Students' Things Edition III

Students' Things JUNE 2021
ISSUE NO. 03
Modernizing the Younger Generation NOT FOR SALES

WHAT'S THE STORY OF
GOING ON? JACK MA

A review on the first quarter of What can we learn from him?
2021, which apparently is like
2020 RIHANNA
- A ROLE MODEL

Quotes from the one and only,
singer and businesswoman.

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LETTER FROM LEARN FROM
EDITOR THE EXPERTS

A letter to all the reader from the Advice on different field from the
Editor-in-Chief. CEO of different successful
startups.
JACK MA - THE
STORY RIHANNA -
ASPIRING TO BE
A motivational article about the
life of one of the richess man, Jack Biography on one of the most
Ma. influential women, singer and
businesswoman, Rihanna.
2021 1ST
QUARTER APPLE THINKS
DIFFERENTLY
The report on the 1st quarter of
the year 2021 on different aspects. Quotes from Steve Jobs, past CEO
of Apple Inc., the greatest tech
MEET ELON company in the World.
MUSK
WHAT AFTER
A biography on Elon Musk, one of BTC CRASHED?
the most influential people on
today's social media. What will now happend to the
cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (BTC)
after it was pulled.

""The Things

you
Regret
most in
Life are
the Risks
you didn't

take.""

- Farhan Masood

Letter from the
Chief Editor

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Editor-in-Chief
In this edition, we have reviewed the 1st
quarter of 2021 for you which was more or
less like a replica of 2020 itself. But as dark
as it may seem we still have some lights of
hope. We can see cooperation of the people
abiding by governments’ policies like
wearing mask and social distancing. Not only
that but vaccines have also been invented for
Covid, which gives us more hopes. This
edition also includes stories from many
inspiring people that has inspire all of our
editorial team. We hope that they will inspire
you as well.

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“Today is hard,

tomorrow is harder,

but the day after

tomorrow is

beautiful.”

Ma Yun or what we’ve commonly According to Stone and D’Onfro

known as Jack Ma, a world-class (2014), “Ma is now worth an

Chinese Billionaire and entrepreneur estimated $25 billion, which includes

who was the founder of China’s his 7.8% stake in Alibaba and a

largest e-commerce, Alibaba. He was nearly 50% stake in payment

born on September 10, 1964 in processing service Alipay.” Thus, it

Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, leads Jack to become a billionaire

China. He owned several of China’s and the richest person in China.

most popular websites such as

Alibaba and the shopping site Previously, Jack Ma grew up poor in

Taobao.com. a communist China where it was

isolated from the West during that

period.

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His family was very poor when he was before eventually getting into Hangzhou Life is bittersweet.
Sometimes it is
young. Back then, he was very Normal University. He even applied to bitter and
sometimes it is
aggressive and often gets into a conflict Harvard University ten times, but sweet.
The road to success
or fight with his classmates. According unfortunately, he didn’t make it. is not easy, but the
most important to
to Insider (as cited by Liu and Still), Jack remember is to not
give up easily.
Ma once said “I was never afraid of Before getting a job at the internet

opponents who were bigger than I.” It company, Alibaba, Jack tried and

may sound a little bit rude and failed to get a job from many places

narcissistic, but it inspires us a lot. It including KFC and police.

teaches us to not stay still when someone

is trying to bully us. At that time, when he tried to apply for a

As for Jack Ma’s education background, job at KFC, there’s 24 people applying
when he was young, he failed the for the job. 23 people were accepted,
Primary School examination twice. except Jack Ma. As for the police force,
During middle school, he also failed the he was also one of the 5 applicants who
examination, not twice but thrice. applied for the police force job and was
the only one getting rejected.

The same as when he was trying to apply
to university after high school, he also
failed the entrance exams thrice,

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1 COVID-19
The Nightmare of
2S Business
T
COVID-19 had a negative impact Furthermore, in order to deal
0Q on nearly three out of every four with the pandemic, businesses
U businesses, and the pandemic had had to rethink many of their
a negative impact on businesses operating assumptions, including
2A across all industries. Some staffing/recruiting, remote work
R businesses struggled more than and new office arrangements, as
others, and the impact varied well as new technology and
1T depending on the industry. When automation investments.
E asked which aspect of their
R business was most affected by There are many ways in which
COVID-19, the most common we can bring back the business
responses were sales and revenue into live again. Here are some of
loss, employee demand, and a the suggestions.
decrease in service demand.

Business will continue to
prioritize e-commerce

While e-commerce had been growing prior to the pandemic, according to
an IBM report, the shift from physical to digital shopping has accelerated
by about five years. E-commerce is expected to grow by 20% in total by
2020, according to the report. In 2021, fine-tune your small business's e-
commerce presence to prepare for this shift in consumer spending. Make
your site mobile-friendly to provide your customers with a seamless e-
commerce experience.

