In five months, we built a full multi-language book, podcast, and content ecosystem—without a team
Dietrich Busacker · Co-founder · Lindau, Germany
In five months - part-time, two people, minimal budget - we created IMAGINATION 2.0: Two illustrated books - one for adults, one for children - each in two language versions (German and English) A 14-episode podcast ecosystem (audio/video), including a podcast spoken by two AI characters reflecting each episode's content from two different therapeutic schools - plus blog extensions A 14-week LinkedIn campaign (70 posts), including AI-generated YouTube Shorts, carousels, and images A children's book from idea to print-ready in 48 hours... traditionally, this would have meant 18-24 months, a team of 4-6 people, and something like €50,000-80,000 in outsourced roles and production. Instead, we created the equivalent output in a fraction of the time with full-time jobs alongside - roughly saving over 10,000 hours of team capacity we didn't have to hire... the biggest transformation wasn't the output. It was the realization that AI didn't flatten our work - it protected the depth.