E1102 Next Unicorns E15 Zero Mass Water's Cody Friesen is perfecting drinking water with hydropanels

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Show notes:

1:01 Jason intros Zero Mass Water CEO Cody Friesen

3:32 What is Zero Mass Water? What is their vision & how are they executing it?

8:42 How does Zero Mass Water differentiate from other products that pull water out of the air?

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13:20 How much do the panels cost today & how much will they cost in 10 years?

16:58 Do places with poor air quality get dirtier water from the hydropanels?

20:21 How many people in the world do not have clean drinking water today? When will Zero Mass Water become the standard?

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25:43 What is Zero Mass Water's distribution strategy to get their product adapted all over the world?

30:04 How do they compare to competitors using desalinization?

33:55 Is there a downside to Zero Mass Water's method of sucking water out of the air?

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38:45 What is the ecological damage that dams have done?

46:22 Cody's 7 elements of culture that helped him lead Zero Mass Water throughout the pandemic

1:04:20 Is it theoretically possible to combine solar & hydropanels to terraform a desert into an rainforest? Would it create resource UBI?

1:08:53 Bill Gates' legacy, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, compassionate capital

1:20:05 Cody on raising a $50M round right as the pandemic hit the US, importance of resiliency

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