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Starting up for a social good – The Feast Kitchen Event 2009

Eric Friedman

Srina tea is 100% organically grown, hand-plucked, packaged and produced on a small scale farm in a rainforest in Sri Lanka. Aims to improve global access to water by making it possible to collect 24 gallons (90 liters) of water- five times the amount possible using traditional methods – in less time and much more easily.

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Why utilities need to be back in public hands

Start Up Blog

Every economy in the world, that wants to compete globally, must now build out, connected, post industrial infrastructure. And let’s not forget that having infrastructure which is world class would facilitate startups to compete globally. Just this week I was in Sri Lanka and they already have 5G well underway.

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25 Entrepreneurs Explain What They Love About Being An Entrepreneur

Hearpreneur

As the co-founder of the Virtual Global Consultant (VGC) Group, I love the fact that we have created employment in underserved communities globally. We are generating employment for countries such as the United States, Philippines, Canada, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Ghana and Nepal. 16-EVERYTHING!