NYX Resistance

This is all of the prototype describing information that I have provided throughout the year. I have added the information requested upon our prototype meeting. Any missing information (costs and cost breakdown) will be presented in our final assignment. NYX is asking for the full 10% bonus with our information provided and the three prototypes as seen in the above photos

This particular topic is a rather hot and debated issue on the internet right now. The large Swedish fashion chain H&M has recently admitted to using computer-generated models to showcase a range of collections on its website. These virtual models look completely human; however, many consumers when were noticing that all of the models had the same body shape and pose.

I was reading Seth Godin's blog the other day and he posted an interesting quote that we can all relate to in our personal lives as well as in our businesses. The post was titled Insulate yourself... "from anonymous angry people Expose yourself to art you don't yet understand Precisely measure the results that are important to you Stay

I discovered an interesting article on Mashable that discusses 7 different tips for bootstrapping your own business and I figured many of you might be interested in reading. I think most of our ventures in the initial stages would be planning on bootstrapping so I felt it was pretty relevant for the whole class. Tip #1: Test the market - Before you spend any money on pursuing

In reflection of my entire experience and what I took away from this course overall it was an interesting journey. The whole blogging concept took me a little bit to get used to, but after a while I got the hang of it and I actually rather enjoy it. There were definitely times throughout the semester that I felt a little stretched or I was a little uncertain what to do; however,

This week has been a busy one with respect to getting our final pitch ready, building our venture package, and working through our supply chain. We decided to make two different supply chain charts with different strategies. In order to keep our manufacturing costs manageable in our first year while we create demand, we felt that it would be best to manufacture locally here

The pitch workshop conducted in class I believe was probably one of the best if not the best I've heard. The framework that was presented was very simple yet effective. When writing a pitch, I've always found the introduction to be the hardest part because if you are unable to capture the audience in the first minute of your presentation, you've lost them for the entire pitch.

The Prototype Works! Yesterday was the first time I got to actually test out our prototype. I wore it to soccer practice, it was an indoor practice so I was a little warm wearing it. But today really tells me that it worked. My entire core is sore. It feels like I did an ab workout for hours yesterday. I love this feeling and love how our product worked! I did not feel that

This week we had the opportunity to have Jasmine come into our class and teach us about pitching. Through both my entrepreneurship classes as well as my participation in SIFE (Students in Free Enterprise- an organization on campus that is creating social change through business) I have had quite a few different pitch and presentation work shops. This one was laid out differently

This week was our final advisory meeting. It was not the most productive but it was very good to see we were on the right track. The advisors showed us that we are on the right track with our supply chain. We have now developed two different supply chains, one for year one when we will be manufacturing in Canada and then for year two and beyond we will be manufacturing over

This week was very busy with other classes as well as having some personal health issues, which put me very behind. I got very confused by some of the financials, they were more extensive then I felt I had the ability to finish. I was also un-sure of what was required because the spreadsheet from the University of Colorado is very extensive.This was also our second blog review,

What does compression sports wear actually do?There are several things that it actually does for athletes. It keeps muscles warm in order to reduce muscle straining, reduces chafing, and offers padding in various areas. Many athletes believe that it increases their performance.It is known through research and personal communication with people directly in the industry that

Source: TedTalks, Joe Sabia: The Technology of Storytelling Website: http://www.ted.com/talks/joe_sabia_the_technology_of_storytelling.html This Tedtalk goes through the story of telling stories through the use of technology. Although it is an entertaining performance, I found myself wondering continually for most of the four minute presentation what the point of this

Source: www.sciencedaily.com, Compression Clothing has little impact on athletic performance, study suggests Website: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100603140955.htm This article explains the results of two studies held to determine the impact of compression materials on athletes. Approximately 50 athletes partook in the research. Each athlete was instructed

According to Collections Canada "Industrial designs include the visual features of shape, configuration, pattern and ornament (alone or in combination) that are applied to a finished item of manufacture." However, with a 10% change to that finished good, anyone is able to make their own and patent that product. It could be as simple as the placement of the bands in the Nyx-Hades

