E&I Weeks 1&2

Most businesses are ​​​ (a)   solvers

• problem
• situation
• money
• investment

Problem: It was difficult to get in contact with other people quickly. Phone calls were often disruptive, especially during peoples busy days.

What business helps solve this problem?

• WhatsApp / IMessage

• Spotify

• YouTube

• Reddit

True or false, an effective business only serves your needs

• True

• False

Today, the average tuition at a public, four-year college is $37,430. Udacity creates nanodegrees at $199/course that teach everything from software engineering to data science. What problem is Udacity trying to address?

• That some college is public

  Que alguna universidad es pública

• That a traditional college degree can be expensive

  Que un título universitario tradicional puede ser costoso

• That school is flexible

  Esa escuela es flexible

• That most school is in person, not online

  Que la mayoría de la escuela es en persona, no en línea

Who is Udacity solving the problem for?

• Everyone

• Everyone online

• Everyone online interested in their education

• Everyone online interested in their education but who feels that college is too expensive

Tony Fadell, in his Ted Talk, pushes us to look broader, look closer, and think ​ (a)  

• younger
• differently
• smarter
• older

Habituation, or habit formation, can be both ​ (a)   and ​ (b)   . Driving is an example of ​ (c)   habituation while becoming numb to problems around us is an example of ​ (d)  

• positive
• negative

Carla notices that her friends are constantly misplacing/losing their headphones. She asks to examine her friends headphones, and analyze them in detail. She thinks it is a problem that most headphone cases are small and uniform (hard to tell apart). This is an example of:

• Looking broadly

• Looking closely

• Thinking younger

If we zoom out, we are looking _____. If we zoom in, we are looking _____. If we look with fresh eyes at a problem, we are thinking _____.

• Broadly

• Closely

• Younger

We can think of empathy as ___________.

• Switching bodies

• Silent interpretation

• Mind reading

• Perspective taking