What i've learned about mosquitos
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What I’ve learned aboutmosquitoes!
How it’s important for your start-up…
@shockeyk
Congratulations!!!� Round of applause for our hosts and
organizers
What I’ve learned …
What I’ve learned (so far)…� Be afraid (very afraid)
� How to kill them
Be afraid (very afraid)!
A long, long time ago…� Officer in the United States Army
� Biomedical Information Systems Officer
� Medical Service Corp.
� Officer Basic Course� How diseases spread
US Army Africa
What spreads disease?� Virus
� Bacteria
� Parasites
� But how are these bugs spread around?1. Water
2. Contact
3. Mosquitoes
Our enemy, the mosquito…
smccann
Our enemy, really?
Our enemy, really? (Yes, really!)� The principal mosquito borne diseases:
� Dengue
Andy Irons
soulsurfer3
Our enemy, really? (Yes, really!)� The principal mosquito borne diseases:
� Dengue
Our enemy, really? (Yes, really!)� The principal mosquito borne diseases:
� Dengue
� Yellow fever
Our enemy, really? (Yes, really!)� The principal mosquito borne diseases:
� Dengue
� Yellow fever
� Malaria
Our enemy, really? (Yes, really!)� The principal mosquito borne diseases:
� Dengue
� Yellow fever
� Malaria
� West Nile fever
Our enemy, really? (Yes, really!)� The principal mosquito borne diseases:
� Dengue
� Yellow fever
� Malaria
� West Nile fever
� Chikungunya
Our enemy, really? (Yes, really!)� Transmit disease to more than 700 million
people annually in Africa, South America, Central America, Mexico and Asia
� At least 2 million people annually die of these diseases.
What the hell?� Fear
� Risk
What insect are we afraid of?
Risk assessment� Make sure you’re afraid of the right things
� Conduct extensive market research
How to kill your enemy!� Extensive mosquito research
� 15 years of field research in Puerto Rico
� Damn, do we have a lot of mosquitoes!
� Three types of mosquitoes� Dive bombers
� Zig zaggers
� Buzzers
Dive Bombers
dr_relling
Zig Zaggers� From future Hall of
Famer Hockey great Wayne Gretzky:
“I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.”
Hljod.Huskona
Buzzers� Most likely to arrive when trying to take a
nap
� Small Pillow� Preparation
� Sneak attack
No Remorse� Life and death
� Actually helping them achieve enlightenment
Observations� Mosquitoes are sneaky
� Hide in the dark
� Hide when you look at them
� Extremely persistent
Entrepreneurial Conclusions� Do your research
� Go do some more research
� Understand your risks
� Anticipation
� Persistence
� "Karma is a Mother Fucker" -- Unknown
Questions?
Thank You� Remember: The only good mosquito is a
dead mosquito…
gag street