The Small Business Sessions podcast: The entrepreneur transforming lives with washing machines
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Posted: Wed 6th Dec 2023
It's time for episode nine in season six of the Small Business Sessions, Enterprise Nation's podcast powered by the business.connected online training programme.
Episode nine: Navjot Sawhney, founder, The Washing Machine Project
Joining freelance journalist Dan Martin is social entrepreneur Navjot Sawhney, founder of The Washing Machine Project.
Navjot is a former Dyson engineer, and he was volunteering in India when he noticed the burden placed on women by unpaid domestic work. This inspired him to design the Divya, a crank-handle manual washing machine that is off-grid, fully sustainable and saves both water and time.
Through the Washing Machine Project, tens of thousands of people have been impacted worldwide, women have been empowered and hundreds of washing machines have been distributed to villages, refugee camps, schools and orphanages.
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On this week's Small Business Sessions podcast
During the show, Navjot shares brilliant advice and insights from his business growth story.
The story of why and how he launched The Washing Machine Project.
How he researched and created the product.
How he has achieved hundreds of press mentions without spending a penny on PR.
The impact that the project has achieved.
How the Washing Machine Project has been funded.
How he uses social media and digital marketing to reach donors.
The biggest challenges and how he has overcome them.
His advice for founders wanting to use their entrepreneurial activities for a social mission.
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