Alibaba is the fastest growing Chinese site today. Alibaba connects small business owners to suppliers, machinery, packaging, and manufacturing. Alibaba not only connects business owners through a very large network, each quarter they will spotlight 10 top inventions out of thousands on the site. According to several people Alibaba users (business owners) are often at the

Date: November 25, 2011 Time: 10:00 AM – 11:00 PM Location: EB 2110 Attending: Advisory Board Members: - Erik - Jonathon Team Members: - Ian (Facilitator) - Colby - Matt - Christa - Casey (Administration) Agenda: 1. Introduction 2. Supply Chain 3. Cash Flows

I was so inspired and excited about our class with Stephen Kenny today that I decided to immediately blog about it. First of all, lectures conducted by Stephen are always interesting. Stephen has a real way of capturing the attention of the room as well as presenting concepts in a way that is simplistic and interesting. The FCF (Free Cash Flow) spread sheet is a tool that

Soccer has been the fastest growing in Canada for many years now, and has even surpassed hockey in the number of participants. Even though soccer doesn't have as many professional teams in Canada in comparison to hockey or football, there is a definite upbringing of professional soccer teams in the NASL league or MSL league. This is a trend that nyx will have to follow closely

Healing taping- Kinesio Taping is a company and international organization that focuses on sports recovery through specific taping techniques. http://www.kinesiotaping.com/kinesio/index.htmlDr. Kase is a Japanese chiropractor and acupuncturist that has development a new technique to tape injuries to help the healing process and get athletes back into play faster. This technique

Perfect Posture- Intelliskin is a new product using a various resistance materials to force a better posture. http://www.intelliskin.net/ Intelliskin is using a similar idea to Nyx to achieve a different result. They are using various different resistance levels of material to correct posture. The shirt or sports bra forces you to sit straight with your shoulders back. This

Sports Academies- Investing in a child's education and their sports development is a recent international trend with specialized schools. http://schools.cbe.ab.ca/b830/http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2mNbVa/www.australiansportsacademy.edu.au/Over the past couple decades sports development has become more and more important. Children's and parent's goals of getting to the Olympics

These are our 5 top picks: Jordan- Jordan’s pitch was engaging, showed a need and style. I understand the product. Adrian- Unique, engaging, good use of music, showed need but not really sure what it is that mido does. Justin- Like the integration of demonstrations and the format was unique. Can tell he spent time developing the concept. Madeline- Like the different format

According to a recent survey by statistics Canada, sport participation is declining among children. From the mid 1990's to about 2005, sport participation of boys between the ages of 5-14 has decreased from 66% to 56% in Canada. While girls participation has decreased from 49% to about 45%. This could have a major impact on the overall athletic industry, and obesity in Canada.

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This week we had an advisory meeting. In this meeting we wanted to cover electronic design of the prototype as well as webpage development. Jonathan has expertise in both categories so we decided that it would make sense to include his expertise in the advisory meeting and focus hard on technology content. For these reasons Jonathan was our only advisor at the advisory meeting

This week Barb and I worked on the prototype together. It was a lot of work and I could not have done it without her. Our ghetto mash up strategy was a good decision for our prototype development. I learned a lot about the design and requirements of the shirt by building it. There is a lot of redesign to do for the next and final prototype. One of the first issues of the

Upon completion of our companies SWOT analysis I was curious to see how external factors (economy etc.) were impacting some of our competitors growth this past year. According to The New York Times, Nike's revenues have increased by 15% this quarter and analysts are projecting steady growth over the next year. According the article, demand for Nike products have remained

This week Thursday we had our third Board of Advisors meeting. At this particular meeting we really focused on discussing future possibilities regarding the website and Casey presented the latest update on the prototype. To concluded the meeting, as a team we took a fairly in depth internal and external look at NYX by conducting a SWOT analysis. Conducting our SWOT analysis

This week was a huge learning curve. Our team got ambitious and registered our very own domain @ www.nyxresistance.com. Given that none of our team members are well versed in coding, we had a bit of an interesting time figuring things out. Fortunately one of our Board of Advisors (Jonathan) who has a history in coding, webdesign, and graphic design was kind enough to work

