Second-Time Founder Will Palmer on the Perils and Potential of Starting Over

Plus, why the NZ dollar is struggling, TikTok’s countdown to chaos, the productivity power of boredom, the AI leader upskilling Kiwis, and the issues shaping NZ politics in 2025

Welcome to your Tuesday morning fix.

Yesterday, you absolutely blew us away. We hit a record for the highest number of paid supporters in a single day 🥺. Talk about kicking off the year with a bang and making all the late nights and caffeine-fueled edits totally worth it. You, this community, are the MVPs, and we’re here to keep delivering the news, insights, and inspiration you come for. Here’s a bumper round up of Daily Shot news you won’t want to miss today….

• Second-time Founder Will Palmer on the Perils and Potential of Starting a Second Company

• It turns out, boredom is good for you - Why Rest is the Ultimate Productivity Hack

• TikTok’s Countdown to Chaos: What a US Ban Means for Americans and Kiwis

• From Rotorua to the World: Trailblazing AI Leader Upskills Kiwis

• NZ Politics 2025: The Issues That Will Define the Year Ahead

• The Startup Sector in 2025: Expert Predictions on 8 Key Trends

• Why the NZ Dollar is Struggling at a 2-Year Low Against the US

• Free Our Feeds: The Campaign to Break Billionaire Control Over Social Media

If you can, go make today brilliant—because you already made ours.

Lauren & the Caffeine team