The 2026 Business Playbook: Leverage AI Before Your Competitors Do | Epidemic Sound CEO

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

January 9, 2026

Duration

38m

Channel

Silicon Valley Girl

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

📌 Streamline your creator workflow and automate Meta (Instagram and Facebook) DMs and comment management with Pop.Store’s ECHO AI Assistant: 👉 https://get.pop.store/ai-echo/?utm_source=yt&utm_medium=creator&utm_campaign=svg2 Oscar Hoglund built Epidemic Sound into a $1.4B company behind 3 billion daily views. He shares frameworks for scaling any business: understanding value chains, using AI to democratize professional tools, and why the "Three Why" analysis matters more than rushing into AI products. For founders and anyone building with AI. 0:00 Intro 01:02 What makes content viral 03:58 The "CROSS" strategy explained 07:47 The AI сontent revolution 11:09 Content framework 2026 12:20 Must-Have creator tool 13:50 From feature to platform 20:18 Value chain leverage 23:03 Hiring A-Players secret 23:59 Why hustle fails 27:51 Give more than you take 29:30 Oscar's network strategy 31:10 Staying sane as a CEO 33:04 Oscar's breaking point 34:33 Top AI tools Oscar uses 35:30 The three WHY framework Links: 📩 Follow my Newsletter: https://siliconvalleygirl.beehiiv.com/ 🔗 My Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconvalleygirl/ 📌 My Companies & Products: https://Marinamogilko.co 📹 Video brainstorming, research, and project planning - all in one place - https://partner.spotterstudio.com/ideas-with-marina 💻 Resources that helps my team and me grow the business:

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🎤 SPEAKERS

• Marina Mogilko

  host

• Oscar Höglund

  guest

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Silicon Valley Girl, featuring Marina Mogilko and Oscar Höglund, The 2026 Business Playbook: Leverage AI Before Your Competitors Do | Epidemic Sound CEO explores epidemic Sound CEO’s 2026 playbook: AI leverage, discipline, value chains Oscar Höglund (Epidemic Sound co-founder/CEO) breaks down what makes content resonate and spread: creating meaningful human connection, often amplified by intentional audio choices.

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