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Welcome to The Fundamental Molecule. This show explores the intersection of water, technology and entrepreneurship. Each week, Tom Ferguson, Managing Partner of Burnt Island Ventures, interviews innovators, experts, entrepreneurs and investors in the world of water, to help us understand where this trillion dollar industry is headed. These are the stories of the people building the future of the world’s most valuable and fundamental resource. Explore all of our episodes and learn more at https://www.burntislandventures.com/the-fundamental-molecule
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I am a big fan of Cala Systems. They've set a completely new standard for the heat pump water heater and water heaters in general. What was initially an afterthought from large manufacturers - essentially a marketing plo
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It's always worth listening to someone's ‘why’ for doing something. What is their core motivation? Are they a tourist, or are they here for the long haul? When you combine a compelling ‘why’ with the right mix of technic
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Some people are born to drive their own bus. They have an idiosyncrasy of outlook that makes building their own thing inevitable. When these people run into a problem that they find both annoying and ridiculous and decid
Pierre Côté is arguably the most successful inventor and technologist in the industrial wastewater space. He has two ubiquitous technologies under his belt - the hollow fiber membrane and the membrane bioreactor, or MBR
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Ravi Kurani
President · Sutro
1 appearance on this show
Tom Ferguson
Managing Partner · Burnt Island Ventures
1 appearance on this show
Matt Fitzgerald
running coach, retreat owner, author, sport psychologist · NAFS
1 appearance on this show
Jonathan Jackson
Co-Founder and CEO of Dimagi · U.S. House of Representatives
1 appearance on this show
Blake Anderson
Ziptility
1 appearance on this show
Paul O'Callaghan
BlueTech Research
1 appearance on this show
Christopher Gasson
Global Water Intelligence
1 appearance on this show
Dylan Wolff
CNSRV
1 appearance on this show
Allan Adams
Aquatic Labs
1 appearance on this show
Mick O'Dwyer
SwiftComply
1 appearance on this show
Anne Mushow
Subeca
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Shane Dyer
Irrigreen
1 appearance on this show
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