Prevention of natural risks and public expenditures by Am辿lie MaurouxOECD Governance
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Presentation by Am辿lie Mauroux at the OECD Workshop on Improving the Evidence Base on the Costs of Disasters (21 November 2014). Find more information at http://www.oecd.org/governance/risk/workshoponimprovingtheevidencebaseonthecostsofdisasters.htm.
In practice since 2001, MH Architects includes a support staff and has a range of technical experience in both residential and commercial projects. As principal and lead architect, Matt Hollis enjoys a hands-on level of involvement with every project throughout the design and construction process.
CreateGreat.org, a website focused on helping people find jobs, changed its name to nycHired.com to focus specifically on connecting tech talent with jobs in New York City's growing startup scene. While New York's overall unemployment rate remained high, the demand for programmers and engineers was strong, with the IT sector adding many jobs. The website founders validated the assumption that focusing on tech jobs in New York could be more successful than the original broader focus.
The document discusses using the Turntable.fm platform to enable panel discussions, user discussions with real-time chat, and sharing of videos. It notes that thought leaders are hacking conversations and introduces a new solution to an old problem of facilitating discussion. Some customers expressed interest in using a well-engineered version of the solution and willingness to pay for it.
Prevention of natural risks and public expenditures by Am辿lie MaurouxOECD Governance
油
Presentation by Am辿lie Mauroux at the OECD Workshop on Improving the Evidence Base on the Costs of Disasters (21 November 2014). Find more information at http://www.oecd.org/governance/risk/workshoponimprovingtheevidencebaseonthecostsofdisasters.htm.
In practice since 2001, MH Architects includes a support staff and has a range of technical experience in both residential and commercial projects. As principal and lead architect, Matt Hollis enjoys a hands-on level of involvement with every project throughout the design and construction process.
CreateGreat.org, a website focused on helping people find jobs, changed its name to nycHired.com to focus specifically on connecting tech talent with jobs in New York City's growing startup scene. While New York's overall unemployment rate remained high, the demand for programmers and engineers was strong, with the IT sector adding many jobs. The website founders validated the assumption that focusing on tech jobs in New York could be more successful than the original broader focus.
The document discusses using the Turntable.fm platform to enable panel discussions, user discussions with real-time chat, and sharing of videos. It notes that thought leaders are hacking conversations and introduces a new solution to an old problem of facilitating discussion. Some customers expressed interest in using a well-engineered version of the solution and willingness to pay for it.
The document discusses starting a business to provide tech support services to senior citizens. It summarizes interviews conducted with seniors, senior specialists, and children of seniors to understand their needs and perspectives. It identifies some initial roadblocks and lessons learned, such as communication being key and the proposed $30/month subscription being too expensive. There appears to be demand for the service based on letters of intent received. Next steps include further validating the business idea with additional interviews and determining which specific services to offer and how to scale the business.
The document discusses launching a new e-commerce store focused on selling durable, high-quality products that are not mass produced and come from companies' places of origin. An initial test of the storefront with 40 customers was successful. The vision is for the store to become a go-to place for finding unique, beautiful, and long-lasting quality products, combining 5000 products without competitors alongside educational content. Next steps involve scaling up the store and focusing on key metrics like customer activation, retention, and referrals.
The document outlines the schedule and goals for an event taking place on Thursday, July 28, 2011. It includes tips for forming teams and brainstorming ideas, a discussion of industry opportunities in New York, and describes activities like the name game and half-baked startup pitches. The schedule also includes guest speaker Dave Tisch and selected pitches from participants.
In 2004, with only 150,000 registered users and very little revenue, Facebook raised $500,000 and less than a year later raised another $12.7 million. It was not the most popular social network nor was it even the most popular college social network. So what metrics were early indicators of it's future success?
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Network of Excellence Internet Science Summer School. The theme of the summer school is "Internet Privacy and Identity, Trust and Reputation Mechanisms".
