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Entrepreneurship

1. The Story of Favoriot – Part 20: The Power of Belief in a Startup Journey
2. The Story Behind Favoriot – Part 19: How the Law of Attraction Shapes Favoriot’s Future
3. The Story Behind Favoriot – Part 18: The Unspoken Truth About Startup Success
4. The Story Behind Favoriot – Part 17: How I Learned to Share Favoriot’s Story Without Overdoing It
5. The Story Behind Favoriot – Part 16: Why Favoriot Must Look Beyond Malaysia for Success
6. The Story Behind Favoriot – Part 15: From Lecture Halls to Investor Pitches
7. The Story Behind Favoriot – Part 14: To Exit or Not to Exit?
8. The Story Behind Favoriot – Part 13: Does Winning Awards Help a Startup Succeed?
9. The Story Behind Favoriot – Part 12: The Dream of M&A Exit
10. The Story Behind Favoriot – Part 11: The Rocky Road of Smart Cities
11. The Story Behind Favoriot — Part 10: Age Does Not Matter in Business
12. The Story Behind Favoriot — Part 9: Leaving the Comfort Zone
13. The Story Behind Favoriot – Part 8: The Frustration of Unanswered Emails and Missed Opportunities
14. The Story Behind Favoriot – Part 7: The Task of Finding Favoriot’s First 10 Customers
15. The Story Behind Favoriot – Part 6: Expanding The Business Models
16. The Story Behind Favoriot – Part 5: Finding the Right Fit
17. The Story Behind Favoriot – Part 4: How Favoriot Became More Than Just an IoT Platform
18. The Story Behind Favoriot – Part 3: Why No One Wanted Our IoT Platform—And How We Turned It Around
19. The Story Behind Favoriot – Part 2: Turning Failures into Milestones
20. The Story Behind Favoriot – Part I: The Humble Beginnings of Favoriot
21. Building My Personal Brand: The Stepping Stone to Favoriot’s Success
22. From Research Lab Critiques to Startup Pitches: My Slide Story
23. The Illusion of RFPs in the IoT World: Managing Expectations as a Startup
24. Favoriot’s Odyssey: Navigating the Rough Waters of Early Revenue
25. From Early Days to VC Pursuit: A Startup Founder’s Odyssey
26. Blogging My Way Through Entrepreneurship: A Habit I Cherish
27. Beyond Accolades: The Real Impact on Our Entrepreneurial Journey
28. Embracing the Diverse Entrepreneurial Journey: Why Success Takes Different Roads
29. The Subtle Art of Hiring: A Peek Into My Experience
30. The Entrepreneur’s Balancing Act: A Deep Dive into the Complexities of Startup Product Pricing
31. The Timing Trap: Our Venture with an IoT Solution and a Global Pandemic
32. Navigating Product Failure: A Tale of Three Missteps and Lessons Learned
33. Networking in Startup: An Introvert’s Tale of Growth and Connection
34. The Startup Burnout: A Founder’s Tale of Striving, Stress, and Solace
35. The Entrepreneur’s Challenge: Navigating the Pitfalls of Lack of Focus
36. The Crucial Importance of Product-Market Fit: Lessons from My Entrepreneurship Journey
37. Embracing Change: Lessons Learned from Clinging to Three Products without Pivoting
38. Learning on the Go: The Power of Podcasts in My Daily Commute
39. Learning from Mistakes: Building the Fourth Product – Favoriot IoT Platform
40. Building the Right Team: My Journey of Managing a Startup
41. Navigating The Storm: Managing Cash Flow in a Bootstrapped Startup
42. Outpacing the Startup Race: Lessons Learned from Building a Citizen Engagement App
43. Finding Harmony in Chaos: My Journey of Building 4 Products
44. Embracing Life’s Adventure: My Journey From an Academician to an Entrepreneur
45. How To Increase Your Paid Users From Free Users
46. 7 Tips How to Get Your Startup Acquired
47. Advice From ChatGPT as The Investor
48. When No New Ideas Are Generated
49. Dateline for the Next eBook
50. Academia, Industry & Government
51. Starting The Next IoT Ebook
52. An Entrepreneur – The Last Career
53. IoT eBooks by Mazlan Abbas
54. Navigating the Entrepreneurial Journey with Limited Funds
55. Navigating the IoT Wave: Secrets to Capturing the IoT Platform Market
56. Audience Personas for Favoriot IoT Platform
57. Social Media Strategy for Favoriot IoT Platform
58. Innovate or Die: Embracing Steve Jobs’ Principles to Catapult Favoriot to IoT Stardom
59. How We Define the “Why” of FAVORIOT
60. FAVORIOT 6th Anniversary – The Journey Continues!
61. IoT Projects from Education to Commercialisation
62. 8 Top Challenges Building a Citizen Engagement App
63. 6 Great Challenges Building an IoT Solution for Hajj
64. How We Build Our Fourth IoT Product
65. On a Journey of IoTising Business
66. How We Build Our Third IoT Product
67. How We Build Our Second IoT Product
68. How We Build Our First IoT Product
69. How Silicon Valley Changed My View on the World of Startups

