The Koerner Office - Business Ideas and Small Business Deep Dives with Entrepreneurs The Most Overlooked Way to Make Money with AI (+10 More Ideas) - Chat with Michael Girdley | Ep. #181
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Jun 11, 2025 
In this engaging discussion, entrepreneur and investor Michael Girdley dives into unconventional ways to monetize content, emphasizing the power of localized adaptations on Facebook. He reveals the intriguing concept of reinterpreting hits for diverse cultures and the idea of creating an AI-powered mosquito-zapping Death Star. Girdley also shares humorous insights on taking over local governance in Texas with just a small team, showcasing wild yet feasible startup ideas that could reshape how we think about business and technology.
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Breaking Bad Recreated in Spanish
- A Latin American cable station recreated the entire Breaking Bad series in Spanish as a low-budget film called Metastasis.
- This adaptation became hugely popular and shows the power of culturally adapting hit shows for new markets.
Start an Internationalization Service
- Use AI tools like ElevenLabs to clone creators’ voices and republish their content in different languages.
- Offer revenue sharing to creators and handle the localization process yourself to generate new income streams.
Facebook's Untapped Content Market
- Facebook has 2.1 billion daily active users but suffers from low-quality content supply.
- Using AI voice cloning to translate content into other languages like Hindi can unlock "found money" revenue streams for creators.