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Rob Kursinski is a leading atmospheric and space science expert with over 40 years of experience. He is currently the Chief Scientist at PlanetiQ, focusing on satellite atmospheric sensing. Formerly with NASA and a joint professor at the University of Arizona, he has significantly advanced weather observation technologies and atmospheric research.More

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Episode 140 Rob Kursinski

Sponsored by ASTERRA, Imagine H20, Mckim & Creed, and The Water & Health Advisory Council: The Water Entrepreneur podcast program features a series of interviews exploring the origin stories of startup founders, early adopters and innovation champions related to their personal, professional, technical, business, organizational and financial journeys. We will explore how the guests decided to get into the water business, who their mentors are, who inspired them to become entrepreneurs and how they selected a technology to develop from an idea to an invention and finally to a commercially viable innovation. You will hear how they raised funding for their company, selected markets to pursue, navigated organizational hierarchies and evolved as their company grew. They will describe their struggles and successes and explain why they are having the most fun of their lives.

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Sponsored by ASTERRA, Imagine H20, Mckim &amp; Creed, and The Water &amp; Health Advisory Council: The Water Entrepreneur podcast program features a series of interviews exploring the origin stories of startup founders, early adopters and innovation champions related to their personal, professional, technical, business, organizational and financial journeys. We will explore how the guests decided to get into the water business, who their mentors are, who inspired them to become entrepreneurs and how they selected a technology to develop from an idea to an invention and finally to a commercially viable innovation. You will hear how they raised funding for their company, selected markets to pursue, navigated organizational hierarchies and evolved as their company grew. They will describe their struggles and successes and explain why they are having the most fun of their lives.

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Episode 140 Rob Kursinski

Episode 140 Rob Kursinski