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Building for Impact: John Salzinger on Haven, Energy Access, and Mission Control
In this episode of Journey to Regeneration, Christopher Marquis speaks with John Salzinger, entrepreneur and inventor behind portable solar lighting company Haven, about building a commercially viable solar business around the challenge of energy poverty. Salzinger explains a distinctive model in which the same product sold to mainstream retail customers is made available to NGOs at lower margins rather than replaced with a cheaper impact-market version. He discusses Haven's decision to work with NGOs and nonprofits before entering retail, using demanding humanitarian settings as both a route…
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