Lessons Learned: Part Two
This blog is the second of three posts that explore the lessons Liz has learned during her journey as an entrepreneur. To re-cap: Liz had the pleasure of speaking to a Social Entrepreneurship class in...
View ArticleToilet Strike: Hilariously Effective
Over the last few weeks it has been impossible to ignore all the comical YouTube videos for Matt Damon’s toilet strike. In this week’s blog post Sarah reflects on the key purpose behind all the jokes...
View ArticleBootstrapped and Ready to Rock
Sanitation Creations CFO, Dan Green, speaks about bootstrapped companies and why Sanitation Creations fits into its meaning from an entrepreneurial aspect. Bootstrapping refers to any self-sustaining...
View ArticleRECENT INNOVATIONS AND VENTURES
The UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health has been an innovation leader since the School graduated its first class in 1940. This summary describes some of our most recent innovations and...
View ArticleFunds Nurture Entrepreneurs With Far-Out Ideas to Benefit Society
While working in an impoverished area in Peru, Liz Morris hit upon the idea of building a better outhouse. Ms. Morris, who has degrees in packaging science and engineering, founded Sanitation Creations...
View ArticleLessons Learned: Part Three
This blog is the last of three posts that have explored the lessons Liz has learned during her journey as an entrepreneur. While everyone’s entrepreneurial journey will be different, the lessons Liz...
View ArticleNC IDEA Announces Some Familiar Names Among 30 Grant Semi-Finalists
You do something long enough and you get to know the players. That’s a very positive notion when talking about the North Carolina startup scene — and a bonus that we can talk about North Carolina...
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Sanitation Creations: Carolina Challenge Alumni Track Winners!
After weeks of preparation, multiple presentation rounds, and extreme anticipation the night of the 2013 Carolina Challenge Finals, Sanitation Creations managed to come...
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Two Gillings entrepreneurs are winners at this year’s Carolina Challenge
Two teams of entrepreneurs affiliated with Gillings School of Global Public Health are among the top four Carolina Challengewinners for 2013. Liz Morris (left) and colleague Sarah Nilson, a student at...
View ArticleThe Dungaroo is on its way!
In this week’s blog post, Sarah reflects on exciting accomplishments and the important milestones that Sanitation Creations has been meeting this month. One week from today, on Wednesday, April 24,...
View ArticleThe Argument for Treating Human Waste
In this week’s blog post, Dan discusses the importance and benefits of treating human waste in connection to the Dungaroo. Untreated sewage can cause a host of environmental problems eventually leading...
View ArticleLaUNCh officially open for business
By Tammy Grubb — tgrubb@newsobserver.com CHAPEL HILL — The Launch business incubator is one piece of an economic plan, but it shows what the town, county and university can do together, officials said...
View ArticleIt Takes A Lot Of People To Make A Toilet Work.
In this week’s blog post, Liz writes about the stressful week of ups and downs that brought the Sanitation Creations team closer together and marked an important milestone for her company. Last week...
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What’s The Big Idea?
By Matt Dees Liz Morris (pictured above) developed her idea for a waterless, odorless toilet while an environmental-sciences student at UNC. “I found myself doodling toilet designs in the margins of...
View ArticleISD Announces 2013 Green Plus Sustainable Enterprise Winners
We’re announcing one of the 2013 Green Plus Sustainable Enterprise Award winners each week day until our Sunday, June 2nd Green Plus Benefit Brunch hosted by the amazing Chapel Hill Restaurant Group at...
View ArticleToilet Travels: Thailand
In preparation for his upcoming trip to Thailand, Dan Green talks about the traditional Thai toilet. While there are many western-style toilets found throughout the entire Southeast Asian region, there...
View ArticleHelp Sanitation Creations Win $50K!
Sanitation Creations has been entered as a socially-impactful business in the Start Something That Matters Challenge for a chance to win $50K in startup money. And now we need your vote! Please take a...
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Making 2013 The Year of the Dungaroo
We officially named 2013 “The Year of the Dungaroo” during a company team builder in January, but the last few weeks have been filled with exciting and rewarding events that have truly made 2013 feel...
View ArticleCheck The Bathroom For Your Next Startup Idea
I’m not saying that all great ideas start in the bathroom or that ideas that come to you in the bathroom are always good. But sometimes the best ideas can be found in unexpected places. I first heard...
View ArticleOdorless, waterless toilet becoming a reality
Media Source: WNCN News RALEIGH, N.C. - An odorless, waterless toilet is now one step closer to potentially saving lives across the world. The Dungaroo, a mechanical and waterless commode, has moved...
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