Notes January 2025

01/01/2025

Time is unstoppable, Time does not wait for anyone. It keeps going without any external factor or force. It is natural. Second to Minute to Hour to Day to Week to Month and then to a Year. Ever evolving. Here’s to naturally good times in 2025, to evolve into our better selves.

Anger is momentary but its effect can last longer, internally and externally. 

Anger Only Makes Things Worse ⁦‪@dailystoic⁩

02/01/2025

Entrepreneurs come across a variety of situations in business, mentally choosing words (epithets) to prepare for the situation, navigate it, is a simple stress-free solution. 

Epithets for Yourself ⁦‪@dailystoic⁩

Entrepreneurship is never an easy thing. Using words (epithets), quotes and mantras helps entrepreneurs to be grounded with the fundamentals, no matter what.

It’s Important To Have Reminders @dailystoic

Knowing the values to live by and then living by them is rebirth. Quite the same in business, you start a business, that’s easy, it’s only when you have the right foundation, fundamentals and strategies across the organisation, you succeed with the business.

How to Be Born Again ⁦‪@dailystoic⁩

Sustainable and energy efficient technology to convert sea water to fresh water  https://springwise.com/water-scarcity/deep-sea-water-farms-for-sustainable-desalination/

 @Oceanwell

How to Make Your Money Manage Itself and Maintain Your Goals | Entrepreneur

https://www.entrepreneur.com/money-finance/how-to-make-your-money-manage-itself-and-maintain-your-goals/483072?utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz–DDAS6KzL5w25pX-1kG414s5hohUfLG49FP0FAGnhPY4qLjuOokuf2Le-O-kJJ-5i7lbWEzgbpzorxew4kVuzykXwf9Q&_hsmi=340740227&utm_content=340740227&utm_source=hs_email

Interesting journey JW Wiseman of Curious Elixirs a non alcoholic craft cocktail company. Side Hustling for 5 years, formally business opens in 2015, does US$2.2M in first 5 years and over US$50M in revenue in the next 5. 

https://entm.ag/oLj4yz

Doug and Sara Taylor side hustled making cookies doing about $100 a day from home, about $400 through market stands, to $200k in their first year of full time business Taylor Chip.

https://entm.ag/EVgD0a

How January is an ideal month to start the year right?

https://entm.ag/wHTc9y

Determining success in term of wealth created as per the various gens

https://entm.ag/DrAmWl

Seeking Funding. Here are some pitching tips from the Shark Tank investors

https://entm.ag/Ztk8kE

04/01/2025

As per research, people resonate with 63% of the stories, and 5% of facts. No matter what AI or BI comes, the human connection is important and validating in getting the message across. Businesses must focus not just on their product or service but also connect with the customers with stories of “why me”, over multiple platforms, it results in long term loyalty and success.

The Power of Storytelling in Marketing – Foundr

06/01/2025

The Most Important Thing – stoicism ⁦‪@dailystoic⁩

08/01/2025

Entrepreneurial Dreams Powered By AI

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/epaper/delhicapital/2025/jan/07/eye-on-ai/entrepreneurial-dreams-powered-by-ai/articleshow/117006555.cms

11/01/2025

Damian Primis Founded Primis Imports that imports traditional products such as olive oil from Greece a side hustle during the pandemic, is now a 6-Figure Side Hustle | Entrepreneur

https://www.entrepreneur.com/starting-a-business/he-found-a-new-niche-and-started-a-6-figure-side-hustle/485362?utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8ZUS7cVioN31fWi8aHy77ct7aPNDMC_1RWTlX6uBTvehGdfC7JhkFaesU5yH4uC9pTdrHjsbM2vK4zlIvUiLInBtDT3A&_hsmi=341865051&utm_content=341865051&utm_source=hs_email

Key Insights From a Roundtable Discussion With 5 Founder-CEOs | Entrepreneur

https://www.entrepreneur.com/leadership/key-insights-from-a-roundtable-discussion-with-5/485235?utm_campaign=Daily%20Newsletter&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz–ux_OqqZw2VaOUo5AgN4pl69XDDJn2fDvYziPOhl7qznmYdG0kWIssfJIeH9Ze7rBDKe1CeWudYTjYtdT4fNw-IXq3tA&_hsmi=341865051&utm_content=341865051&utm_source=hs_email

12/01/2025

Fail! Fail a Lot! It’s Good for You ⁦‪@nireyal⁩

https://www.nirandfar.com/fail-a-lot/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Fail%21%20Fail%20a%20Lot%21%20It%20s%20Good%20for%20You&utm_campaign=Behavior%20Digest%20-%20January%2011%202025&vgo_ee=deK0DUvcI7sEDEeEwrgJOGNVgcCCXI7Yu4jP0tqm3%2Fgq0Mg%3D%3Abmbb21tjt1lusaaTXcjgQUaOaSgZH9F7

Be Good.

