The Art of the Possible featuring Ben Amaba

Global Entrepreneurship Week 2017
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Ben Amaba, Ph.D., Professional Engineer, CPIM®, LEED®AP BD+C
Creating Business Value and Intelligence in the Digital Era

Since 2000, 52% of
companies in the
Fortune 500 have
either gone
bankrupt, been
acquired or ceased
to exist.
SOURCE cited in notes
expect more
competitors
from outside
their industry
54%
of CxOs
are vulnerable
to disruption
within three
years
72%
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estimated
worldwide
startups
each day
274,000
Why we’re all
vulnerable to seismic
shifts in content,
connections and
collaboration.
EXTERNAL THREATS
Born-on-digital companies that steal market
share or rewrite customer expectations
New business models that reinvent our
industry and change the game altogether
INTERNAL THREATS
Siloed data and systems
expand on the wrong
platform
Gaps in expertise and skills
Inability to react quickly
SOURCE cited in notes

4Page© 2015 IBM Corporation
You have the ability to help close the gap…
Mitchell C. Kerman, Ph.D.
Director of Program Development and Transition
Systems Engineering Research Center (SERC)

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Industry and Academia see the opportunity
Long-term: Work with academia or a third party to solve a high-impact use case
(augmented human decision making in a key knowledge worker role) with bleeding-edge
AI technology to potentially capture a sizable first-mover advantage. - Harvard Business
Review
Project teams had many technology relationships—some firms leveraging all possible
partners—to address the technical requirements of the project. The same teams,
however, were more selective with innovation and partners, choosing academia, start-
ups, or consultants to help them innovate. - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The lack of focus on collaboration is particularly troubling considering the lack of
collaboration among industry and academia was identified as the greatest challenge
related to skills among Canadian executives surveyed. - IBM Institute of Business Value

© 2017 IBM Corporation
• Non-digital, non-
network business
models make up more
than 98% of
the market
• Network Orchestrators
grow revenue faster
and generate higher
profit margins with 8x
market value multiplier
The race is on to build winning business models through
digital ecosystems. Get started today.
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8x
5x
3x
2x
Low
High
Multiplier
Low
High
Scalability
Asset
Builders
Service
Providers
Technology
Creators
Network
Orchestrators
Make one, sell one Hire one, sell one Make one, sell many
Many make,
many sell
© 2017 IBM Corporation

EdSource adds that President Trump directed Education Secretary DeVos in
a September memo “to devote at least $200 million annually to STEM grants,
with an emphasis on computer science and programs

Create a strong foundation to weather change.
Be a professional to sustain success and your
significance
Anthony P. Carnevale, Stephen J. Rose and Ban Cheah
The Georgetown University Center on Education and The Workforce

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"Technical competency is important in designing systems, but professional
responsibility is fundamental in delivering solutions to humanity."”
Instead, the project …squandered
investment larger than the state's $8
billion annual budget. Westinghouse
Corporation and other contractors
allegedly used unqualified and
unlicensed individuals to design
aspects of two nuclear reactors at the
V.C. Summer site, placing the public
health and safety at risk. Filed by the United States on behalf of the EPA on
January 4, 2016, and amended on October 7,
2016, alleging that these vehicles are equipped
with defeat devices in the form of computer
software designed to cheat on federal emissions
tests. The major excess pollutant at issue in this
case is oxides of nitrogen (NOx), and is a serious
health concern.

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Remember They use to say, “have a goal, be passionate, and you could get lucky.”
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The solutions are going to be hybrid with applicable content
Platform provides choice with consistency of connections
Collaboration and Cognitive Computing will continue to grow
The Better Way is to “Have a system, be positive and prepare to expend
energy – Scott Adams, Creator of Dilbert”

IBM Global Entrepreneur
Developer Ecosystem Group
Empowering startups to fuel the next generation of innovation

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@IBMGE www.developer.ibm.com/startups
Three practices of successful startups.
(And how IBM can help)
1. Give the market what it wants
2. Don’t go it alone
3. Create a disruption

Give the market what it wants

of tech companies fail because the
market doesn’t want their product.
http://www.inc.com/neil-patel/4-disruption-concepts-to-help-your-pivot-your-startup.html

Give the market what it wants.
For Hexanika it meant
getting on the
technology their industry
trusts to win proof of
concept work.

