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Small Business Daily Podcast 10/11/2025
Today’s podcast episode was created from the following stories:
5 Digital Marketing Pains Every Entrepreneur Faces (And How to Solve Them)
By marissamacabuhay — October 10, 2025
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From budget constraints to time famine and analysis paralysis, this piece lays out five common marketing hurdles and practical fixes. The playbook: use self‑liquidating offers to offset ad spend, lean on automation to scale consistency, start with done‑for‑you systems, track leads as the north‑star metric, and stand out by offering unreasonable value. It is a concise roadmap for turning chaos into a predictable growth engine.
Comments on Sophia (Buck) (Brigham) (Newton) Stone’s life memories – an AI-assisted memoir
By Unknown — Date not provided
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This discussion page centers on community reactions to an AI‑assisted family memoir, highlighting how technology is reshaping genealogical storytelling. For creators and historians, it underscores the value of reader feedback, provenance, and ethical use of AI in preserving family histories.
The Grocery Code, according to Dunnhumby’s John Froman and Erich Kahner
By Margo Waldrop — October 10, 2025
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Grocers win by closing the price perception gap while doubling down on what makes them special, then using AI to personalize value quietly in the background. The leaders treat value as a company‑wide mission, make offers feel human, and embed data science into decisions from assortment to loyalty. With shoppers chasing both savings and wellness, retailers that make health affordable and keep messaging consistent will earn more of the weekly shop.
Baron Davis is building a media cafe: coffee, creators and second chances
By Margo Waldrop — October 10, 2025
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Former NBA All‑Star Baron Davis is turning Oatmeal Radio Café into a franchiseable hybrid of coffeehouse, studio, and stage that helps independent artists build audience and revenue. The model blends content, advertising, and music distribution with community impact tied to prison and foster care reform. His Business Inside the Game platform extends the vision with curated connections, events, and media for creators and entrepreneurs.
Video surveillance market industry report 2025‑2035: video surveillance market to triple by 2035, driven by AI, IP cameras, and cloud‑based security solutions
By Research and Markets — October 10, 2025
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The global video surveillance market is projected to grow from about 60 billion dollars in 2025 to 188 billion dollars by 2035, powered by IP cameras, AI analytics, and VSaaS. North America leads today, with Asia set for faster growth, as cloud storage and subscription models lower costs and improve scalability. The report flags ongoing privacy concerns and emphasizes integrated systems, standards, and responsible use.
How a family‑owned costume shop is keeping tariffs from making Halloween a nightmare
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO — September 18, 2025
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Faced with steep tariffs on Chinese imports, Chicago Costume ordered fewer new items and got scrappy by repurposing a decade of unsold inventory into fresh, complete looks. The shop raised select prices, cut discounts, and leaned on in‑house making and vintage rentals to preserve margins while meeting demand. It is a hands‑on blueprint for small retailers navigating policy shocks without losing their Halloween.
They thought they’d live here forever. Then AI upended the power grid
By Emily Forlini — October 10, 2025
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In Pennsylvania, residents are fighting land seizures for 240‑foot transmission towers tied to a surge of AI data centers, even as utilities warn generation may not meet demand. The story lays out the trade‑offs: limited permanent jobs, rising power costs, and local backlash versus state‑level growth ambitions. It is a cautionary tale about infrastructure, community consent, and who ultimately pays for the AI boom.
He mastered coding at 12, rejected a 6‑figure job at 19 and built a 20 million dollar revenue company while traveling the globe
By ET Online — October 10, 2025
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Pixels founder Luke Barwikowski turned down a 130 thousand dollar offer at 19, then built a bootstrapped product across cabins, sailboats, and remote work sprints to reach 20 million dollars in revenue. His story challenges the default founder script by prioritizing lifestyle design, deep focus, and patient iteration over prestige roles. The takeaway for builders: momentum comes from aligning work with how you actually do your best thinking.
Conclusion: From corner coffeehouses and costume shops to grocers and grid planners, today’s stories spotlight a single through‑line — value, delivered with intention. Whether you are automating your marketing, reframing price perception, remixing old inventory, or weighing the true costs of new infrastructure, the winners are making bold, customer‑centric choices and executing with consistency. See you next episode.
