The Entrepreneurial Design for Extreme Affordability class has launched several internationally known start-ups (including Embrace, Driptech and D.Light.) But main route for student teams to get their life-changing products into the hands of people in the developing world is by working with NGO partner organizations. Working with partners is the quickest way to market: it…
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Peter Frykman poses with a hot-off-the-press copy of Business Week featuring Driptech, the drip irrigation company Peter formed using technology he developed with his Entrepreneurial Design for Extreme Affordability team. Business Week’s story exposes the newest and most interesting companies that are being born even in the midst of this recession. “History shows that great…
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Congratulations to Peter Frykman and the rest of the Driptech team for being chosen as a 2009 Tech Award Laureate by The Tech Museum! Driptech has developed an innovative approach to manufacturing drip irrigation systems with its unique laser technology, thus making drip irrigation more efficient and affordable for farmers in the developing world. Driptech…
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Message from Social E’ers & Extreme Affordability Alumni Soniya & Erik: Want to help launch a compelling new technology to fight malnutrition? The Small Scale Fortification Group is looking for two MBAs to join our team. We are a collaborative of three teams (DrinkWell, Zing, and AMaize) that emerged from the 2009 Entrepreneurial Design for…
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The d.school’s new Social E Lab wishes Sam Hamner and Megan Kerins well, as they brave airport security to get their 10 Pepper Eater prototypes through the x-rays and on to Ethiopia, where they will be testing their devices. The Pepper Eaters team consists of four former Extreme Affordability students, who have secured funding in…
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