In the developed world, access to electricity, refrigeration, and running water is often taken for granted. In certain parts of Africa, these things are luxuries.

In today’s episode, Kurt Kuhlmann and Andi Kleissner, Co-founders and Co-CEOs of Amped Innovation,
discuss how they’re changing lives by installing high-performance off-grid solar systems and appliances across Asia and Africa. Seated on their solar freezers, they share insights from making solar products that empower impoverished families in the “developing world” to earn stable incomes.

Expect to learn:

⚡ Amped Innovation’s strategies to encourage productive use of power in emerging markets
⚡ How Amped Innovation designs products with affordability and repairability in mind to make clean energy accessible to the most remote communities.
⚡ The microfinance and Pay-as-You-Go systems Amped Innovation uses to overcome financial barriers for families, making solar solutions more attainable.
⚡ About Amped’s full suite of products, from TVs and freezers to generators

Timestamps:

00:00:00 Introduction
00:02:53 What Does Amped Innovation Do?
00:05:57 How Customers Grow Their Income With Amped Technology
00:10:30 Electrifying Africa and Asia
00:14:05 Why Does Amped Innovation Exist? (Founding Story)
00:17:51 Replacing Generators with Solar
00:25:41 Biomass Gasifiers and Stanford Engineering
00:32:56 How Andi and Kurt Met
00:38:21 Building a Successful Team
00:42:31 Lessons in R&D (Building a Solar TV)
00:49:07 Making PAYG Open Source
00:51:57 Naming Products and Being a B2B Company
00:57:33 Fixing Old Pricing and Finance Models
01:02:00 Biggest Challenges & Solar Electric Fences
01:05:07 The Impact of Amped Innovation
01:06:31 The Financing of Amped Innovation
01:09:01 How to Connect with Amped Innovation

Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/393Etix...

Apple Podcasts:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...

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