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Team PumperNickel

Mark Bianco. Alissa Burkholder. Jim Culkar. Tracy Pizzo. MBA 2 Non-profit experience Worked in developing countries Can start a fire without matches (yeah, it’s cool). ME ME Undergrad too Loves to build, and he can build anything He’s a Reality TV Star – with a fan club. ME

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Team PumperNickel

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  1. Mark Bianco Alissa Burkholder Jim Culkar Tracy Pizzo • MBA 2 • Non-profit experience • Worked in developing countries • Can start a fire without matches (yeah, it’s cool) • ME • ME Undergrad too • Loves to build, and he can build anything • He’s a Reality TV Star – with a fan club • ME • ME Undergrad • Went to Myanmar • Knows her way around power tools • Can do some mean hip-hop • MBA 2 • Engineer of all kinds (ME, EE, ME again) • Went to Myanmar • PPT Genius (he’s a consultant . . .) Team PumperNickel

  2. Our Point of View Landed small-plot farmers need a cheaper pump so they can get a better pump. Team PumperNickel: It will take some bread, but not much…

  3. It’s What the Farmers Need • When we mentioned there was a team looking at a $5 pump - boy did they light up! They all said a lower cost pump would be fantastic • They have seen first hand how cash strapped families are and how much they want our pumps but just can't afford the $13

  4. Meet our User

  5. Where We’ve Been • Water Displacement • Rope and “Washer” • “Starter” Diaphragm pump • Plastic Study • Economic Research

  6. The Financials

  7. Our Future Explorations • Is a bamboo piston viable? What about a bamboo diaphragm? • Can we build a one piston pump? • Honing in on blow molding and injection molding • “Degrading” test of rope and washer

  8. Vulnerability – potential pitfalls • Rope and Washer not high enough quality to last even one season – how long will it take for the rope/cloth to degrade? • There isn’t enough bamboo, and it isn’t strong enough to be the pump body • Blow-molding or injection molding is just too expensive • We can’t lift the water enough to make any of our solutions viable for most farmers • We’re missing major “social input” – what do the farmers want this to look/feel/act like? Is cheap sufficient?

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