by diana | Aug 28, 2012 | Aug '12 India, Blog, Field Notes
Yesterday evening, I had the opportunity to accompany Selvan to shop #2 of Essmart’s 17, which is located maybe 20 minutes outside of Pollachi. Around 5:30 pm, Selvan and I set up a little solar lantern demonstration center in front of this store. We propped the...
by diana | Aug 15, 2012 | Aug '12 India, Blog, Field Notes, Thoughts and Ideas
Happy Independence Day! Since today was a national holiday, we spent most of it working from our Pollachi office/warehouse. Our sixth Essmart team member has arrived, and watching our complementary skills come together to move Essmart forward has been a rewarding...
by diana | Aug 14, 2012 | Aug '12 India, Blog, Field Notes
It’s Diana here — I arrived in Pollachi on Sunday morning after taking an overnight bus down from Bangalore. After checking out the new office space and listening to Jackie and Selvan tell me the details of their progress, I was most impressed! Two other...
by diana | Jun 12, 2012 | Blog, Competitions
Whew, what a busy past few days. Jackie and I gave our pitches to the Dell Social Innovation Challenge judges yesterday, and we will find out the results in a few hours. We are up for a $50,000 grand prize. We will update soon, but do wish us the best!
by diana | May 4, 2012 | Blog, Cambridge, Competitions
Amazing news, friends! Essmart wins its largest check to date – $10k in the MIT IDEAS Global Challenge! This is hugely encouraging to us, as we’ve come close to winning competitions but fall just short of the monetary prize. We’re entirely thankful...
