Alex Au

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Talk 2

Talk 1

  • Local production - good for climate change
  • People power - bargaining power - important for people to have more resource.
  • Middle class privilege - found out about oppression of other people 5 years ago. Own oppression played into things.
  • Startup CTO - selling to other corporations how to learn a language for other business. Quit a year and a half ago after 4.5 years. Liked it a lot, was well paid and respected. But impact on the world was enriching corporations. Felt like he was responsible for the team, didn't quit until they got stable (
  • OSE: taking the work to the next level
  • Oppression of other people - read Noam Chomsky. Had a white liberal lens, but did not understand that he was under white supremacy.
  • Part of his own praxis - is that if you do work that benefits the most oppressed people, then you lift up all boats. Prioritize ableism, black, trans, sex workers. Migrants. Poor white trash. Capitalist white supremacy.
  • Rad Chinese - to create political analysis for power building in their community. Distinguishing between actions that ask the political system for change. Power Building - can they do it themselves.
  • Extreme Manufacturing - connotes masculine and intense
  • Pop quiz - why radical efficiency.
  • Alex's suggested Pitch: Every Day Resilience. Such as vertical planters. Stackable one on top of each other. What would be great if it's self watering. Focus on a more specific market. High pain point vs creating a market.