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This Week’s Hustle Stack:
Marketing Play of the Week: The “Funded Yesterday” Outreach Strategy
The $2K+ PM Simple Side Hustle Hack: The AI Tool Implementation Concierge (New Wave Side Hustle)
This Week’s Hustle News: Big raises this week
Time-Saving Hack: The AI “Daily CEO Digest” (Used by founders this week)
Founder Success Story: Propeller VC Launches $50M MENA–US AI Fund
🎯 Marketing Play of the Week
The “Funded Yesterday” Outreach Strategy
A brand-new play built around fresh funding events from the last 5 days.
What it is
You build a micro outbound system that targets startups within 24–72 hours of announcing funding — while they’re hiring, spending, and desperately needing help.
Why it works (based on this week’s news):
In the last 5 days alone, Indian startups raised $1.7B — 3× more than the same period last year.
Defense startups are experiencing a record $19B in funding this year, nearly double last year.
Dozens of US AI startups have crossed the $100M+ funding mark, with more added this week.
This means:
Founders have fresh cash + unclear priorities = they are actively looking for vendors, tools, freelancers, SaaS, and services.
How to use it (in 3 steps):
Track daily funding announcements
Use sources like:
Business Insider
Economic Times (India)
TechCrunch funding summaries
Startup Daily (AUS/NZ)
Strike fast
Send a hyper-personalized email within 24 hours of a funding announcement:
“Congrats on the raise! Most founders overspend on X in the first 90 days. Want me to show you a system that prevents that?”
Offer a simple, low-friction “post-funding audit”
Examples:
A marketing system audit
A hiring plan audit
A cost-saving automation audit
A GTM audit
A “first 90 days scaling” plan
Founders fresh off funding LOVE clarity.
💵 The $2K+ PM Simple Side Hustle Hack
The AI Tool Implementation Concierge (New Wave Side Hustle)
Grounded in real AI tool launches trending this week.
Why this is hot right now
New AI tools were announced or highlighted in the last 5 days — including updated 2025 roundups, tool bundles, and trending AI workflows. Businesses want to use these tools, but they have no idea how.
Tools trending this week:
30 AI Tools You Need to Know in 2025 updated list (Implicator.ai).
Trending Tech & AI Tools Going Into December 2025 roundup (Vavoza).
There is overwhelming demand — and zero supply — for people who can implement these tools for businesses.
Your offer:
You become their “AI Implementation Advisor,” offering:
Workflow audits
AI tool setup (chatbots, calendars, CRM automation)
Automation builds
Staff training
Monthly maintenance
The Build:
Time: 5–10 hours/week
Cost: ~$0–$100 (software trials + website)
Skills: You only need mid-level ability to use AI tools + willingness to learn
The Math:
Charge A$300–A$500 for a one-time setup
Upsell A$200–A$350/month for ongoing support
Just 4 clients = $2K+/month
EVERY business wants AI leverage in 2025 — but almost none know how to implement it.
📰 This Week’s Hustle News
1️⃣ Indian Startups Raised $1.7B in November (3× YoY)
India’s startup ecosystem surged this month with $1.7B raised from Nov 1–28, triple last year’s number.
Why it matters:
India has entered a new funding boom — meaning outsourcing, SaaS, dev tools, automation, and marketing services targeting India will grow rapidly.
2️⃣ Defense Tech Has Raised $19B in 2025 — A Historic Record
US aerospace & defense startups raised over $19B this year, almost double 2024. Leading deals:
Anduril: $2.5B
Saronic: $600M
Chaos Industries: $510M
Why it matters:
Founders in SaaS, AI, automation, recruiting, and productized services now have a new client vertical: deep tech + defense.
3️⃣ Dozens of US AI Startups Have Passed $100M+ Funding
Fresh TechCrunch report this week: 49 US AI startups have now raised $100M+, with new names added in the last 5 days.
Why it matters:
More AI funding → more hiring → more SaaS buying → more service needs → more opportunity.
⏳ Time-Saving Hack
The AI “Daily CEO Digest” (Used by founders this week)
A powerful workflow trending in AI communities: Founders are using AI tools like NotebookLM, Notion Q&A, and Mem to auto-summarize all their dashboards into a single daily audio or text briefing.
How to set it up:
Connect your dashboards (Stripe, Shopify, Ads, CRM)
Use AI to scrape/summarize daily:
Sales
Attribution
Cash flow
Pipeline
Deliver it to yourself as a:
30-second voice memo
3-line summary
Highlight reel
Why it matters:
Founders are drowning in dashboards. This compresses them into simple decisions.
🚀 Founder Success Story
Propeller VC Launches $50M MENA–US AI Fund (Announced 28 Nov 2025)
Propeller launched a new $50M AI infrastructure fund connecting MENA founders to the US market.
Why this is huge:
Strong signal that MENA is becoming a major AI hub
Opens pipelines for founders to scale into the US
More cross-border funding = more cross-border opportunities
Agencies, builders, consultants, and SaaS startups now have a new customer base coming online
Takeaways you can steal:
Go global early — funding markets are no longer local.
Target emerging ecosystems — less competition, more upside.
Build cross-border offers — US/MENA bridge services will explode in 2026.
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