This document summarizes an ASI (Aalto Social Impact) kick-off meeting presented by Anne Badan on March 26, 2010. It discusses the genesis of ASI, its mission to increase social well-being through innovations and partnerships. It outlines ASI's plans to enable people to act through various activities like lectures, discussion groups, workshops, and teaching. It invites participation in upcoming ASI events and pitches several initial ASI projects.
The future of hardware : Nahid Alam at TEDx-paloaltohighschool2014Nahid Alam
The document discusses how the hardware industry has changed over the past 10 years. Specifically:
(1) The cost of an MVP (minimum viable product) has decreased from $5000 to $40 and turnaround time has decreased from 18 months on average to cloud APIs allowing faster iteration.
(2) Funding for hardware startups has increased from $1.93 billion in 2012 to $2.8 billion in 2013, and the number of hardware projects on Kickstarter has grown from 1.6% to 3.3% of total projects between 2011-2013.
(3) Education resources and programming courses for hardware have expanded, though programming courses remain more popular than hardware-specific topics like electronics and
1. Louis Vuitton is a luxury brand founded in 1854 that is now part of LVMH, a portfolio of 50 luxury brands.
2. The target market for Louis Vuitton bags are wealthy women ages 35-45 in Singapore who seek high quality, fashionable products as a symbol of their social status.
3. Louis Vuitton focuses on maintaining high prices and quality while improving styles to keep the brand exclusive and desirable for status-seeking consumers in the luxury brand's maturity stage.
La Unión Europea ha propuesto un nuevo paquete de sanciones contra Rusia que incluye un embargo al petróleo. El embargo prohibiría las importaciones de petróleo ruso por mar y limitaría las importaciones por oleoducto. Sin embargo, Hungría, Eslovaquia y la República Checa se oponen al embargo al petróleo, ya que dependen en gran medida de las importaciones rusas.
This document summarizes an ASI (Aalto Social Impact) kick-off meeting presented by Anne Badan on March 26, 2010. It discusses the genesis of ASI, its mission to increase social well-being through innovations and partnerships. It outlines ASI's plans to enable people to act through various activities like lectures, discussion groups, workshops, and teaching. It invites participation in upcoming ASI events and pitches several initial ASI projects.
The future of hardware : Nahid Alam at TEDx-paloaltohighschool2014Nahid Alam
The document discusses how the hardware industry has changed over the past 10 years. Specifically:
(1) The cost of an MVP (minimum viable product) has decreased from $5000 to $40 and turnaround time has decreased from 18 months on average to cloud APIs allowing faster iteration.
(2) Funding for hardware startups has increased from $1.93 billion in 2012 to $2.8 billion in 2013, and the number of hardware projects on Kickstarter has grown from 1.6% to 3.3% of total projects between 2011-2013.
(3) Education resources and programming courses for hardware have expanded, though programming courses remain more popular than hardware-specific topics like electronics and
1. Louis Vuitton is a luxury brand founded in 1854 that is now part of LVMH, a portfolio of 50 luxury brands.
2. The target market for Louis Vuitton bags are wealthy women ages 35-45 in Singapore who seek high quality, fashionable products as a symbol of their social status.
3. Louis Vuitton focuses on maintaining high prices and quality while improving styles to keep the brand exclusive and desirable for status-seeking consumers in the luxury brand's maturity stage.
La Unión Europea ha propuesto un nuevo paquete de sanciones contra Rusia que incluye un embargo al petróleo. El embargo prohibiría las importaciones de petróleo ruso por mar y limitaría las importaciones por oleoducto. Sin embargo, Hungría, Eslovaquia y la República Checa se oponen al embargo al petróleo, ya que dependen en gran medida de las importaciones rusas.