Jan 31, 2018
Zac Young is a Co-Founder and COO of H2nanO, providing next generation water treatment solutions for hard-to-treat contaminants. He is a Loran Scholar, former team member of nanotechnology start-ups Nicoya Life sciences and Alchemy, and Nanotechnology Engineering graduate from the University of Waterloo.
Globally and even here in Canada water is becoming more and more stressed resource and we need to become better stewards of managing both its quality as well as its supply.
"Figure out what your company really stands for and stands to do"
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- How H2NanO is using sunlight to create purified water
- The importance of trying to hone in on what is the immediate thing to solve
- Why engaging customers early is key to success in a business
- Getting your Bill Gates cup of clean water moment
- How to focus on what really matters during the start of the day
"Don’t bite more than what you can chew"
Resources Mentioned:
- Tools: www.slack.com
- Books: The hard thing about hard things – Ben Horowitz
- Books: Shoe Dog – Phil Knight
- Podcast: 99 Percent Invisible
- Website: www.h2nano.ca
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/H2nanO
- Article: Researchers find new, inexpensive way to clean water from oil sands production
- Article: Researchers developing nanoparticles to purify water
- Article: CTV Kitchener: Nanotechnology
- Article:
Bloomberg 2018 Global Innovation
Index Study
Key Habits
Find time in the morning to sit down and think about what it is I’m working that day, that week and that month.
Get back on track where you can have days turn into weeks and weeks turn into months pretty quickly if you’re not diligent about filtering out what is the need to get done versus the not necessary components.
Favorite Hotspots: Kitchener Waterloo, Canada
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Best Always,
Sapna