How do you convince an industry to adopt a better solution when it believes it is already using the best?
Aubrey SandersSeptember 19, 2017
What if hot water, a resource that has proven nearly impossible to exploit commercially, could be harnessed and converted into a viable fuel source?
Aubrey SandersNovember 29, 2016
In Kenya with a population of 45 million, 17.5 million lack safe water. With its unique technology, Susteq makes water kiosks more innovative and effective.
Cayte BoslerOctober 16, 2015
Depleted fisheries are affecting livelihoods and food security around the globe. But where there are…
David BankFebruary 19, 2015
A multinational health startup finds that water is just the start to bring healthy lifestyles to Kenya.
Nate BeardSeptember 2, 2014
Father-son startup in Africa combines banking and franchising strategies to bring clean drinking water to millions in the next five years.
Nate BeardAugust 25, 2014
What would it take to identify promising innovations faster, more often, and with the full might of public and private partners? That is the challenge before us.
Aleem WaljiAugust 7, 2014
Imagine that you run a company that sells bottled water. You spend lots of money,…
David BornsteinJuly 30, 2014
Unreasonable Institute fellow Divya Yachamaneni, deputy general manager of Naandi Community Water Services, explains how her company is bringing clean drinking water to rural Indian families for less than $2 per month. NCWS’s low-cost water-purification stations are now in more than 400 villages, delivering clean, safe drinking water to about 600,000 people.
Unreasonable InstituteJuly 21, 2014
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.
Unreasonable MediaMarch 18, 2014
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.
Paul PolakJanuary 9, 2014
Once upon a time, Paseka was sitting on the toilet and had a “Eureka!” moment. We could be saving 72 Billion Gallons of water per year- the equivalent of 10,000 Olympic swimming pools.
Unreasonable InstituteDecember 31, 2013
Interviewing world innovator Paul Polak- he discusses the simple steps that most entrepreneurs don't take when trying to create a successful business in foreign and poverty-stricken markets.
Unreasonable MediaDecember 27, 2013
We all have moments in our lives where something shifts, clicks into place. For me it was in June of 2008, when I clamped my feet to the end of the robotic Canadarm-2 on the International Space Station.
Ron GaranSeptember 26, 2013
To create a new company, Pedro, founder of Agua Inc., and some college students experiment in The Gambia with the intention of expanding his revolutionary biotechnology to new markets around the world.
Unreasonable MediaAugust 11, 2013
Interview with Head of Global Opportunities Cathy Rodgers shares what she's most passionate about working on right now.
Unreasonable MediaMarch 7, 2013
Watch how this Unreasonable Institute entrepreneur is bringing a sustainable solution to a problem affecting 900 million people who lack access to clean water.
Unreasonable InstituteFebruary 19, 2012