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IBM Design Thinking Framework for Clients
• An approach for leaders to guide their
teams to achieve market outcomes
• An approach for project teams (business,
design, & technology) to develop
exemplary solutions
• An approach to transform companies into
becoming client-centered
IBM Interactive Experience is the client
delivery team for IBM Design Thinking

@IBMGE www.developer.ibm.com/startups@IBMGE www.developer.ibm.com/startus
Don’t go it alone.

of mentored businesses survive 5+ years,
double the rate of non-mentored businesses
over the same period.
http://www.inc.com/john-rampton/how-a-mentor-can-increase-the-success-of-your-business.html

Don’t go it alone
“If you’re a startup playing in the
enterprise space, you need to
align yourself with a giant and
become part of its ecosystem.
IBM is a fantastic giant to do that
with because it gives us access
to markets that we would never
have otherwise.”
— Richard Gill, founder and chief executive
officer, Blerter

Create a disruption

of CxOs now expect more competition from
outside their industry than from within.
http://www-935.ibm.com/services/c-suite/study/

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• Up to $120k of Cloud Credits* offered in 3 tiers: Starter, Builder & Premium
• Helped over 10,000 companies through our program.
• Worked with over 500 organizations worldwide, including Techstars, 500
Startups, MassChallenge, Startup Bootcamp, Indiegogo + more.
• IBM Code has everything you need to solve real problems: architecture
diagrams, one-click deployment git repos.
• Business and Developer Advocates to help build, launch and scale your
business.
*Must be eligible.
IBM and Startups – A Global Story

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Program
Highlights
Program
Levels
Build Skills
Starter Edition Builder Edition
IBM Cloud Standard
Account
Free tutorials, courses,
tools, code and open
standards
Connect
Access to solution architects, researchers, fellow developers and IBM expert
developer advocates in Watson, IoT, Blockchain and more.
Launch
Access to 130+ ready
to use capabilities:
AI, data analytics,
Bloackchain, and
infrastructure services.
Scale
Access to extensive
network of partners, clients,
new markets and advanced
innovation hubs.
$1,000/month for
1 Year
PremiumEdition
$10,000/month for
1 Year

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IBM and Startups – Tiered Offerings
Starter Edition
Get started with a Standard
account that allows you access to
IBM Cloud PaaS and select
services, for an unlimited amount of
time. Build your skills and increase
your knowledge on key
technologies through available
resources.
Premium Edition1
Scale your solution using $10,000/
month of IBM Cloud for one year.
Use them to host your solution, as
well as, to add exciting services like
Watson, Blockchain, Watson, IoT,
Security, Data Science and GPU
servers to your solutions. Eligible
for help from IBM Developer
Advocates, including architecture
reviews, and whiteboarding
sessions.
Builder Edition1
Build your solution using $1,000/
month of credits on IBM Cloud for
one year. Use these credits to host
your solution, as well as, to add
exciting services like Watson,
Blockchain, Watson IoT, and
Security to your solutions.
Eligibility2: In an approved
Accelerator / VC / Incubator.
Working with innovative
technologies like Blockchain,
Watson, IoT, etc.
Eligibility2: Has not previously
received IBM tech credits. Up to
Series A-level funding ($5M max)
and less than $1M in revenue.
Eligibility2: Any startup that is 5
years old or less3

How to get started
IBM and Startups – A Global Story
1. Up to $120k credits per year.
2. Discover IBM Code – solve
problems quickly
3. Work with an Advocate
https://developer.ibm.com/code/
https://developer.ibm.com/code/
http://developer.ibm.com/startups
*Must be eligible.