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Remote work will persist

In response to local ordinances, many small businesses shifted
to part-time or full-time remote work schedules during the
pandemic. According to an Intermedia survey, 57 percent of
small and medium-sized business owners say they will continue
to offer remote work options in the future. To compete for
talented workers in 2021 and beyond, you may need to consider
offering remote work options, depending on your type of
business. This also means that, in the future, you may need to
invest in additional technology and software to allow your
employees to telework.

Alternative payment options will proliferate

The dominance of alternative payment options is another trend
that is likely to continue into 2021 and beyond. The National
Retail Federation found that no-touch payments (such as
contactless credit and debit cards or mobile pay) for retailers
have increased 69 percent since January in their annual State of
Retail Payments study.

Business that offer virtual service will continue to be in
high demand

According to the US Chamber of Commerce, the pandemic has increased
demand for certain types of businesses, particularly those related to
technology and virtual health and fitness. Cybersecurity, at-home fitness,
food delivery, gaming, home improvement, and telemedicine are among
these businesses.

It might
be stormy
now, but
rain
doesn't
last
forever.

- Anonymous

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Moving into 2021, ‘Global Politics’ has been a Just the
topic of great attention by the world. Crossing beginning
through the deadly pandemic from 2019 until
present, people are going through hope and fear. and the
As Covid is being lifted and secured in most politics is
countries, economies have started to rebuild and
rivalries on power rose. Struggles among the already
weak have become noticeable with political heating up
shifts, rejuvenation and freedom of expression.
difference of only 74. Just when the
Starting off the year with legislative and presidential handover, along with the
parliamentary elections in many countries, the congressional certification of Joe Biden was
US’s 2020 Presidential elections has made its about to be offered, a mob of pro-Trump
way into history with the former president, supporters rampaged through the capital after
Donald Trump, the first president in 29 breaching the barriers and clashing
consecutive years of American history since aggressively with the security.
George H.W. Bush, to lose the re-election.
Currently serving as the 46th president of the Many have believed the conspiracy theories
United States, Joe Biden won the election with a that the election was an act of theft by Biden
close ballot and that he fraudulently won the elections,
were the grounds behind the mob.
Republicans and Democrats had declared
Trump to tell his supporters to leave the
capitol and to end the destruction. The
complex was heavily armed with officers and
the congress resumed the counting of the
electoral college votes, coming to an end with
the congressional certification of Joe Biden’s
2020 election victory.

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Elon

M NAME: Elon Musk
e DOB: June 28, 1971 (age 49)
e EDUCATION: University of
t Pennsylania, Stanford
University, Queen's
University, Ontario
PLACE OF BIRTH: Pretoria,
South Africa
FULL NAME: Elon Reeve
Musk
ZODIAC SIGN: Cancer

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Musk

Elon Musk, one the most influential man in today’s society and social
media. He is the CEO, Chief engineer and an early investor of SpaceX. He
is also the CEO of Tesla, Inc. He is also a part of many companies.

“In 2002, Musk founded SpaceX, an aerospace manufacturer and space
transport services company, of which he is CEO and CTO. In 2004, he
joined electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Motors, Inc. (now Tesla, Inc.) as
chairman and product architect, becoming its CEO in 2008. In 2006, he
helped create SolarCity, a solar energy services company that was later
acquired by Tesla and became Tesla Energy. In 2015, he co-founded
OpenAI, a nonprofit research company that promotesfriendly artificial
intelligence. In 2016, he co-founded Neuralink, a neurotechnology
company focused on developingbrain–computer interfaces, and founded
The Boring Company, a tunnel construction company. Musk has proposed
theHyperloop, a high-speed vactrain transportation system.”

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"You need
to have a
team that
is
relentless"

It’s not enough to be talented. In a
startup, you must have people who
are obsessive. Also, keep asking
yourself, “What are you optimizing
for?” Focus on the one thing that
makes your business/product
shine to customers. Those two
things are the most important
aspects of building your company.

- Team related advice for startup
founders by Paul Burke, founder,
and CEO at RentHoop

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The time you have as an
entrepreneur is extremely limited,

so based on this condition is that
you should focus strictly on

validating if your idea (business
model) is feasible or not, has a
future or not?

The most valuable key tip we "Make
learned in the last 9 years was that things
as
we should not have focused on simple
things that don’t scale. Your most as
possible.
important goal is to validate "
whether or not your idea has a

product/market fit.

- Advice on feasibility for tech
startup founders by Cristian

Rennella, CEO & CoFounder of
oMelhorTrato.com

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"Anything is possible if
you persevere"

Don’t give up. Take the plunge to work every morning and feel
and persist. The prerequisite is like you made a difference in
having something you’re someone’s life at the end of the
passionate about to get you day. Once you have those
through the dark times – that feelings, that job will become
mission is what will sustain you. more than a job – it will be your
You should be excited and passion and your career.
motivated to go In addition, be ready for
anything: plan for scale, have the
right team!

