Technology startups are disrupting every single industry, including but not limited to: education, healthcare, finance, travel, business, and engineering. Learn how, as a young professional, you can utilize and capitalize on such change in both your personal and professional, digitally driven life. Presentation was given during the Lebanese Collegiate Network 2014 annual conference (http://lebanesecollegiatenetwork.org/LCN14/Home.html) that was held at Harvard in Cambridge, MA.

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2. About Me
Michael Rihani
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3. About Me
Born an Entrepreneur
Sold Dad my hand drawn art work for $1.50Age 6
Noticed Dad liked chocolate. I opened a chocolate store.Age 7
Noticed brothers collecting football cards. I opened a card store.Age 8
Ran a neighborhood lawn mowing business.Age 10
I opened my own eBay store and sold over 400 products.Age 12
WebBrainiacs Web Design, LLCAge 14
iBHackers.com (acquired by Geeklayer, Inc.)Age 13
Direct Directories, LLC
Age 20 Koofers, Inc.
Age 23
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4. About Me
Selling to
Dad
Age 6
Selling to
Brothers
Age 8
Selling to
Zuck
Age 22
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5. About Koofers
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6. Startup companies are .02% of
U.S. GDP investment and they
are 17.8% of output.
Disruptive Companies
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7. “I deposit in many banks including the
bank of wisdom. The more I draw on
my accounts, no matter how big the
sum, the bigger my balance becomes.”
- Ameen Rihani
Education
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8. SoFi
• Lower student loan rates by connecting graduate student
borrowers with alumni investors
• Average savings per borrower = $9,400
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9. Udacity, AT&T, and GT
• Masters degree from Georgia Tech for 80% off
(normally costs $40,000)
• Entirely online but you are a full time GT student
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10. edX (Harvard & MIT)
• Over 150 real, free, online classes taught by professors
from the best universities in the world
• Take courses at your own pace
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11. Coursera
• Over 600 real, free, online classes taught by professors
from the best universities in the world
• Take courses at your own pace
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12. Lynda.com
• Over 2,000 video tutorials that help you learn software,
business, creative skills, and more
• Monthly subscription fee of ~$25
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13. Duolingo
• Learn Spanish, French, Italian, German, and Portuguese
for free
• Wikipedia is being translated through the game
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14. TED Talks
Over 1,700 Talks to Stir Your Curiosity
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15. Fitness & Healthcare
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16. ZocDoc
Like Yelp & OpenTable, but for booking doctor
appointments online and from your mobile
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17. Fitness Apps
MyFitnessPal
Calorie Counter App
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Withings Scale
Wireless Scale GymPact
Workout Incentive App
Fitbit
Activity Tracker
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18. I Lost 45 Pounds!
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19. Finance & Investing
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20. Mint.com
• Free personal finance, budgeting, and money
management software
• Easy to use and beautiful
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21. Credit Karma
Truly Free Credit Score
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22. Lending Club
Peer-to-Peer Lending
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23. Robinhood
Zero-Commission Stock Brokerage
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24. KickStarter & Crowdtilt
10,000 Mile RV Roadtrip
RihaniV.com
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Crowdfunding Movies via
KickStarter.com
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25. Traveling
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26. Hipmunk
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Fast and Easy Way to Book Flights
(Chipmunk but without the “C”)
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27. Connect.com
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Visualizes all your friends and connections on a map
(pulls from your address book, Facebook, LinkedIn,
Instagram, Twitter, etc.)
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28. Uber
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• Request, ride, and pay via your mobile phone
• Get $20 off your first ride at http://koof.me/uber
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29. Airbnb
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• Lets people rent out lodging, including private rooms, entire
apartments, castles, boats, manors, tree houses, tipis, igloos,
private islands, and other properties.
• Airbnb now fills more room nights than all Hilton hotels
• Get $25 off your first stay at http://koof.me/airbnb
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30. Business
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31. Dropbox
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• Free service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and
videos anywhere and share them easily
• Never carry a USB drive or email yourself a file again
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32. Evernote
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Remember and sync everything across all your devices
(Evernote is practically my second brain!)
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33. Poll Everywhere
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Poll Your Audience or Class in Real Time
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34. Quora
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Q&A Platform - Amazing Source of Knowledge
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35. Clarity.fm
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On Demand Business Advice (Pay Per Minute)
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36. DocuSign
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e-Signature Service That Works From Any Device
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37. iDoneThis
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Easy way to share with your team what you got done.
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38. Free Business Apps
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CamScanner
Scanner App
Microsoft Office
Mobile
PowerPoint, Excel, Word
UberConference
Conference Calling App
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39. Three Sentences or Less
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The Problem
E-mail takes too long to respond to, resulting in continuous inbox overflow for those
who receive a lot of it.
The Solution
Treat all email responses like SMS text messages, using a set number of letters per
response. Since it’s too hard to count letters, we count sentences instead.
three.sentenc.es is a personal policy that all email responses regardless of recipient
or subject will be three sentences or less. It’s that simple.
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40. f.lux
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• It makes the color of your computer's display adapt to
the time of day, warm at night and like sunlight during
the day.
• Makes it much easier to go to sleep at night if you use
your computer right before going to bed!
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41. Weekly Productivity Paper
Download PDF at
http://koof.me/weekly
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42. Let’s connect!
facebook.com/MichaelRihani
twitter.com/MichaelRihani
gplus.to/MichaelRihani
linkedin.com/in/MichaelRihani
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E-mail:
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