As a board member for clean water social enterprise DayOne Response, I’ve been asked this a lot lately – especially post the trifecta of hurricanes. People are telling me that the daily news and the escalating humanitarian crises in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean is making them feel frustrated, fatigued... read more →
Sep
28
Jun
28
We are excited to announce the local availability of the DayOne Waterbag in Kenya through the partnership between DayOne Response Inc., Business Connect, and Japmor Enterprise Kenya. DayOne Response has provided clean water in over 25 countries and we are dedicated to providing innovative clean water technologies to help solve the water crisis in Kenya. The... read more →
Apr
26
Disasters happen, whether we are expecting them or not. While they can be chaotic and terrifying, there are companies out there who strive to pick up the pieces afterward and try to help those affected regain some sense of normalcy. DayOne Response is one of those companies who are there... read more →
Jan
12
There are plenty of reasons why businesses give back or have a social enterprise business model. A common thread, though, is that the company founder has a personal connection with the cause in question. Whether they saw a need, were touched by a situation or angered by the unfairness of it... read more →
Nov
23
Last Thursday, I joined a special BBC World Service program hosted by Fergus Nicoll in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. We began by discussing the large community of Vietnamese in Silicon Valley and its connection to Vietnam’s growing tech hub. Listen to the BBC podcast (at 21:00 re. Silicon Valley-Vietnam,... read more →
Nov
18
Silicon Valley has always suffered from a split personality, and for that it can be thankful that it only half-resembles Wall Street. The expectation that a business, or startup or an app should have to save the world, or at least extend a helping hand, is to forget that companies have... read more →
Oct
26
DayOne Response, a leader in innovative disaster relief product development, particularly in the clean drinking water space, announced today that industry expert Yohannes Hagos has joined the leadership team as Senior Director of Field Operations. Mr. Hagos will support international expansion and lead increased market adoption of the DayOneTM Waterbag, an all-in-one solution to provide clean drinking... read more →
Oct
10
Tricia Compas-Markman was in Haiti after a devastating earthquake killed more than 160,000 people when she finally realised her idea to change the world was a winner. "Even after a year, people were still living in tents, still affected by cholera, still very much affected by the earthquake," the engineer and... read more →
Sep
17
The Tech Awards — presented by Applied Materials — is honoring 10 international laureates using technology to benefit humanity. These laureates join 277 others who have been honored since the inception of The Tech Awards, a signature program of The Tech Museum of Innovation. They will be honored at the 15th annual Gala on... read more →
Aug
28
This week, the Clinton Global Initiative convened a special event, “Building a Resilient Future,” in New Orleans to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Members of the CGI community who attended the working meeting on disaster recovery, resilient infrastructure, and community revitalization included New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu and... read more →