After spending 5 days in the metropolitan hubs of Tokyo and Kyoto with key leadership across the region, a few unexpected lessons were picked up along the way in terms of what the startup culture of Japan is like.
"Our first date with uncertainty came up when we had to stand in front of over 400+ Semester at Sea students and tell them what we do and what we want from them in only 6 minutes, Pecha Kucha style." In this post Shivananda Salgame explores the start of the Vita Beans journey with Unreasonable at Sea.
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.
Nearly all successful people will tell you that mindset is everything. Here are a few practical ways to stay centered and balanced amidst the chaos of entrepreneurship.
Guest Scribe Abigail West takes a look at how technology startups, particularly those started by women, are changing the mobile landscape--and how you can be part of it.
This post tells the story of an Iraqi War veteran overcoming a murderous hatred of Muslims and a group of prisoners adopting local AIDS orphans in order to ask what we can learn from their stories in recovering from the Newtown Shootings.
This is Pt. 2 in a series of posts about everything Unreasonable Media learned--the hard way--during their unsuccessfully funded Kickstarter campaign for the Unreasonable at Sea documentary. Take note; it may save you a lot of time, energy, heartbreak, and money!
Unreasonable Media recently attempted a Kickstarter campaign to support the upcoming Unreasonable at Sea voyage documentary. Mark Crawford, co-founder of Unreasonable Media, provides some kick ass insights from the process.
You (yes, you.) the individual energy user can directly benefit from funding developments in solar tech and shape the technology behind it. A platform called Mosaic combines crowdfunding and solar energy innovation. This type of creative, hybrid thinking is how The Next Great Generation (...that's you, again.) will lead 21st century energy development.
We all know (or should know) that having a support network around you makes a world of difference. So get yourself a mentor and make the relationship work.
There is a window of opportunity to do a lot of solar in the next 12-24 months. By 2015 the USA will be back in campaign madness and as pressing as climate will be as an issue, the opportunity to be proactive and frame our solutionary response will have passed. We must strike now.