- Startup lesson by Sara Schaer, co-
founder and CEO of Kango

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Most people are afraid to fail. They worry "Don’t
constantly about not living up to expectations, be
about making mistakes, and about trying
something new. Because of this, most people never afraid
get started on the path toward reaching their goals of
and their full human potential. In order to become
a successful entrepreneur, you’ll have to pay your failure.
dues and fail a few times. You’ll learn lessons, and "
only then will you be able to come through a
winner. While you don’t have to take wild chances,
you do have to take some risks. And most
importantly, you have to get started quickly.

- Startup lesson by Ryan Allis, CEO of
Hive

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“I always believed that when you

Robin Rihanna Fenty or follow your heart or your gut, when
Rihanna, is one of the people you really follow the things that feel
who is considered the most great to you, you can never lose,
inspiring women in the world. because settling is the worst feeling
Despite being very successful in in the world.”

her career as a singer, she didn’t “It’s nice to look back on your life
stop but went on to become a and see things as lessons, and not
very successful businesswoman. regrets.”
She is the founder of a very

successful cosmetics brand, “You may never be good enough for
“Fenty Beauty”. everybody, but you will always be

the best for somebody.”

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- STEVE JOBS (1955 - 2011)

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Apple
Think
Different

"Simplicity is the ultimate “Don't let the noise of other's
sophistication. It takes a lot of hard opinions drown out your own inner
work to make something simple, to voice. And most important, have the
truly understand the underlying courage to follow your heart and
challenges, and come up with elegant intuition. They somehow already
solutions. [...] It's not just know what you truly want to
minimalism or the absence of clutter. become. Everything else is
It involves digging through the depth secondary." - 2005
of complexity. To be truly simple,
you have to go really deep. [...] You
have to deeply understand the
essence of a product in order to be
able to get rid of the parts that are
not essential.”

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Source: Investing Cube

What comes next

crash?for BTC after

Since bitcoin price has been reduce in
value after Elon Musk posted on his
Twitter that Tesla will not accept Bitcoin
purchasing Tesla anymore. Elliott
Laybourne believed that the Bitcoin price
might not remain in this calm for too
long.

Even through on Wednesday 19th May
2021 BTC was sold aggressively down to
$30,000 before staging a late day rally to
finish -15% lower at $36,750. He also
believe tat only oje day performance
wasn’t a complete disaster. However, the
Bitcoin price had been trading close to
$65,000 a month earlier.

Investors who are late party, especially
those using leverage, likely suffered
losses last week. The forced would have
added to the sell-off. These investors may
not return to the market for some time or
never. And the weak longs have been
sold, it cause less supply on the way up.

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The weaker hands would have passed their
positions to stronger hands which are much
more equipped to absorb future volatility.

However, a reduction in retail buyers might
mean it could be some time before the Bitcoin
price enjoys another parabolic run higher.

From the 15-minute price chart, we can see Following the failed attempts to go higher,
that the bounce from the $30,000 low on the the Bitcoin price broke back below $40,000,
18th failed at $43,000. The price then dipped trading down to $35,200. This now creates
to $35,000 before three further attempts to an ascending line from the $30,000 low at
break higher. $36,400. The price, for the moment, remains
pinned in this narrowing range, but
The weaker hands would have passed their narrowing ranges typically lead to a break-
positions to stronger hands which are much out.
more equipped to absorb future volatility.
A break of the upper end of the channel
However, a reduction in retail buyers might could see the price extend to the April 17th
mean it could be some time before the Bitcoin High at $45,000. Whilst a break of the lower
price enjoys another parabolic run higher. end would put the $30,000 level back in the
From the 15-minute price chart, we can see frame. He remains optimistic about Bitcoins’
that the bounce from the $30,000 low on the long-term prospects. Nonetheless, if the
18th failed at $43,000. The price then dipped market breaks the support, the Bitcoin price
to $35,000 before three further attempts to may get cheaper first.
break higher.

Each subsequent rally failed to get as high as
the last. This has now formed a descending
trend line at $40,900.

Brain A

You are an expert

on paranormal

activity and have

been hired to locate

a spirit haunting an

old resort hotel.

Strong signs

indicate that the A: It's
behind
spirit lies behind B or C

one of four doors.

The inscriptions on

each door read as

follows:

B: It's
behind
A or D

Activity

C: It's
in

Here!

Your psychic

powers have told

you three of the

inscriptions are

false, and one is

true. Behind which

door will you find

the spirit?

D: It's
not in
Here!

" Trust the timing of
your life "

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