#19 Carsten Brinkschulte: Saving Forests, Quantifying Impact & Staying True to Your Purpose

In this episode of Products With Purpose, Eli spoke with Carsten Brinkschulte CEO and co-founder of Dryad.

Dryad is an environmental IoT startup with a mission to develop a large-scale IoT network that allows public and private forest owners to monitor, analyze, and protect the world’s largest, most remote forests. The initial focus is to develop a system for the ultra-early detection of wildfires.

Carsten’s 20 years in mobile network infrastructure includes three successful exits: Core Network Dynamics (acquired by Twilio), Movirtu (acquired by Blackberry), and Synchronica (acquired by DAT Group).

Here are some of Carsten’s accomplishments:

• Sold Core Network Dynamics GmbH to Twilio for $13.2m
• Raised €1.5M in seed funding for Weblicon, a market-leading mobile email, and synchronization software

Some of the highlights from this episode:

• How to overcome the challenge of getting investors to fund your project
• Principles of enlisting great co-founders and partners
• How to avoid distraction from your business vision
• The importance of quantifying your impact

-Relevant Links-

• Carsten's LinkedIn
• Dryad

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