Jeff: Thanks for having me, Spiffy! Buildoly is addressing the challenge of the housing shortage. A recent estimate showed that the US is short an astounding 6.5 million homes. And In places like California, over 80% of families cannot afford a standard single-family home. It’s clear we need to build more homes, more quickly. Building a home can be a daunting and complicated process for most homeowners, with the need for multiple vendors such as lenders, architects, engineers, material suppliers, and contractors. By combining all of these services into a single platform, we make the homebuilding process more seamless, efficient, and accessible. Our mission is to create a world where everyone has a home to live in and where anyone can build a home with the click of a button.
Omar: Thanks for having me, Spiffy! Remora was built in the midst of the water crisis suffered by Puerto Rico due to severe droughts and the destruction of the aqueduct system by Hurricane Maria, but water issues are not only a thing of natural disasters. Worldwide water scarcity affects more than 40 percent of the global population, over two billion people worldwide lack access to clean water for their basic needs, and over 80% of the water available for human consumption is polluted. Remora arises with the aim of tackling the global water crisis. On top of this, a lot of communities lacking access to clean water present many other socio-economic problems affecting them, where education, training, and empowerment opportunities are key.
Rowana: Thanks for having me, Spiffy! I'm the founder and executive director of Cosmic Writers, a nonprofit that provides creative writing education to K–12 students around the United States and beyond. There are so many kids who see writing as a chore, and who never feel self-motivated to learn how to express themselves. We aim to show our participants that writing has extraordinary power. If you can write clearly and confidently, you can make your ideas into reality.
