Claude
16:15 – Overcoming writer’s block using AI
16:41 – When will AI generate ideas better than humans—and start generating revenue?
20:00 – Where should young entrepreneurs start today?
21:30 – How to predict the next evolution of AI models
22:38 – Which niches hold the biggest opportunities in the AI era?
25:09 – Early Instagram growth strategies. How to promote your product in the AI era
26:20 – Staying authentic in a world full of AI-generated content
27:40 – How to stay valuable in the AI era
30:17 – Productivity rituals to generate ideas consistently
31:00 – Skills we’ll need to thrive in the next 10 years
33:10 – Mike’s tips for learning English efficiently
34:29 – Do you need to move to Silicon Valley to build a company?
35:50 – Will AI replace language learning?
37:20 – Mike’s daily routine and schedule hacks
39:12 – What wakes him up at night
40:30 – Mike’s perspective on Universal Basic Income
42:05 – Mike’s top 3 favorite AI apps
Credit to : Silicon Valley Girl