Quantum Mechanics for Startups

Motivational presentation for startups combining the history of Quantum Mechanic in XX Centurty with some inspirational quotes from diverse authors (pictures does not necessarily match with the quotes).

Some of the historical references includes Grace Hopper, Angela Duckworth , Richard Feynmann, Emily Noerther, Freeman Dyson, Paul Dirac, John Stewart Bell, Warren Buffet, Leon M. Lederman and Bill Nye.

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1. Proprietary + Confidential Zaragoza, 2022 Quantum Mechanics for Startups Andrés-Leonardo Martínez-Ortiz a.k.a almo
2. About me… Andrés-Leonardo Martínez-Ortiz a.k.a almo, holds a PhD on Software, Systems and Computing and a Master on Computer Science. Based on Zurich, almo is a member of the Google Machine Learning Site Reliability Engineering team, leading several programs aiming for reliability, efficiency & convergence. He is also a member of IEEE, ACM, Linux Foundation and Computer Society. @davilagrau almo.dev almo
3. FACTS An ecosystem is a geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms, as well as weather and landscape, work together to form a bubble of life. Ecosystems contain biotic or living, parts, as well as abiotic factors, or nonliving parts. Biotic factors include plants, animals, and other organisms. Abiotic factors include rocks, temperature, and humidity. Every factor in an ecosystem depends on every other factor, either directly or indirectly.
4. Adaptative Hint #0 One accurate measurement is worth a thousand experts opinions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper
5. The 9 curses of Product Development #1 I know what the customers wants #2 I know what features to build #3 Focus on launch date #4 Execute instead test, learn and iterate #5 Traditional (zombie) business plans: no trials, no errors #6 Job titles are not startups roles #7 Sales and marketing teams execute the plan #8 Premature scale #9 Managing by crisis leads to a dead spiral
6. Adaptative Hint #1 Study hard what interests you the most in the most undisciplined, irreverent and original manner possible. Picture from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Feynman
8. Adaptative Hint #2 Substituting nuance for novelty is what experts do, and that is why they are never bored. Picture from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy_Noether
9. Proprietary + Confidential What our customers want in order to accelerate transformation 1. Intelligence 2. Freedom 3. Connections 4. Protection 5. Sustainability Are we the best at understanding and using data? Do we have the best technology infrastructure? Are we creating the best hybrid workplace? Do we know our data, systems and users are secure? Are we creating a more sustainable future?
10. Adaptative Hint #3 In the late 1940s and early 1950s, the revolutionaries were old and the conservatives were young Picture from Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Dirac
11. Work is no longer a place An estimated 48% of workers will continue to work remotely post-COVID¹ Time is more precious 1 in 4 working parents is also a primary caregiver right now² Human connection is crucial 1 in 3 workers feels disconnected from company culture and colleagues³ ¹Gartner, 9 Future of Work Trends Post-COVID-19, Mary Baker, June 8, 2020 ²Winnie, 2020 ³Insight, 2020 Three emerging themes are defining the Future of Work Josh
12. Adaptative Hint #4 Only when the tide goes out do you discover who's been swimming naked. https://home.cern/news/news/physics/fifty-years-bells-theorem
13. Proprietary + Confidential Proprietary + Confidential BREE Doing less with less COOPER Doing more with more PENNY Doing more with less MICHELLE Doing less with more
14. The closer a company is to a redictable, scalable business models, he higher its likely valuation, reserving more stock for the founders t fundraising time” Adaptative Hint #5 Everyone you will ever meet knows something that you don't know
15. Collaboration Peer-to-peer recognition Peer reviews matter Act like owners Disagree and commit Googley mindset Ignore the hippo : use data driven decisions
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