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Entrepreneurs hope to save world 1 baby at a time

20 points| sdpurtill | 17 years ago |usatoday.com | reply

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[+] mhartl|17 years ago|reply
Amazing: 726 breathless words about a contest without a single link to the website; the URL appears only as plain paragraph text. I wonder how many clicks that cost them?

N.B. As far as I can tell, this is a prize, not an investment, so calling the winners 'entrepreneurs' is a stretch. They appear to be starting a charity, not a company. And charities, while often noble in their intent, are not particularly sustainable; for sustainability, it's hard to beat a profitable company.

To paraphrase H.L. Hunt: if this world is worth saving, it's worth saving at a profit.

[+] sdpurtill|17 years ago|reply
upvoted for your h.l. hunt - that goes straight to my facebook quotes.
[+] mhb|17 years ago|reply
Next version - powered from a USB port.
[+] jodrellblank|17 years ago|reply
If they are saving premature babies, then say that. Isn't that a good enough cause on its own?

I object to dressing it up as saving the world, though, because population growth and world saving ... well, they don't go together too well.

Nice wax warmer idea, though.