It’s the most fundamental thing to succeed with.

https://www.paulgraham.com/good.html?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Fail%21%20Fail%20a%20Lot%21%20It%20s%20Good%20for%20You&utm_campaign=Behavior%20Digest%20-%20January%2011%202025

16/01/2025

‘The rags-to-riches narrative of quick immigrant success in America is a myth — but their children do rise faster than US-born peers’

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/epaper/delhicapital/2025/jan/16/frontpage/the-rags-to-riches-narrative-of-quick-immigrant-success-in-america-is-a-myth-but-their-children-do-rise-faster-than-us-born-peers/articleshow/117279334.cms

17/01/2025

Belfast venues to get rid of single-use plastic cups ⁦‪@OdeToOptimism⁩

https://www.rte.ie/news/ulster/2025/0109/1489789-belfast-plastic-cups

Soccer fans can now eat their coffee cups – ⁦‪@FastCompany⁩ ⁦‪@OdeToOptimism⁩

https://www.fastcompany.com/90667846/soccer-fans-can-now-eat-their-coffee-cups

Doing something thats never been done is a path creator. 

To get something you have to give something. 

Why Giving Away Your Best Ideas Makes You More Valuable | Entrepreneur

https://www.entrepreneur.com/starting-a-business/why-giving-away-your-best-ideas-can-help-you-become-more/484875?utm_campaign=Subscribers-only%20Newsletter&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-82bPY3TOQuvpoaTmM8JFVJ1WCf0rlKhYR7exvMMdslo1eq3u4-cI3cMkH7uR34YZLss6lICTbU7BzSRXVlBF0-6mSv5A&_hsmi=342724376&utm_content=342724376&utm_source=hs_email

Leena Pettigrew’s Facebook Marketplace Side Hustle Grew from $4000 a month to $25,000 a Month  | Entrepreneur

https://www.entrepreneur.com/starting-a-business/her-facebook-marketplace-side-hustle-grew-to-25000-a-month/485244?utm_campaign=Subscribers-only%20Newsletter&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-9vQ1ne16lx3vMaMUvzPYFw2idbFKAxg2kmF1fH8UQREXuomBgwtfaixymZJkew7WPc-cWXCmBkk41O7xghwaj7m7ht3A&_hsmi=342724376&utm_content=342724376&utm_source=hs_email

These 3 Quotes From Jeff Bezos Will Change How You Run Your Business | Entrepreneur

https://www.entrepreneur.com/starting-a-business/these-3-quotes-from-jeff-bezos-will-change-how-you-run-your/468800?utm_campaign=Subscribers-only%20Newsletter&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz–M9pVF6Cdg8eGr5GdjqMVOXiLbhbgKdKzLY1mMWajy5nUes9ay83U5QcTOaJQJkpGlGzNmEyX5vB3JfFeSeVa3uUDLfA&_hsmi=342724376&utm_content=342724376&utm_source=hs_email

18/01/2025

Andrew Blackmon founded The Black Tux – a tuxedo rental company which has grown into multiple stores and hundreds of employees, growth led to pressures, delayed decision making, which then Andrew solved by relying on therapy.

https://www.entrepreneur.com/leadership/how-to-trust-your-gut-and-make-decisions-quicker/464695

19/01/2025

Reframing your thoughts about a conflict can be a win – win situation no matter what the end result is.  

https://www.entrepreneur.com/growing-a-business/how-to-resolve-a-workplace-fight-before-it-happens/464698

22/01/2025

Bookmark this: A dating app for readers from the founders of Cubbon Reads | YourStory

https://yourstory.com/socialstory/2025/01/bookmark-dating-app-for-readers-cubbon-reads?utm_source=piano&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=35467&pnespid=6uHLnpVSuLqcpaG_.RSo7KIetA0Wsn1xggoyRhMhtEaVAVI7DdTTtvA1d21mQlKHRFTaWj6q

