Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 1, 2010
The BP oil spill in the Gulf, the volcanic eruption in Iceland, and recent earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, all suggest that real opportunities for change are needed in pollution control, just-in-time manufacturing, and building materials. The impact of global instability. Usually, people pay to relieve pain before buying luxury items.
Hearpreneur
JUNE 4, 2016
I tell people I’m interviewing that we’re a place where you can make a global difference by impacting the world’s most significant issues: energy, water, war, poverty. For me, the best part of running a business, especially a global one, is the sheer breadth of activities and decisions that make up any given day or week.
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Feld Thoughts
MAY 15, 2019
In July 2015, I wrote about New Story asking readers to crowdfund one $6k house for a family in Haiti. In the past four years, New Story has funded over 2,200 homes, building 17 communities for over 11,000 people across Mexico, Haiti, El Salvador, and Bolivia. They have now come up with a unique model for scaling their impact.
This is going to be BIG.
FEBRUARY 22, 2010
OVA has arranged screening events around the world. The conference is free and open to the public.
Austin Startup
SEPTEMBER 21, 2017
In 1991, ten-year-old Jerry and his family escaped civil war in Haiti and resettled in America as refugees. Yet I’m excited about the intentional ways that Austin is trying to solve for the problem. 0 for 3 When I think about the problem of diversity in entrepreneurship, I like to tell the story of Jerry Nemorin.
Hunter Walker
AUGUST 2, 2017
Christy doing work in Haiti Hunter Walk: Every Mother Counts is a nonprofit focused on supporting maternal health. CTB: I became aware of the global problem after giving birth in the US and experiencing a childbirth complication personally in 2003. In reality, there are still many challenges for women in our country too.
Steve Blank
NOVEMBER 4, 2015
He also worked in the Peace Corps in Costa Rica and helped start a national health program in Haiti. These kinds of direct relationships are … lost in our anonymous market place of the global food system. … If you can’t hear the clip, click here. Before founding Watsi , Chase Adam worked in a market intelligence company.
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