by Essmart | Jul 3, 2013 | Blog, Featured News
On July 1, Essmart officially gained a new member into our family. Friends, meet Prashanth, who will be leading Essmart’s operations in India. You may have heard of Prashanth before, as he’s been with us from Essmart’s beginnings. However, we finally have the...
by Essmart | May 8, 2013 | Blog, Featured
We’re excited to launch our first crowd funding campaign on Indiegogo!  We’ve been excited about how our model has been working in Pollachi, Tamil Nadu, and we’re ready to take on the challenge of scaling to a new, nearby region. Our crowd funding...
by Essmart | Jan 12, 2013 | Blog, Field Notes, Thoughts and Ideas
You can’t completely understand the problem until you learn about it from the people who know it best. This has been a personal philosophy that has grown stronger over the past couple of years. It’s been reinforced even more this winter. I’m Jen, and I’ve been working...
by Essmart | Dec 29, 2012 | Blog, State of Essmart
As we approach the end of 2012, we’ve taken some time to reflect on this past year. It has truly been a whirlwind. At this time last year, Diana was preparing to travel to India for our first pilot. We had a grand vision, a ridiculous amount of passion, some research...
by Essmart | Oct 16, 2012 | Blog, State of Essmart
From our monthly(ish) newsletter, which you can subscribe to here: Greetings from India! Essmart has been on the ground in Pollachi, Tamil Nadu, India for about two months now. Much has happened since our last email update. Selvan, our Director of Field Operations,...