{"id":10346,"date":"2014-02-28T07:00:19","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T14:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tested-neuron.flywheelsites.com\/?p=10346"},"modified":"2015-02-17T11:36:21","modified_gmt":"2015-02-17T18:36:21","slug":"what-to-do-if-you-need-to-make-money-while-you-solve-big-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unreasonablegroup.com\/articles\/what-to-do-if-you-need-to-make-money-while-you-solve-big-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Make Money *AND* Solve Big Problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Why Give a Damn:<\/h3>\n<p><i>Yes, Manoj Sinha holds 10 US patents. That only scratches the surface. Manoj speaks about what to do if you just need to make money and can&#8217;t afford to save the world at any cost.<\/i><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"left\"><p>Start working with a more advanced stage social enterprise. You will figure out what you like.<span id=\"tweetquote\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/wary-sunlight.flywheelsites.com\/video\/what-to-do-if-you-need-to-make-money-while-you-solve-big-problems\/&amp;via=unreasonable&amp;text=&quot;Start working with a more advanced stage social enterprise. You will figure out what you like.&quot;\"><i class=\"fa fa-twitter\"><\/i> &nbsp;Tweet This Quote<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Bio:<\/strong> Manoj Sinha is the Co-Founder of Husk Power Systems, an organization\u2019s whose objective is to electrify rural India. Husk Power Systems converts rice husks, an abundant waste product for Indian villagers, into biogas. These biogas can then be captured to produce affordable electricity. By the end of 2010, Husk Power Systems will have successfully electrified 125 villages and hopes to expand its services to over 5,000 villages, providing electricity for over 20 million people. He received an MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Amherst and completed his MBA at the University of Virginia. Manoj and his founding team were named \u201csocial entrepreneurs of the year\u201d by Fast Company and Husk Power Systems was named \u201ctop student innovation\u201d by the New York Times in December 2008. Manoj has secured investment from the Acumen Fund and the Shell Foundation and won the Draper Fisher Jurvetson \u2013 Cisco Global Business Plan Competition. He is an alumnus of the Global Social Benefit Incubator program, previously served as a microprocessor designer at Intel, and holds 10 U.S. patents.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When there\u2019s no cold beer at night and you are shit tired. Are you comfortable with that?<span id=\"tweetquote\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/wary-sunlight.flywheelsites.com\/video\/what-to-do-if-you-need-to-make-money-while-you-solve-big-problems\/&amp;via=unreasonable&amp;text=&quot;When there\u2019s no cold beer at night and you are shit tired. Are you comfortable with that?&quot;\"><i class=\"fa fa-twitter\"><\/i> &nbsp;Tweet This Quote<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manoj Sinha understands financial pressure to make money.  He has a lot of debt from his MBA.  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