#buildinpublic day 15

~ meeting with Lydia Kapsenberg -> a former scientist in bio geochemistry for 10 years and a consultant for carbon dioxide removal companies.

Something interesting she taught me was to think about the effect of our coral solution on other organisms. 👇🧵

#buildinpublic day 14

- attended a fireside chat hosted by @theksociety with Qasim Mohammad, the director of Whittington Ventures

From this I learned that going after venture capital is not the best option for my coral reef project aka Poseidon. Why? Read 🧵…

#buildinpublic day 13 ❤️

~ super insightful conversation with @valkyrieholmes about continuing an idea. Her advice on what should be done this summer:
1. A detailed timeline of project goals
2. Participate in pitch comps(give u a diff pov)
3. Figure out time commitment of team

#buildinpublic day 12 💪
~ worked on an activism project for history on promoting youth activism.

I used to think activists, especially in climate change were ignorant of why some governments cannot easily implement environmentally friendly initiatives but now…read 🧵 👇

#buildinpublic Day 11
~ today I had a meeting with @_harrisonnolan about pursuing my team’s moonshot idea: artificial coral reefs that can alkalinize the ocean. What did I learn?
1. Importance of economic incentive
2. Do the HARD things first

I explain more in the thread!

#buildinpublic day 10
~ been slacking on progress 😭 but I’m getting better
~ UPDATE: our team won best overall in our group for moonshot! Look out for updates on our idea: Poseidon(coral reefs that deacidify ocean)

* homework, homework, homework 😫

#buildinpublic day 9

* submitted the MOONSHOT project AHHH 😌
* someone gimme tips on working more efficiently

#buildinpublic day 8
* got no sleep 😭

* 60% of problem and solution sections done for the moonshot website
* finally finished the homepage for our website

#buildinpublic day 7
On 3hrs of sleep 💀

* homepage of website for moonshot is done
* wrote a paragraph on how we plan to deploy our solution: we want to launch our coral reef solution in Great Barrier Reef!

#buildinpublic day 6
busy day today 😫

* reached out to prof in ocean alkalinity enhancement + founder of CO2 removal company through ocean alkalinity
* finally bought a website for our moonshot idea with team BUT still figuring out how to set up website with Wordpress 💀

#buildinpublic day 6
busy day today 😫

* reached out to prof in ocean alkalinity enhancement + founder of CO2 removal company through ocean alkalinity
* finally bought a website for our moonshot idea with team BUT WE FIND OUT WE NEED TO PAY MORE 💀

#buildinpublic day 5
* moonshot meet - talked about monetizing our moonshot idea…thinking of decreasing carbon footprints of companies for a fee 🤔
* found a 💡 new location to test out our solution -> the Conch Reef in Florida

What is the moonshot? It’s 4 week competition/project where @theksociety innovators find a futuristic solution to global issue! what is my team doing? (read thread)

#buildinpublic day 4(in thread this time)

#buildinpublic day 3 👌
* moonshot meeting..FINALLY finalized some website templates for our team
* reached out to 3 researchers in ocean co2 removal 😌

…focus article is OUT!! 💪 read it and gimme feedback pls

medium.com/@sharanasabesa…

btw claps 👏 are greatly appreciated

#buildinpublic day 2 😙
* sent emails to 3 researchers abt validation for moonshot
* meeting with journalist from yesterday
* FINALLY finished focus article ✨
* finalized locations for moonshot with @laibah_ahmed * FIO physics

#buildinpublic day 1: gotta keep myself accountable 💪

* got in contact with scientific journalist for help w/ moonshot
* researched locations to experiment moonshot idea(building a mock coral skeleton)