More information: http://www.internet-science.eu/
This document describes an iteration process for developing a GPS tracking device and mobile app called "iwantmybikeback" to help bike owners recover stolen bikes. It discusses the target user "Elena" and her needs. Four iterations are described, with assumptions tested and metrics provided. The first iteration of an alarm/RFID/GPS device was validated but subsequent ideas of a fitness subscription app and relying on police reports were invalidated. The fourth iteration of a $100 price point was validated via A/B testing.
The Lean Startup Machine offers intensive 3-day workshops that teach the Lean Startup methodology through hands-on problem solving. The workshops have trained over 1800 innovators in 35 cities globally. Testimonials praise the workshops for providing a valuable way to learn entrepreneurship and apply lean startup principles to product development and market validation.
The document discusses minimum viable products (MVPs). It defines an MVP as "the minimum amount of effort you have to do to complete exactly one turn of the Build-Measure-Learn feedback loop." The goals of an MVP are to gain maximum validated learning with minimum effort and opportunity cost through rapid testing and iteration. There are different types of MVPs - problem exploration, product pitch, and concierge - which vary in opportunity cost from very low to medium. MVPs should test the riskiest assumption associated with a problem or solution hypothesis.
This is the slide deck from Trevor Owens's classes on Startup Metrics for Founders
In 2004, with only 150,000 registered users and very little revenue, Facebook raised $500,000 and less than a year later raised another $12.7 million. It was not the most popular social network nor was it even the most popular college social network. So what metrics were early indicators of it's future success?
In this class we will go over this and two other unreleased case studies on startup metrics that matter.
By the end of this class you will have an understanding of:
Actionable Metrics & Split Testing
Qualitative vs Quantitative Metrics
Cohort Metrics
Validated Learning
Innovation Accounting Framework
Hypothesis Testing
Funnel Metrics and AARRR
Paying attention to the wrong metrics will lead your startup down the wrong path, don't take that risk by missing this class.
The document discusses research into party planning stress and opportunities for a concierge party planning business. Customer interviews found that bachelorette parties caused the most stress when planning. The business would offer packages that include food, drinks and accessories to alleviate stressful tasks and allow for customization. Scaling the business relies on partnerships to streamline reservations and guest lists for events.
This document summarizes user research conducted for a startup called VJockey. It found that people feel out of the loop with online videos and enjoy watching videos together at parties but find it frustrating when one person controls the videos. It then pivoted the concept to a mobile-accessed video jukebox where people could control videos from their phones at a bar.
This document discusses plans to expand sailing vacation offerings and make them more affordable and accessible. It aims to increase commissions revenue, add new cruise types like small ships and boat sharing, and target customers aged 25-65 who are college-educated, environmentally-minded singles, couples and families. Market research found interest but a perception that sailing vacations are unaffordable. The strategy involves social media advertising on Facebook, Google and Craigslist to promote the offerings and validate the business model.
The document presents a startup idea called Getogether.me that aims to help people meet others locally who share their interests, especially for in-person activities. Initial surveys of 75 people found that 75-90% expressed interest and 58% said they would pay for the service. Validation also found that people have a wide range of niche interests and that men and women have different top interests. The next steps outlined are to run targeted Facebook and Google ads focused on top interests like running, biking, and music to further gauge interest levels and payment willingness. Challenges included team members backing out and ads not working quickly enough.
The document summarizes initial research into building a platform for personalized artwork. Interviews found that while people were uncomfortable giving art as gifts, they did want more choice in wall art that reflected their personal preferences and artists. An updated problem statement focused on providing artists an additional platform to promote and monetize their work, especially lesser known artists. A minimum viable product website was built to demonstrate allowing users to customize and order artworks defined by customizable elements. Next steps involve getting user metrics on the prototype to validate the concept.
1. The document proposes connecting recent college graduates who want to sell used furniture with seasoned city dwellers looking to buy used furniture to address safety concerns on platforms like Craigslist.