SWOT AnalysisThis week we had our third adviser meeting. We really wanted to focus on the development of the website, and our SWOT analysis. We tackled this really well together and spent a couple hours thoroughly going over each question. This is a great team and certainly gets into action when the time calls for

Been working on our individual pitches the past few days. It will be interested to see what each person comes up with on the Nyx team, what route they take, and how they present it. From what I have seen so far through all our group meetings, I can see that everyone sees Nyx a little differently. With the combination of all our pitches, I can see this as a great final pitch,

Date: November 10thTime: 1 pmLocation: Starbucks 37th streetAgenda:- Website design and functionality- Prototype design- SWOT analysisAttending:- Ian- Casey- Colby- Matt- Johnathan (advisory board member)Some issues we had since our last group meeting was our website. This is the reason why we only invited Johnathan to our meeting as he knows and understands website design

A British company has developed a new way to liquify fibers. This new liquified fabric comes straight out of an aerosol can and clings to anything it is sprayed on. These fibers once sprayed, dry, and form a snug fitting garment. The first spray on clothing fashion show took place this year. This is a very interesting twist on clothing, but I definitely dont see nyx going

A lady by the name of Suzanne Lee has invented a new fabric made from bacteria. According to the report this fabric is almost skin like with a combination of silk. This fabric can easily be custom molded or sewn into existing fabric. Fabric technology is going to be probably the largest factor with the development of the nyx prototype. It is important for us to stay on top

This week will have to be very productive. Our advisory board meetings are a week behind, because we had some communication issues, so this means we are having a meeting this Thursday, November 8. This is our reading day so we are having it off campus, and with only 2 of our advisors as I mentioned in my last post. But we have lots of other things on our plate, as we have

This week we had the opportunity to see the prototype that Barb and Casey developed. They did an amazing job! It looks really good and feels like it has a lot of resistance. Ian is going to play a game of hockey in it, and report back on how it felt, if there was increased resistance or more sore then normal. We also moved forward with the development of our website by

Paraplegics are now able to walk with this new assisted exoskeleton system for their legs. This new invention contains artificial intelligence that is able to read the users gestures such as arm movements. It was originally taken from the military designs that allowed soldiers to strap on heavier back packs. This system should be available to physio therapy clinics and rehabilitation

After doing more personal research on materials, fabrics, and various other clothing technologies, I discovered an interesting technology that is being used by Adidas. Below is a summary of the article. Adidas has released a new clothing technology called "ForMotion" that improves comfort and enhances performance by combining several different fabrics with different properties

The progress we made with NYX this week I felt was rather good. I really enjoy working with this particular team - we all seem to get a long and have fun while simultaneously accomplishing our work in a timely fashion. We conducted our second board meeting this past Thursday with all of our board members in attendance. I would first like to say that Casey did a fabulous job

Seniors Market- Our population is aging quickly which is different market that Nyx could look into in the future.http://www.seniorfitness.com/http://www.seniorfitness.net/Seniors fitness is a growing trend because of aging population along with all of the information that we have received around how exercise can improve life expectancy, quality of life and overall health.

Date: October 27, 2011 Time: 9:30-11:00 am Where: EB 2061 Attending: Erik (Advisory Board Member) Jonathan (Advisory Board Member) Barb (Advisory Board Member) Jim (Advisory Board Member) Freddie (Advisory Board Member) Christa (Team Member) Casey (Team Member) Ian (Team Member) Matt (Team Member) Colby (Team Member)Agenda: 1. Blog Tutorial 2. Advisor

Source: Ted Talks: Suzanne Lee: Grow your own clothes Website: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/suzanne_lee_grow_your_own_clothes.html Suzanne Lee has created a new “fabric” from micro organisms and bacteria. Although it is not a complete recipe and there are issues with the fabric such as unable to be waterproofed, there are many attractive qualities. There is no waste

This week we worked on our key resources and partnerships. It became apparent that there are stages of development throughout NYX’s start-up phase that will need different partners. We decided to take a current and future approach to help us focus on what is important now. This week I will be meeting with Barb to further design and create a minimally working prototype. This

