Living with first world amenities can cloud an individual's perspective on innovation. Switch the lens through which you view innovation, and take note of where it is taking place all around the world.
2 billion people lack access to basic surgical procedures. Watch this 6 minute talk to see how EvoTech created an endoscopy system for the needs of developing markets for less than 5% of the market price. The key may surprise you!
The technology companies who sailed around the world with us for Unreasonable at Sea had 6 minutes to share the story of their company to hundreds of people packed into an auditorium in Barcelona. This is one of those talks.
Our marketing strategy can now increase sales to 1000 liters of water a day within two months of opening — a level at which the company begins to turn a profit. In this post, we share the most successful tactics with you.
Most people look at poop and see problems. Ashley Murray looks at poop and sees profit. Watch this entrepreneur, working in Ghana and Kenya to completely reinvent the way that we think about human waste.
Five years ago, Steve Bachar and I decided to invest in companies capable of transforming the livelihoods of at least 100 million customers living on $2 a day, generating at least $10 billion in annual revenues and earning sufficient profits to attract commercial financial investment. There was only one problem. We couldn’t find any.
Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day; show him how to catch fish, and you feed him for a lifetime. This is not enough for the men and women living in extreme poverty, but there is an answer.
A child dies every 6 seconds from malnutrition. That's more than malaria, more than tuberculosis, more than AIDS! That's more than all 3 of those killers combined. See how peanut butter -- and the bold, new Calorie Cloud -- are the answer!
In this talk, two entrepreneurs unravel the mystery around how they have provided healthcare to more than 650,000 people in rural India for less than a dollar per patient... and they're just getting started!
Why not become the largest employer of hearing Impaired people in the world? Why not manufacture affordable hearing aids? Tendekayi Katsiga of Solar Ear shares his unreasonable journey.
Watch the story of one entrepreneur who has dedicated her life to changing the lives of farmers across East Africa. In a world where millions are starving, Jamila is changing the game.
Watch how this Unreasonable Institute entrepreneur is bringing a sustainable solution to a problem affecting 900 million people who lack access to clean water.
Watch this 2012 Unreasonable Institute entrepreneur's talk on how his venture is positioned to improve sanitation across Sub-Saharan Africa and save over 70 billion gallons of water a year – and he's just getting started.