2. It also suggests connecting flea market vendors lacking product sources with people wanting to get rid of items in order to expand vendors' inventory in a way platform users find safer than Craigslist.
3. By uniting existing networks, the proposals aim to create new channels for used goods between buyers and sellers.
The document presents a business plan for Obelts, a proposed website that would allow customers to custom design belts. It discusses the problem of a lack of options for customizing quality belts. The hypothesis is that men and women would be interested in customizing belts that fit their style and size preferences. Market research found interest from men ages 25-60 and for gift-giving. The plan is to test interest in customization options and plus-sized belts through Facebook ads before establishing manufacturing partnerships and expanding customization offerings.
The document discusses the development of a brain-controlled prosthetic limb by a team of students at NUST in Islamabad. It outlines the desirable features of prosthetics, including functionality and cosmetic appearance. Market research in the form of surveys, interviews, and data analysis revealed that amputees prefer functional prosthetics over cosmetic ones and that there is a significant market for upper limb prosthetics. The document also notes that customer support is important and that the military is a major potential market.
This document outlines business assumptions for a product called Scripton. It assumes Scripton will gain interest from web designers and PR agencies. For web designers, it assumes they will be willing to use a free limited version but not all will pay. For PR agencies, it assumes they will be interested in social media campaigns powered by Scripton and willing to pay $5,000 per campaign. Market feedback validated interest from some designers and PR agencies. The minimal viable product will focus on converting HTML to PHP and automatically generating content management systems.
The document proposes an online portal to streamline the university admissions process in Pakistan. It hypothesizes that a unified online interface could ease the burdens on students and universities. Surveys found students and universities are willing to use and pay for such a service. The minimum viable product would connect students and universities through an online database. Validation tests with surveys, interviews, and a landing page demonstrated support for the idea.
The team tested hypotheses about a travel concierge service that provides real-time recommendations from local experts to travelers. Through experiments distributing flyers and surveys, they found that travelers are interested in assistance with restaurants and nightlife during trips and prefer speaking to humans over apps. The service was able to match or beat competitors' response times while providing higher quality recommendations. Travelers also indicated a willingness to pay for the expert, real-time advice this service provides. The next steps are further customer validation to test an acquisition model and explore pricing.
The document describes a team's iterative process of developing and testing hypotheses about how to increase alumni donations. They first hypothesized that allowing students to post projects for funding would motivate non-donor alumni to donate, but testing found limited student interest in posting projects. Subsequent tests of assumptions around alumni affinity for their school and distracting peers also produced uncertain results. The team then considers developing a student bootcamp program and plans to further validate assumptions and continue iterating on their ideas.
University textbooks are too expensive, costing students over $1,000 per year. While textbook content is widely available online for free, students are still comfortable learning from print books which allow highlighting and note-taking. A proposed solution is to create video versions of textbooks that map directly to print content. An initial MVP found that most students are open to learning from videos but want a free trial first and would only substitute videos for print if the video content was completely comprehensive. Next steps include pre-selling video chapters with companion print excerpts and tests to validate comprehension.
The document discusses how users are losing control of their data and costs businesses money. It proposes a solution of simple tools for accessing and integrating data. However, the company learned that not everyone sees the issue as a problem, processes are specific, and the product may not be as easy to use as initially thought. Going forward, the company plans to focus on specific industries like public health, ad sales, and finance, and talk to more potential customers.
The document describes The Lean Startup Machine conference happening from July 23-25. It will feature speakers Diony Cespedes, Connie Wong, Bob Cavezza, Grace Ng, and Ryan O'Donnell. The document then summarizes the problem of limited and costly internship options for students and businesses, as well as Crowdmarkup's proposed solution of connecting students and businesses through an online platform where businesses can post projects for students to submit recommendations and pitches for, with the goal of providing meaningful work experiences for students and affordable project-based talent for businesses.