I will be facilitating the meeting next week so this week I am preparing to address the advisors. I will be covering what we have done, where we are going and outlining in what ways we would like the advisors to help the NYX team. This includes a description of the blog, how they are to use the blog and an outline of NYX’s expectations. I am beginning to build the prototype

Working on the development of the Prototype.Freddy from our advisory board has helped us out hugely with this. Whether its from finding a flat seemer to sew our product together or material we will need to use. He has lots of expertise in this area. This will help us out a lot as we put together our final costs of the shi

This week has been much more productive then last. We had our second Advisory meeting, a week later then we were supposed to but we felt like we needed that time to get organized and make greater strides with our prototype. The meeting was very productive, especially to make it more explicit of what we want from them. It was also interesting to see the dynamic of the different

This week has been productive in someways and as Christa mentioned in her most recent posting, very unproductive in other respects. From a research standpoint I've made some very good headway this week. I actually ran into an old friend this weekend (Mark Jones) who in the last two years I discovered has started up a relatively successful clothing company. He actually recommended

One of the features we've talked about adding to our NYX shirts for quite some time now is some form of cooling fabric. However, prior to this particular article I stumbled upon, we were unsure if this particular technology existed and exactly how it worked. According to Uniform Product News (a website that tracks new clothing trends), Columbia Sportswear has created a revolutionary

This week has not been very productive. This is due to many different things. It is mid-term season and at least three of us had a major finance midterm on Wednesday. We have all been a little distracted and not having as much focus on our project as we should have. For our weekly meeting all four of us had either appointments, car troubles or just unexpected things come

Hot Pants- heat inducing compression pants that have the ability to make you lose 2 jean sizes in 2 weeks.http://zaggora.com/Hot pants would be one of Nyx's alternative competitors, as they are a piece of clothing that is promising weight loss. From what I can gather, Hot Pants uses heat inducing compression material in shorts that is supposed to "reduce body fat and visible

Since other group members have been tied down with other classes, I decided to book an appointment with Katija (head athletic therapist Mount Royal). Since I am a Mount Royal Soccer Alumni it was easy to get an appointment, as I personally know Tija. All I wanted to get from this meeting was her view on the idea, and what she though could be improved on etc.From this meeting

Body mapping has been completed! This was the most important part in order to develop a proper prototype. The team has decided that we will only target the core with this prototype in order to hit as many sports as possible. It doesn't matter what sport you play, core is used and very important. From this first prototype, Nyx will be able to expand and target more specific

This week’s focus for our team was around prototype and minimum viable approach development. As mentioned previously, our strategy is to start small and grow as our knowledge and understanding furthers. The first prototype was constructed this week and it is definitely a “ghetto mash-up”. We met with a kinesiology student from University of Calgary (Erin) to help us with this

This week we met with our advisory board. We received a lot of feedback in regards to our prototype. Many of the advisors felt that this will be a make or break for NYX in order to prove the feasibility of our product. Based on this feedback we have decided to focus a little more energy into the prototype design and produce it in stages to get the best results. During our

Source: Ted Talks: Dan Pink on the surprising science of motivationWebsite: http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation.html Dan Pink discusses business methods and motivation versus scientific findings on motivation. When compared are they adding up?Several scientific studies on motivation have proven that the higher the incentives the less effective are the results.

Source: Ted Talks: Jae Rhim Lee: My mushroom burial suitWebsite: http://www.ted.com/talks/jae_rhim_lee.html Jae Rhim Lee discusses a solution to burial and environmental issues in regards to cycling toxins from our dead bodies back into the earth. When we die all of the toxins that our bodies hold are decomposed and placed back into the earth to continue their cycle. The solution

After discussing in class about RIM's current situation and their failure to pivot as a company, I stumbled across some recent news regarding Netflix. According to the New York Times, Netflix has decided to separate their through the mail DVD rental service from their online streaming service. Prior to these changes DVD-by-mail was a $2 add-on for some streaming subscribers;