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In some developed countries like the United States, emergency calls through the 911 number is very crucial for the security system. Many people who then take advantage of this kind of service when in problems such as crime or natural disaster conditions.
But that is still a constraint is, sometimes the authorities who receive an emergency call can not immediately respond response for their trouble identifying the location of the sender of the message. This is thought to be a tech entrepreneur named Michael Martin.
Through the application that he besut named Haven, later on each of the reporting emergency calls will automatically send complete information related to the location so that the handling by the authorities could run more quickly and effectively.
Revolution Emergency Calls
A startup based in New York, RapidSOS, modernize the way people to get connected with the emergency services. Haven promoted through the application since June 2016, the application user can send their location with the accurate transmission to emergency services.
Thought this that leads a young entrepreneur Michael Martin to be crowned as one of the successful young entrepreneur by the popular magazine Forbes.
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Regarding the idea of how he could make the application Haven, Michael tells us that it all began when he was walking alone in the area of New York.
"When you come home late at night, I realized there was someone following me. I do not want to invite attention by calling 911, so I called Uber, "he said.
In such conditions, of course, call the number 911 is quite difficult. So who thinks that contact 911 should also easy as he ordered Uber service. Ease to access to the authorities is crucial in an emergency.
Overcoming Problems
As noted previously, that the issue of emergency calls sometimes lies in how the speed of handling. The sampler American countries, although the developed system has been so good, but still, the number of casualties resulting from the handling increasing less rapidly.
"The system is created when landlines are still the king, making it less suitable moment to respond to reports of phone. More than 10 thousand people die a year because the authorities can not accurately detect the location of the complainant, "he added.
And thanks to the application of Haven, a lot of people who claim to be very helpful, especially when they are in desperate condition.
How to Develop Business
Inspirational stories we can also learn about how Michael expand. Michael said it took four years to realize the application. Besides managed to collect hundreds of thousands of dollars of various contests entrepreneurship, including Harvard Innovation Challenge. Martin also said he and his team have spoken to more than 10 thousand experts.
He told all the youth who want to develop themselves through the creation of technology, in order to give priority to passion. Because, when we start a business would not be as easy as we imagine. Especially if the job is not a passion we, the result will be much more difficult to achieve.
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Additionally, willing to take big problem. Martin always encourage young entrepreneurs to avoid anything too safe, because when we feel too comfortable then we are not challenged. Do something different and make a difference.
"The presence of an innovation to the things that conservative is not a nuisance. From the experience of Martin, it is not always a matter of disturbing the existing industry, but working with them, and then improve for the better. "