Nesst Keynote 2018

Enschede-based startup accelerator Nesst invited me to deliver the keynote address on the inaugural day for their first batch of 2018. I shared my story and my two cents on building impactful startups.

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2. @AnandChowdhary
   Founder/CEO at Oswald Labs
   
   IBM Global Entrepreneur
   
   EyeFocus Accelerator Alum
   
   Speaker at TEDx, Facebook DevC
   
   Featured by 10+ publications
   
   CreaTe at the University of Twente
   © Arvind Singh — CC BY-SA 4.0
   

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3. 2017
   2016
   Government of
   National Capital Territory
   of Delhi
   2015
   2014
   
   2013
   
   2012
   
   2011
   
   2010
   
   

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5. CLASS

   REBELS
   

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8. Collaborative learning
   Education technology
   Free and open platform
   

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12. 7 months
    

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14. Discover great music
    Download and share for free
    Open source and community-driven
    

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24. Make the web accessible
    Everyone gets the best content
    Free and open source
    

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32. Accessible information
    Empowerment
    

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40. Content accessibility
    Business-driven
    

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43. Startups aren’t as lucky as you
    Community-driven acceleration
    Free and open platform
    

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44. $5,000
    

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45. 201X
    

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46. Education
    Inclusion
    Empowerment
    

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47. High-school kid
    to
    Het Financieele Dagblad
    

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48. Problem + Tools
    

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49. Problem + Tools
    Why? How?
    

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50. Problem + Tools
    The relationship between form and purpose—How
    and Why—is symbiotic. But despite this link, Why
    is usually neglected, because How is more easily
    framed. It is easier to recognize failures of
    technique than those of strategy or purpose, and
    simpler to ask “How do I paint this tree?” than to
    answer “Why does this painting need a tree in it?”
    Frank Chimero, The Shape of Design
    

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51. Problem + Tools
    Why? How?
    

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52. Problem + Tools
    Open education
    Music is hard to find
    Technology isn’t inclusive
    Technology
    Technology
    Technology
    

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53. Problem + Tools
    Open education
    Music is hard to find
    Technology isn’t inclusive
    

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54. Problem + Tools
    

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55. @AnandChowdhary
    Twitter, Facebook, Instagram,
    LinkedIn, GitHub, whatever.
    
    anandchowdhary.com
    
    ceo@oswaldlabs.com
    
    Slides available on Speaker Deck
    © Arvind Singh — CC BY-SA 4.0
    

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