RoaD TO ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Our background

• family of 6
• l.a.u.s.d
• RAMONA GARDENS
• FIRST GENERATION
• SPORTS

when we were kids

• SOLD YU-GI-OH CARDS
• MARBLE GAMES
• sold candies on holidays
• make kids pay to play DDR on my xbox.

SOUNDS FAMILIAR?

WHAT IS ENTREPRENEURSHIP?

• an idea executed on STARTING A ...
• bUSINESS
• sTARTUP
• ORGANIZATION

during college

• FIRST exposed to tech
• SHARING ECONOMY

sharing economy

• rover & dogvacay
• airbnb
• spinlister
• roost
• relayrides
• uber/lift

First intro to tech

what is a hackathon?

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24hr hackathon

2 years later

the bridge over the digital divide

tech we seen in hackathons

• web + mobile apps + api
• internet of things
• 3d printing
• drones
• map projecting
• virtual world

mobile apps we done

• teaching people how to draw simple shapes into characters
• tracking undercover cops with beacons

internet of things

• smart helmet
• 3 feet sensor for bikes
• zombie moanitor

3d printing

• using xbox kinect for scanning
• use a 3d printer
• made a 3d printed head

virtual world

• using oculus or google cardboard
• made motorcycle game at game jam at usc
• software used: unity

when do you start?

build your skills

how to build your skills?

• join a meetup group
• tech club or organization
• learn from youtube, lynda, udacity, coursea, khan adacdemy
• makerspace
• hackathon
• take college classes about tech, engr, and cs/cis
• conferences or workshops

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what happens in vegas stays in vegas

it didn't stay in vegas at all

the hackathon effect

INSPIRING ENTREPRENEURS

penelope and america lopez