From Solar Pumps to Everything: Building a Market from Scratch
Samir Ibrahim is the co-founder and CEO of SunCulture. When he started the company, he thought he was solving a simple problem: How do you sell solar-powered pumps to help poor farmers irrigate their ...
22 Tammi 40min
Mass-Producing Stem Cells to Cure Disease
Nabiha Saklayen is the co-founder and CEO of Cellino. Nabiha’s problem is this: How can you make personalized stem cell therapies quickly and cheaply? Induced pluripotent stem cells, or IPSCs, have sh...
15 Tammi 34min
Building a Self-Driving Tractor to Change the Future of Food
Please take our survey https://tinyurl.com/wyplistenersurvey about the show! Tell us what you want to hear, and what would make it better. Tim Bucher is a farmer, and the founder and CEO of Agtonomy. ...
18 Joulu 202543min
We’re Going to Need a Better Boat
Mitch Lee is the co-founder and CEO of Arc Boats. Mitch's problem is this: How do you build competitively priced electric boats?On today’s show, Mitch explains why water makes electrification so hard,...
11 Joulu 202535min
The App Where Strangers Lend Each Other Money
Nina Mohanty is the founder and CEO of Bloom Money. Nina’s problem is this: How do you build an app to help immigrants manage their money? On today’s show, Nina talks about bringing a saving and lendi...
20 Marras 202545min
Introducing Business History: The Edison Invention People Don't Talk About
What's Your Problem? host Jacob Goldstein has a new show: Business History. How did Hitler’s favorite car become synonymous with hippies? What got Thomas Edison tangled up with the electric chair? Did...
18 Marras 202549min
Using Sound Waves to Destroy Tumors
Mike Blue is the CEO of HistoSonics. The company recently developed a device that uses ultrasound to destroy tumors.On today’s show, Mike talks about how a garage-built prototype became an FDA-approve...
13 Marras 202534min
From Desert Robots to Driverless Trucks
Chris Urmson is the co-founder and CEO of Aurora, a company trying to bring autonomous driving to commercial trucking.Chris led a team at the 2004 DARPA challenge that launched the autonomous vehicle ...
6 Marras 202544min
