Entrepreneurs hope to save world 1 baby at a time

http://www.usatoday.com/money/smallbusiness/columnist/abrams/2008-09-19-entrepreneurs-hope-to-save--world_N.htm

by sdpurtill • 18 years ago

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mhb• 18 years ago

Next version - powered from a USB port.

ComputerGuru• 18 years ago

Reminds me of the dialysis machine for babies that was up here a while back: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=267510

mhartl• 18 years ago

Amazing: 726 breathless words about a contest without a single link to the website; the URL appears only as plain paragraph text. I wonder how many clicks that cost them?

N.B. As far as I can tell, this is a prize, not an investment, so calling the winners 'entrepreneurs' is a stretch. They appear to be starting a charity, not a company. And charities, while often noble in their intent, are not particularly sustainable; for sustainability, it's hard to beat a profitable company.

To paraphrase H.L. Hunt: if this world is worth saving, it's worth saving at a profit.

sdpurtill• 18 years ago

upvoted for your h.l. hunt - that goes straight to my facebook quotes.

jodrellblank• 18 years ago

If they are saving premature babies, then say that. Isn't that a good enough cause on its own?

I object to dressing it up as saving the world, though, because population growth and world saving ... well, they don't go together too well.

Nice wax warmer idea, though.

Entrepreneurs hope to save world 1 baby at a time

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