Milad Mirghahari

I went from making sandwiches at Subway to building an audience of over 13-million across platforms—not by luck, but by learning how to win attention in an endless sea of content. I’ve spent the last few years mastering the art of storytelling, understanding audience psychology, and riding the wave of short-form content to build a career that changed my life. But lately, I’ve taken that same attention-hacking mindset and started applying it to something even bigger—building AI apps that solve real problems. And now, I’m here to show you how creators can do both: win attention and turn it into lasting impact. This talk is for creators who feel stuck, burned out, or unsure what to do next. I’ll break down the exact playbook I used to build my brand, grow my audience, and now transition into tech—all by understanding how to hold people’s focus in a world where everyone’s competing for a scroll. I’ll show you how to make content that people can’t ignore, how to use your audience as leverage, and how to think like a founder without giving up your identity as a creator. Because I’ve lived both lives—and if you can win attention, you can win at almost anything.