Hear how Greenlink builds and leases solar-powered computer labs for off-grid schools in Tanzania, where 96 percent of rural classrooms lack electricity.
The 2014 Institute has come to a close! Here’s a look at what the entrepreneurs experienced during the last two weeks, with sessions on investment readiness and strategic planning.
Chile has made a bet that the foreign entrepreneurs can transform its entrepreneurial culture by teaching the locals how to take risks, help each other, and form global connections.
Women are starting companies at a rate 1.5 times higher than the national average, but male-owned businesses receive 23 times more venture capital funding. This isn’t just sexist; it’s bad business. But these days, entrepreneurs have a new financing tool at their disposal: crowdfunding.
Weeks two and three of the Unreasonable Institute included entrepreneurs pitching to 800 people and a learning of how to prototype like the co-creator of Google Glass.
Introducing a brand new & completely Unreasonable channel on Unreasonable.is...Unreasonable Institute 2014! Consider us your one-stop-shop for the details of what is going on at the Mansion in Boulder where 11 ventures are trying to solve the world's most challenging problems.
After sailing more than 40 thousand nautical kilometers and into 14 countries on Unreasonable at Sea, we ported in Spain for our culminating event. Two students, Conor and Michael, were particularly inspired by the experience. Listen here.
Using a ship as a traveling campus, undergraduates, lifelong learners, faculty, and lecturers live and learn together while circumnavigating the globe.
Every 20 seconds a child dies for lack of access to potable water. Pedro Delgado of Agua Inc is combatting the water crisis and changing the world for the better.
Through the purification and transformation of carbon emissions, Damascus Fortune's product can be used to build cars, space ships, buildings, laptops, and mobile phones.
One Earth Designs harnesses the sun to bring clean energy to three billion people who lack access to clean fuels. This product saves lives, reduces carbon emissions, saves time for women, and saves money for families.
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!
Watch this 6 minute talk to see how a team of mechanical engineers and designers are working to change the fate of our oceans with a fleet of autonomous oceanic robotic drones. WARNING: it's rather brilliant.
The intention of this series of posts is to share the story of the beginning and ending of a business. This post focuses on funding-hard or soft money and scaling-big bang or step-by-step.
The intention of this series of posts is to share the story of the beginning and ending of a business. This post focuses on your people, finding the right management (local or expat) and how best to hire, groom and train your team.