Thought Leadership

1. The Lonely Struggles of a Founder: The Silent Battle No One Sees
2. A Letter to My Younger Self
3. Persistence: The Key to Turning Vision into Reality
4. My Experience Being Ghosted in Business – When Silence Speaks Louder Than Words
5. Persistence: The Key to Turning Vision into Reality
6. Harnessing the Power of Positive Thinking: Your Blueprint for a Resilient Mindset
7. How Influencers Fake Their Way to the Top: The Dark Side of Social Media Fame
8. Letting Go: How I Outgrew Jailbreaking and Badminton
9. Turning Life’s Challenges into Stepping Stones
10. A Deeper Dive into My Journey
11. Lessons from My eBooks Sales
12. Why Are Malaysians Not Creating IoT Content on YouTube?
13. 5 Lessons I Learned About Writing (The Hard Way)
14. A Usual Day in My Life: From Dawn to Dusk
15. Why Writing Feels Like Running a Marathon
16. Writing a Blog and Building a Startup: Two Journeys, One Spirit
17. How AI Sees My Writing Style – And What It Means for 2025
18. Are You a Digital Immigrant? Who Are They?
19. Why I’m Leaving Medium: A Writer’s Journey to Rediscovering Joy
20. Diving Deep into the Vortex of Social Media Content Creation: A Journey of Timeless Engagement
21. How I Build a Blog Article That Gave Me 10 Times Traffic Views
22. My Journey to Building an Engaged TikTok Following Through IoT Education
23. My Journey With 6 Social Media Channels
24. How To Increase Comfort in Your Daily Life
25. Authority in IoT
26. 5 Successful Traits of Mazlan Abbas: A Journey of Excellence
27. Passion is Key to Sustainability
28. How I Started My YouTube Channel
29. How to Avoid Procrastination
30. How to Overcome Fears on Media and Public Speaking
31. From Introvert to Confident Speaker: Tips for Navigating Public Speaking
32. 37.5% Increase of Views in May 2023
33. The Person Who Had A Positive Impact on My Life
34. IoT eBooks by Mazlan Abbas
35. Automate Your Digital Lifestyle
36. How Blogs Have Changed
37. Morning – Most Productive Time
38. Thought Leadership 101: How to Become an Authority in Your Industry
39. How Many Blogs Can You Sustain?
40. Dilemma to Maintain More Than Two Personal Blogs
41. Personal Branding and Reputation Building: The Role of Conference Speaking
42. One Positive Change
43. IoT Infographics (Your IoT Journey Guide) – New eBook Release!
44. 8 Tips to Avoid Making Boring Presentations
45. 3 Ways to Become a Thought Leader
46. How to Become a Thought Leader – The Beginning
47. Real Books vs. E-Books – Why I Choose
48. How Lifelogging Change The Way I Track My Life
49. How to Become a Thought Leader (And Win)
50. How the Amount of Views Encourage Blogging
51. How We Build a New Generation-IoT Movement
52. Why IoT Adventure Book?
53. 18 Tips – How to Use Twitter to Drive Traffic to Your Blog
54. Year 2022 – The Death of Blogging
55. The Year I Started To Blog
56. Welcome to Mazlan Abbas Blog

AI

1. Who Will Lead the AI Race? Alibaba, DeepSeek, or OpenAI?
2. How AI Democratization by Alibaba is Changing the World—And Why It Matters to You
3. ChatGPT, CoPilot, Gemini, Grok, Perplexity, Claude & DeepSeek: Which One Should You Choose?
4. Why Building AI and IoT Products Locally Can Save a Country
5. Why IoT and AI Are the Backbone of a Nation’s Technological Sovereignty
6. Top AI Tools for 2025: Boosting Efficiency Across Various Domains
7. DeepSeek vs NVDIA: How China Build Their AI Sovereignty
8. The Exciting Fusion of IoT, AI, and Robotics: A Vision of A Smarter Future
9. Does AI Pose a Risk to Human Jobs?
10. Malaysia must capitalise on AI-based tools like ChatGPT
11. Bard vs. ChatGPT: The 8 Free Features That Set Bard Apart
12. ChatGPT Cheat Sheet
13. Step-by-Step How to Use Midjourney with ChatGPT and AIPRM
14. Midjourney Prompt Tips: Using Sketch To Create Image
15. Same Prompt Different Output: Midjourney vs. Bing Image Creator vs. DALL-E
16. Transform Your Social Media Content with the Power of Midjourney Prompts
17. IoT Heroes – The Movie
18. IoT Kingdom – The Movie
19. Walk Alone – The Movie

Travelog

1. Travel to Saudi – Preparations

IoT Education with FAVORIOT

1. Enhancing IoT Education: How Favoriot Supports Universities and Faculty
2. Empowering Educational Institutions with Favoriot: Bridging the IoT Knowledge Gap
3. Favoriot Academy: Your Gateway to IoT Certification and Expertise
4. FAVORIOT Partners with Educational Institutions to Launch IoT Certification Program in Malaysia, Enhancing TVET Skills
5. The Harsh Reality of IoT Education & How Favoriot Is Bridging the Gap
6. Transforming IoT Labs: A Personal Look at Solving the Biggest Challenges in IoT Education
7. IoT Education in Universities: The Favoriot Solution
8. How an On-Premise IoT Platform for Universities Can Propel Your IoT Education
9. The Struggle of IoT Education in Universities
10. Favoriot Launches Strategic Collaboration with Educational Institutions to Equip Students with Industry-Ready IoT Skills