Thanuj Gunawardana

20/04/2024

මේ week එකේ හැමෝම කතා වුනේ Dubai වල flood එකයි ඒකත් එක්ක එහෙ economy එකට වෙච්ච effect එකයි.

Middleast market එක බිස්නස් වලට move වෙන්න හොද place එකක් කියල මම නිතරම කියන නිසා මේ situation එක එක්ක කීපදෙනෙක් මගෙන් ඇහුව තාම Dubai හොදයිද කියල.

කෙටි පිලිතුර තමා "ඔව්".

මේ සිදුවීම middleast market එක ගැන තිබ්බ faith එකට කිසිම බලපෑමක් කරන්න පුලුවන් වෙච්ච සිදුවීමක් නෙවේ.

ඒකට හේතු කීපයක් තියෙනව,

ඩුබායි එහෙම නැත්තන් UAE කියන්නෙ technology අතින් අද ඉස්සරහින්ම ඉන්න place එකක්. ඒකට හේතුව තමා ගොඩක් අලුතෙන් එන technologies වලට early adoptors ල වෙනව මේ market එක. ඉතින් ඒක startups වලට ලොකු push එකක් innovate කරන්න.

ඒක විතරක් නෙවේ, මෙහෙ build වෙලා තියෙන startup ecosystem එකත් entrepreneurs ලට ලොකු strength එකක්. Supportive government policies, funding, infrastructure, shared work spaces, high speed internet, ඒ වගේම access to top talent, මේ හැම දෙයක්ම help වෙනව අලුත් idea එකක් product එක්ක බවට පත් කරද්දි.

මම Dubai වල හිටපු අවුරුද්දක වගෙ කාලය ඇතුලත් help කරල තියෙනව startups කීපයකටම establish වෙන්න. ඒ වගේම strong network එකක් build කරන්නත් පුලුවන් වුනා.

ඒකට ලොකු help එකක් වුනා Dubai වල අවුරුද්ද පුරාම තියෙන හොද weather එක. Strong network එකක් හදාගන්න physical meetups ගොඩක් help වෙනව. Product එකක්, startup එකක් build කරන එක office එකක computer එකක කලාට ඒකට ඕන කරන වටපිටාව, idea generation, networking, funding, partnerships හැමදෙයක්ම build වෙන්නෙ physical world එකක.

මේ හරිය world map එකේ locate වෙලා තියෙන විදියත් ලෝකේ ඕනම තැනකට පැය 8ක වගේ කාලයකින් යන්න පුලුවන් වෙච්ච එකත් ලොකු plus point එකක්.

ඉතින් මේ points කීපයක් විතරයි. Natural disaster එකක් (cloud seeding කරල ඉල්ලගෙන කාපු එක තාම confirm නෑ) වලක්වන්න කාටවත් බෑ, කරන්න පුලුවන් ඒක manage කරන එක විතරයි.

ඒක නිසා තාම "best places to build a startup" කියන මගෙ list එකේ top ම position එකේ Dubai තියෙනව.

Photo credit: AMANDA MOUAWAD, AFP Via Getty Images

13/01/2022

This place is absolute magic. I saw the excitement tourists had just seeing the location.

Water is quite soothing 💦
View is exceptional ❤

When you visit, make sure you take photographs 📸 and leave your footmarks 👣and nothing else 🙏

05/01/2022

In my last trip to Ella Sri Lanka, I saw these bags and many more innovative products produced out of the rice packing bags that people just throw away.

Then I remembered once when I was in BIA, I I saw a foreigner actually wearing one of these bags 😄...........................................
For an idea to become great, it should follow a proper ex*****on.

A proper ex*****on with marketing and branding would even build a great business out of that idea 💡
                                                       

02/01/2022

If you can't see the bottom, the water is either too deep or dirty. Whichever the reason, you better stay out! 👋

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01/01/2022

Happy new year everyone. May this year be the best year of your business, career, and life! 😄❤
Here's a new year gift from me 🎁

I started a newsletter named "In Progress by TG" which you can subscribe from here. Put your best email and subscribe:
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I'm sending the first issue of my newsletter today. There onwards on every monday; 52 emails in 2022 about marketing, creativity, and mindset to level up your business, career, and life. Subscribe today if interested 😊💪

The 1st of the 52 emails is ready to send today.

A journey of unfolding my curiosities. Content on marketing, creativity, and mindset to level up your business and life

31/12/2021

Here's a look back at 2021. I created and shared 100+ content on creativity, marketing, and mindset this year. These are the 9 golden messages I feel most important out of all 💪
Cheers for a new year 🥂❤

26/12/2021

Walk to new places and gather memories with the people you love ❤

If curiosity is what gives you the dopamine, you're in luck cause there're plenty of places to explore in this world 🌎

13/12/2021

How do Ed Sheeran, Tailor Swift, Eminem always come up with the best hits?

What's the creative process, the world's greatest creators follow?

I was always amused by the fact that some creators come up with unbelievably amazing content while most others create just the average.

I think I found the answer 👇

05/12/2021

This is when you need to consider quitting your job

30/11/2021

Are you my next guest?

Two months ago I got this idea to start a show on instagram. A show that inspires creators. The show was named as "60 seconds with TG".

I wanted to keep it simple for the participants. The objective was to get as many as possible creators to share their ideas, knowledge, and inspiration.

We successful published the 8th episode of the show last week.

Who is a creator? I don't know what the dictionary says, but for me a creator is someone who creates things that serve a great purpose: could be businesses, brands, content, music, education.

If you're a creator, tell your story. Use 60 seconds of your valuable time to change a life of another creator. Talk about what inspired you to start, what made you successful, how you made something work, or anything that adds value to another creator who is few steps behind you.

P.S. If you like to talk in the show, let me know. If you know a guy who knows a guys who knows another guy who would like to talk, let them know 😄💪

23/11/2021

Today we have Shanelle, the mind manager, sharing her advice to business owners and managers on how to manage workplace stress of the employees.

Here she emphasize the importance of a culture at workplace that makes it easy for the employees to share their experience about stress, anxiety, and even depression.

22/11/2021

Did you know taking a break is a productivity hack? 😊
                                                     

20/11/2021

Morning motivation from Casey 😄💪

16/11/2021

You might have experienced many variations of same brand products in supermarkets. One of the reasons for this is a phycological factor about colors.
                                                       

15/11/2021

Learning a language needs patience, practice, and hard work. Today in 60 seconds show, is going show you how to learn German language with the right strategies.

She is giving you 5 Tips that will make your life easier when you learn German.

Most of these tips are useful when you learn any language in the world ❤