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Business model [Canvas]

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Canvas business model is a tool that can help to understand a business model in an easier way. It works by showings what the costumers insights, the value proposition, channels, differentiators, etc. The Business Model Canvas was created by Alexander Osterwalder, of Strategyzer in 2005. Example of a Model Canvas The divisions may change depending on the template you use, but in theory they are all the same. Some parts that are important to consider in the canvas are: Channels: This is how the costumer will contact the company. Key Processes: The actions to do in order to make the value proposition. Revenue streams: Where to get the money. Cost Structure: The cost of maintaining all the operations. Relationships: In this part it explains how the company will approach the costumer. With this we can organize the structure of a business, making everything more accessible and preventing large consequences. Ebinum, M. 7 July 2016 [online] https://medium.com/se...
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Empathy Map.

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During the classes a new method to analyze our problem was presented to us, it was called empathy map. According to Sara Gibbons " An  empathy map  is a collaborative visualization used to articulate what we know about a particular type of user. It externalizes knowledge about users in order to 1) create a shared understanding of user needs, and 2) aid in decision making." The empathy map is used to represent what a person involved directly or indirectly on the problem selected experiences in their daily life. It makes us have another way of thinking the things we want to accomplish because at the end of the day we are trying to help people, and solve a problem they and us live. The construction of this map is simple, it requires to fill 6 areas that the person thinks and feels. Hear : What other people say about the problem. Think : What he/she thinks about the problem. Say & Do : What the person says, its opinion about the topic and what he doe...
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Creativity and imagination

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During the past few weeks we have been starting to get into new topics, or at least that seems, creativity and innovation are new topics discussed but they are always present in our lives. According to Forbes, innovation can be described different trough different points of view,  it can be described by words, feelings, descriptions or criteria already stablished. [1] But in my opinion, innovation can be defined as the act to create something that change the status quo of a certain product, service or way of thinking. There are countless of examples related to innovation. One of the biggest companies that is often called innovative is apple, with their product change generations, with the creation of the Macintosh, the iPod and more recently the iPhone. Most of this ideas came to the minds of great geniuses, most of them used their imagination to get out of the box. Imagination described by the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy is " To imagine  is to represent wi...
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Analyzing the solutions of problems

Problems are around the world and everyday in our lives, it may not seem like it but they are, from not waking up early to go to your school or work al the way to solving world issues like hunger of climatic change. People have always said "Modern problems requiere modern solutions" but this is not always true, for small problems we can take a step back and look at the bigger picture. Now, seeing everything, hw can we make solutions for our problems?. There is not a guide that could solve all the problems around the world, if there existes it would not be any problem, but since we are in a real world there are, there are many of factors that may affect each problem and many outcomes so lets start form the beggining. Identify the problem Many times we have a situation but do not analyze what the source of that problem is, whithout this it is uber complicated to find the right solution, we have to observe why it is occuring, when and how. We often forget that many ...
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Introduction of thinking skills.

Thinking skills use different processes, this processes can be divided into deductive, inductive and abductive reasoning.  We will talk a little about the topics. Deductive reasoning. This is a basic valid reasoning. It is used to starts a statement or hypotesis and examines the conclusion. This is mostly used to test hypothesis and checking if the predictions are right or wrong. So in basic therms we go for the general to the specific. It ususally follows a series of steps, usually wir starts with a premise and finalize with an inference. An example can be syllogisms. "Every A is C" > "Every B is A" therefore "Every B is C". Inductive reasoning. Inductive is the opposite to deductive.  In inductive inference, we go from the specific to the general. We make many observations, discern a pattern, make a generalization, and infer an explanation or a theory. It has a part in scientific method and thinking, because with it we can form hypo...
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Bloom's Taxonomy

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In the biggining of our lives the development of basic thinking skills is a fundamental part of our growth, this give us the tools to start understanding our enviroment and marks the beggining of higher order thinking skills. Observing bloom's taxonomy we can see which skills are in a higher order, those develope after we have gained the basic thinking skills. Basic thinking skills This basic skills are requieres befor we develop critical thinking, usually this are gained during childhood and are more usefull in order to understan the things tthat happen around us, These are: Observation Comparison Contrasting Cause-Effect Classification Observation: We often think observation is only related to our vision but it actually involves all our senses, in reality, observation means to analize the little details that an object or an even can have. Comparison It means to identify the similarities and differences between objects or events. Contrasting To identify...
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First Post

Good afternon everyone. This will be the first post relating the proyect which consists in the cleaning of the streets after rains. Merida is a very interesting place not only when we take into consideration the history and culture but also the weather, and one of the problems as a citizen deal is that everytime it rains downtons becames venice, the drainage system colapses and overflows with dirty water, many of this effects can be solved by the elimination of solid matter entering the drainage and obstructing the was wather enters the cavity.
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