The Startup Ideas Podcast

This Excel AI Agent Built Me a $1M Financial Dashboard in 10 Minutes (LIVE Demo)

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Jul 29, 2025
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Nico Christie
Nico Christie, co-founder of Shortcut, showcases an AI-powered spreadsheet tool designed to revolutionize financial modeling. He demonstrates how users can build complex dashboards in just minutes using natural language prompts. Nico reveals the platform's unique ability to verify data sources, making financial tasks more efficient and transparent. Throughout the conversation, he highlights Shortcut's benefits for both Excel experts and novices, emphasizing its potential to increase productivity and simplify resource management for agencies.
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Live Demo Shows Shortcut's Power

  • Nico Christie demoed how Shortcut can update complex Excel financial models in minutes, tasks that would take hours manually.
  • The tool directly manipulates existing Excel files and fetches external data automatically, illustrating real use cases live.
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Shortcut Bridges Excel Skill Gaps

  • Shortcut empowers both Excel experts by drastically reducing time and non-experts by making complex spreadsheet tasks accessible.
  • It bridges the gap, making users nearly instant Excel gurus through natural language prompts.
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Prompt Shortcut With Simplicity

  • Use relatively vague and less verbose prompts when instructing Shortcut; this encourages creativity and triggers useful clarifying questions.
  • Avoid long, highly specific prompts to make the most effective use of Shortcut’s AI capabilities.
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