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