The Business Brain Weekly Round Up
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Welcome to this week’s Business Brain Round Up—where we cut through the noise and deliver the entrepreneurial insights you actually need.
Whether you're chasing that "overnight success" (spoiler alert: it's not overnight) or trying to figure out how to make AI your next best hire, we've got you covered.
This week’s episodes dive into the power of patience as a business asset and explore how tools like Delphi, ChatGPT, and Perplexity can level up your workflows.
Let’s jump into the takeaways that’ll sharpen your edge.
Weekly Episodes
Overnight Success + Patience Is A Currency
Business Brain 660
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Episode 660 Rundown:
Patience is a Currency: Every long game in business—whether it's closing big deals or building a reputation—requires it.
Persistence vs. Pressure: Why staying consistent matters more than being relentless.
Play the Long Game: Sustainable business wins don't happen overnight—don’t build a business with microwave expectations.
Professional Grace Under Pressure: Managing client frustrations and setbacks with composure builds trust and loyalty.
📚 Homework: Case Study Research
Pick a successful founder or company who played the long game—think Spanx, Mailchimp, Patagonia, or Calm.
Write a 1-page brief on:
- What they waited for (market fit, traction, funding, etc.)
- How they practiced patience under pressure
- Lessons you can steal from their strategy
🧠 Business Brain Takeaway:
Patience isn’t passive. It’s an active investment in long-term wins.
You don’t need to slow down—you just need to pace yourself like someone who plans to stay in business for decades.
Go Even Deeper:
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Fred Smith’s Winning Hand: The Vegas Gamble That Saved FedEx
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PowerBookResQ Partnered with DHL for Same Day Pickups
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The Truth Behind "Overnight Success"
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FridAI with Delphi, ChatGPT and Perplexity
Business Brain 661
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Take Action with Episode 659:
Harness the right AI tools to save time, sharpen decisions, and scale operations—without losing the human element.
Delphi AI: Your Digital Brain Clone
What it is: A custom AI trained on your business knowledge, FAQs, processes, and tone.
How to use it: Automate onboarding, customer support, coaching, or internal training.
Why it matters: It delivers you at scale—consistently, 24/7, without burnout.
Perplexity vs. ChatGPT: Know Your Tools
Perplexity: Great for research, fact-finding, and generating objective summaries (think “search engine with receipts”).
ChatGPT: Better for idea generation, drafting, or conversational tasks—but beware of “people-pleasing” answers or context drift.
AI for Coders (and Non-Coders Who Copy/Paste)
Warning: AI can generate flawed code if you don’t know what to look for.
Pro tip: Use it to brainstorm or troubleshoot, but always review outputs with real-world logic or developer support.
🚀 Business Brain Challenge
AI can work 24/7.
You shouldn’t have to.
Start by offloading one low-risk, high-repetition task this week.
Then reinvest that time into high-impact, human-first moves—like relationship building or strategy.
Want to be scalable and personal?
Train the robot—but write the playbook.
Go Even Deeper:
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Is Perplexity A Better Search Engine Than ChatGPT?
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Tech Tips of The Week:
Drowning in distractions? Try this:
🔕 Set your phone to “Do Not Disturb”
💻 Use https://freedom.to to block social media
⌛️ Then set a 25-min timer (Pomodoro style)
Let your tech work for your focus, not against it.
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Finance Friday
More sales won’t save a leaky bucket.
Before scaling up, fix your churn.
Retention isn’t sexy—but neither is going broke.
Your best customers are the ones you already have.
Nurture them.
Upsell them.
Keep them coming back.
📊 Revenue grows when relationships do.
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FridAI
💡 3 AI Prompts Every Entrepreneur Should Steal:
“Act as a branding expert. Analyze my business (describe it) and give me 5 bold tagline options.”
“List overlooked revenue streams for a [type of business] that scale without hiring more people.”
“Write a cold DM pitch that feels like a warm intro — short, sharp, and not salesy.”
AI isn’t replacing you. It’s removing your excuses.
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Success isn’t just about speed—it’s about strategy, timing, and using the right tools at the right moment.
As we learned this week, patience is more than a virtue—it’s a currency.
And when paired with the right tech, it becomes a serious competitive advantage.
Stay curious, stay consistent, and as always, stay charmed.
See you next week with more ideas to fuel your hustle.
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Dave Hamilton & Shannon Jean
Business Brain
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