YoungUpstarts

APRIL 20, 2018

billion people living on Earth, we technically have enough food – it is just not equally distributed (which by no means is an easy problem to solve). Whole countries such as Bangladesh will be flooded, should we see such a dramatic rise of our oceans. Today, with about 7.2 For the last decades we grew output by 1%.

Bangladesh 133

Bangladesh Silicon Valley Global India 133

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

For our students, that can mean anyone from a Syrian refugee trying to make contact with his family back home, to a supply chain manager for a major apparel brand who wants to make sure his contract factory in Bangladesh doesn’t use forced labor. They tested this updated MVP with refugees and made some surprising discoveries.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Washington United Kingdom Lean 120

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

For our students, that can mean anyone from a Syrian refugee trying to make contact with his family back home, to a supply chain manager for a major apparel brand who wants to make sure his contract factory in Bangladesh doesn’t use forced labor. They tested this updated MVP with refugees and made some surprising discoveries.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Washington United Kingdom Lean 120

Hearpreneur

AUGUST 9, 2020

Now, the company and its CEO Ella Gudwin are taking that a step further—offering their resources and capabilities to assist in the manufacturing and distribution of PPE for essential workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 effort. Founded in 2001, VisionSpring’s mission has always been to provide eyewear to the 2.5 in economic impact.

Jordan 79

Jordan Bangladesh India Mexico 79

Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Now, the company and its CEO Ella Gudwin are taking that a step further—offering their resources and capabilities to assist in the manufacturing and distribution of PPE for essential workers on the front lines of the COVID-19 effort. Founded in 2001, VisionSpring’s mission has always been to provide eyewear to the 2.5 in economic impact.

Jordan 62

Jordan Bangladesh India Mexico 62

Up and Running

JANUARY 16, 2015

Bonus points for the fact that they partner with the social enterprise Vision Spring to facilitate training for optometrists and eye glass manufacturers in the same countries that they donate glasses to (India, Guatemala, and Bangladesh to name a few), so the communities also receive opportunities for sustainable income.

Denmark 60

Denmark Guatemala Bangladesh Cofounder 60

Campus Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 12, 2011

He found inspiration in the success of a mobile-phone business run by the Grameen Bank in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Later Jimenez explains, Scientists who moonlight as solvers can use novel means to explore long-standing problems. It was a profitable and self-sustaining model.

North Carolina 39

North Carolina Intellectual Property Bangladesh Raleigh 39