<description>&lt;p&gt;Brandon Baum — better known as heybrandonb to his 25M+ followers — built a YouTube empire making cinematic, effects-heavy videos that look like they cost millions but were born in a bedroom during COVID. In this episode, we get into how he went from 2 views to a million followers in a month, why he shoots everything on iPhones with a custom 3D-printed dual-phone rig, how AI tools like Firefly Boards have replaced his Post-it Note wall, and why he thinks the atmosphere is &amp;quot;ripe for change&amp;quot; in Hollywood. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;We also talk about what content is actually performing now (hint: it&amp;#39;s not spectacle anymore), his plan to seed original IP on social before taking it to theaters, and why he&amp;#39;s building custom AI agents to offload his admin so he can just be creative.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Brandon B&amp;#39;s YouTube channel:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;https://www.youtube.com/@heybrandonb&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Adobe Firefly Boards:&lt;/strong&gt; https://firefly.adobe.com/&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LM Studio / Ollama (referenced in OpenClaw discussion):&lt;/strong&gt; https://lmstudio.ai/ https://ollama.com/&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Subscribe to The Neuron newsletter:&lt;/strong&gt; https://theneuron.ai&lt;/p&gt;
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Brandon Baum — better known as heybrandonb to his 25M+ followers — built a YouTube empire making cinematic, effects-heavy videos that look like they cost millions but were born in a bedroom during COVID. In this episode, we get into how he went from 2 views to a million followers in a month, why he shoots everything on iPhones with a custom 3D-printed dual-phone rig, how AI tools like Firefly Boards have replaced his Post-it Note wall, and why he thinks the atmosphere is &quot;ripe for change&quot; in Hollywood. We also talk about what content is actually performing now (hint: it&#39;s not spectacle anymore), his plan to seed original IP on social before taking it to theaters, and why he&#39;s building custom AI agents to offload his admin so he can just be creative. Brandon B&#39;s YouTube channel:https://www.youtube.com/@heybrandonbAdobe Firefly Boards: https://firefly.adobe.com/LM Studio / Ollama (referenced in OpenClaw discussion): https://lmstudio.ai/ https://ollama.com/ Subscribe to The Neuron newsletter: https://theneuron.ai

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He Got 1 Million Followers in 30 Days—Here's How AI Changed Everything

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