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2013: India

Stories about Sarvajal

7 Young Entrepreneurs Changing The World With Their Businesses

These companies’ founders are all members of a new generation of entrepreneurs who are looking to find disruptive ways of making money while also giving back.

7 Young Entrepreneurs Changing The World With Their Businesses

Turning Rural Indians Into Water Entrepreneurs

Anand Shah’s Sarvajal is bringing clean water to India, but with a twist: the franchise model.

Turning Rural Indians Into Water Entrepreneurs

Making Clean Water Profitable With The McDonald’s Model

If every village had its own local water entrepreneur, maybe they would do a better job providing clean water. That’s the model Sarvajal uses in India–franchising water purification equipment to create a network of successful clean water businesses.

Making Clean Water Profitable With The McDonald’s Model

Solar-Powered Water ATMs Provide Clean Drinking Water To The Thirsty

Impact

New York City’s school buses will now be automatically routed and tracked using Via’s algorithm

These tiny magnetic springs melt microplastics into nothing

This tech company says offsets aren’t enough—it’s time to pay for negative emissions

Creativity

‘Matrix 4’: Everything we know so far (and what we’re dying to know)

The Museum of Ice Cream is returning to New York City with a permanent location

Kanye’s ‘Star Wars’-themed homeless shelter could get the Death Star treatment

Co.Design

Two MIT Media Lab scholars quit as Jeffrey Epstein connections emerge

The cult scent brand Diptyque is reviving a centuries-old way of wearing perfume

Researchers confirm that your selfies make you look like an a**hole

Work Life

This ‘unproductive’ activity can actually help you get more done

500 interns later, here’s what I learned about transitioning them to employees

Why being nice isn’t always good for your career