23/01/2025

If You Have This Trait — You’d Make a Great Entrepreneur, Research Says | Entrepreneur

https://www.entrepreneur.com/entrepreneurs/if-you-have-this-trait-youd-make-a-great-entrepreneur/484375?utm_campaign=Subscribers-only%20Newsletter&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-815cwj7v1zIy0BVxxZDdtTZ5S0mDaep6AQ6wxwDncoFPlAZn0pgBvXjNDnKM-WSgiWyLOv50pK9RGBapKSgPRfEuWL0Q&_hsmi=343711470&utm_content=343711470&utm_source=hs_email

This Fitness Brand’s Secret? Constant Innovation. | Entrepreneur

https://www.entrepreneur.com/growing-a-business/fitness-brands-have-a-loyalty-problem-heres-how-one/484877?utm_campaign=Subscribers-only%20Newsletter&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8oLnukRCNm7cdQtyGJux3jDfwyWJfz_VKwJtLdOwQdrv97BVJ_h1VIZ2N4qAbX4LlgP-wDbzSsDzTo3bklqI-lGCtM6Q&_hsmi=343711470&utm_content=343711470&utm_source=hs_email

The Ancient Philosophy Behind a $10 Billion Startup | Entrepreneur

https://www.entrepreneur.com/leadership/the-ancient-philosophy-behind-a-10-billion-startup/481661?utm_campaign=Subscribers-only%20Newsletter&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_AKUichS4QE9k-nEfTfa67WXrDVwe9pLRdnqTrKjY–LDYjA2NEcHSytfD9z3zDgWqWbhrtCeO_or5zjAE4a8WCwdUng&_hsmi=343711470&utm_content=343711470&utm_source=hs_email

They Asked Me to Fudge the Numbers — What I’d Tell My 25-Year-Old Self About Standing Up to Leadership | Entrepreneur

https://www.entrepreneur.com/leadership/they-asked-me-to-fudge-the-numbers-what-id-tell-my/485689?utm_campaign=Subscribers-only%20Newsletter&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8XKjVzmG8Wm7JBp_vYVRvFvSDQ06hw60pInVI9wEpTVqFd2AZcwR71pMquYXLHjcTFWFvu6RxRG7bdT3hwK3w6sxpcwA&_hsmi=343711470&utm_content=343711470&utm_source=hs_email

28/01/2025

Ukrainian startup Beholder uses AI algorithms along with satellite data, geochemical and geophysical information to map mineral rich zones. 

https://springwise.com/clean-energy/ai-powered-critical-minerals-exploration

DeepSeek a cheaper Chinese AI Model that stands par with existing AI models that have taken hundreds of millions of dollars to build compared to the six million dollars and only couple of months to build it. 

https://entm.ag/wbwmtc

4 Step strategy to succeed in sales

https://entm.ag/YOum0d

Nothing can be more credible than facts 

Analysis = Facts + Interpretation https://seths.blog/2025/01/analysis-facts-interpretation/ @ThisIsSethsBlog

29/01/2025

A Whale of a Story of Frugal Innovation Rattles Tech World

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/epaper/delhicapital/2025/jan/29/disruption-the-deepseek-moment/a-whale-of-a-story-of-frugal-innovation-rattles-tech-world/articleshow/117660715.cms

Behind DeepSeek’s Greener and Leaner Bot

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/epaper/delhicapital/2025/jan/29/disruption-the-deepseek-moment/behind-deepseeks-greener-and-leaner-bot/articleshow/117660498.cms

Top 10 Most Used AI Terms

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/epaper/delhicapital/2025/jan/29/disruption-the-deepseek-moment/top-10-most-used-ai-terms/articleshow/117659939.cms

30/01/2025

‘AI will be Bigger than Internet, It’s the Tech Revolution of the Century’

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/epaper/delhicapital/2025/jan/30/et-efm/ai-will-be-bigger-than-internet-its-the-tech-revolution-of-the-century/articleshow/117706865.cms

31/01/2025

Regulatory procedures need to be taken seriously, else no matter what size your business is, whether startup or a hosted company, the penalties can be huge. 

Fitbit to Pay $12m Fine for Slow Risk Note

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/epaper/delhicapital/2025/jan/27/et-back/fitbit-to-pay-12m-fine-for-slow-risk-note/articleshow/117586933.cms

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