Core IT
Code
Data
Runtime
Middleware
OS
Virtualization
Servers
Storage
Networking
Code
Data
Runtime
Middleware
OS
Virtualization
Servers
Storage
Networking
Infrastructure as a
Service
Code
Data
Runtime
Middleware
OS
Virtualization
Servers
Storage
Networking
Software as a
Service
Code
Data
Runtime
Middleware
OS
Virtualization
Servers
Storage
Networking
Platform as a
Service
Extend (not replace) existing solutions.
Hybrid cloud is the future of IT
IBM Bluemix
Customer Managed
Service Provider Managed27

Compose applications
from a rich library of IBM, 3rd party and
open source runtimes, services and
APIs.
Code with confidence
knowing IBM’s cloud platform is
built on a foundation of open
standards.
Deploy and scale
new applications and services with
infrastructure services from IBM
SoftLayer.
• DevOps
• Big Data
• Mobile
• Cloud Integration
• Security
• Internet of Things
• Watson
• Data Management
• Web and Application
• Business Analytics
.
Services on bluemix.net include:
Sign up at ibm.biz/HackBluem
IBM Bluemix as a platform has been used by students
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OD1NP-Yk2BI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZR_jDitw0Sc
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IBM worked with Florida Power & Light – the principal subsidiary of NextEra
Energy Inc.- collaborate to protect and serve roughly 9 million people in Florida
using Cloud and Mobile technology.
One of the immediate needs was to address disaster recovery concerns. Today the
WORS(Weather Outages & Restoration) was last put to test against Hurricane Wilma in 2005,
which affected the power grid for weeks afterwards and was responsible for $21B in damages to
the state of Florida alone. Due to the explosion of smart phones/devices in the marketplace,
the number of user accessing this application during a natural disaster is estimated to grow from
thousands to millions.
The Bluemix & Softlayer solution platform provides elasticity that can burst up or scale down as
the workload dynamically changes during extreme weather conditions to report outages and
damages. FP&L relies on customer reports to better manage their response resources
accordingly.
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IBM
Skills Academy
Career-based Education
Providing students with a career-oriented training
program on emerging technologies such as Mobile
Computing, Cybersecurity, Business Analytics, Big Data,
Cloud Computing, Cognitive etc. to better prepare the
students for a real working environment and ultimately
facilitate their development towards becoming
employed IT professionals in the IT Market.
IBM
Academic Initiative
Industry resources available directly to faulty and
students at no charge for teaching, learning and non-
commercial research purposes.
Industry Resources

IBM Academic Initiative
provides free industry
resources: Cloud
access, courses,
software to faculty and
students @
http://onthehub.com/ibm/
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IBM Skills Academy Main Program Components
Cloud LabOnline Portal
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Curricula
16 Career Tracks are being
developed, aligning University
Curricula with Job Market
needs
Provide access to Open
Source tools and Enterprise
SW in a virtualized
environment to gain Hands-
On Experience through
course exercises
IBM Open Badges
Certifications
1st program in IBM to use all
the 4 levels of open badges.
9 Open Badge offers per
career track, a total of
135 Badge offers
The IBM Skills Academy
educational portal is the main
learning platform through which
students and faculty members
can access the IBM Skills
Academy Curricula .
 Self-paced virtual courses
 Courseware materials for
Instructor-led lectures
 Continuous assessment
monitored by Faculty
 Practice tests
 Online official exams
 Access through Internet
from anywhere, anytime.
 Light-weight access by any
device
 Student exercise guides with
Artifacts, Scripts and Demos
 Extensive market research
based integrating careers in
high demand
 Up to 50 hours per Career
 Average 60 % hands-on-lab
 Industry standard and Open
source based
 Pass the IBM proctor
supervised exam
 Partnership with Acclaim
 Validated by Pearson VUE

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