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					  What is Onward					 
					
					 While Ben Joffe finishes his emails with ‘Cheers’, Cyril Ebersweiler ends all his emails, regardless of appropriateness with this. 
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					  What is Nomiku					 
					
					 This company successfully funded $750k on Kickstarter, the most of any HAX alumni team 
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					  What is Chinese New Year					 
					
					 This February 19th, 2015, Nearly everyone in China stops working for two weeks for this event. 
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					  What is COGS					 
					
					 If you stepped onto the green subway train at Huaquian Rd heading towards Airport east, 15 minutes 43 seconds (7 stops away), you would arrive at this station. 
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					  What is Bootloader					 
					
					 The first software that is loaded to your microcontroller when it starts up 
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					  What is Japanese					 
					
					 If Ben Joffe had to be Asian he would want to be this nationality to be 
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					  What is Opentrons and Petronics					 
					
					 Within HAX S5, these two teams have the longest company names 
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					  What is Ultrasounds or Prenatal sex diagnosis					 
					
					 While this non-invasive procedure is typical in most countries, it is illegal in China for non-medical reasons. It is one of the policies with the aim of normalizing the sex ratio. 
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					  What is Free On Board					 
					
					 The acronym for this is FOB which puts the responsibility of freight costs on the seller. 
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					  What is Images/Diagrams					 
					
					 Attaching these to emails when communicating with factories drastically improves communication. 
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					  What is 33					 
					
					 The number of times Atomman has revolved around the Sun. 
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					  What is 8. (Dave 1, Dave 2, French Dave, Chinese Dave, Daniel, Dan, Drew, Deepak)					 
					
					 The number of names that start with “D” in HAX S5 (out of 31), including Drew. 
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					  What is KFC					 
					
					 This fast food restaurant first came out in China with a translated advertising slogan of “eat your fingers off” 
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					  What is Part Subsitutions					 
					
					 Chinese factories are notorious for doing this without notifying the customer, which allows the factories to source parts more cheaply, and affects the quality of the finished product. 
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					  What is Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) AKA Bluetooth 4.0 AKA Bluetooth Smart					 
					
					 iPhone first supported this technology in the 4S in 2011 and Android 4.3 in 2013. This technology can dramatically improve battery life on some devices. 
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					  Who is Duncan Turner					 
					
					 Prior to joining HAX, this person worked at CliQ. 
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					  What is Indonesia					 
					
					 Steve Cho has spent total 2 years bumming around in all of these countries except for one: China, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, India, Nepal. 
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					  What is 3 kuai					 
					
					 The cost difference between choosing to take the blue one versus the red one and then theres the one that looks like it belongs in london. 
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					  What is The worker’s bathroom					 
					
					 By visiting this area shared with other operators during work hours, visitors can get a deeper understanding of how a factory treats its workers. 
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					  What is Brand					 
					
					 [Surprise question!] The goal is of this is to create one that is unique enough to be used as a generic. It is important not to attempt to line extend and dilute it. 
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					  What is Business Law					 
					
					 Cyril concentrated on this major during his bachelors studies. 
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					  What is Steve Cho					 
					
					 This HAX mentor is known as “Magic Mike” 
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					  What is OCT					 
					
					 If you stepped onto the green subway train at Huaquian Rd heading towards Airport east, 15 minutes 43 seconds (7 stops away), you would arrive at this station. 
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					  What is Adidas					 
					
					 In May 2003, Cyril had just taken a job with what shoe company to set up their 2nd concept store in France? 
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					  What is JTAG					 
					
					 The common name for the IEEE 1149.1 Standard Access Port and Boundary-Scan Architecture. 
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