Team PumperNickel Mark Bianco Alissa Burkholder Jim Culkar Tracy Pizzo ME ME Undergrad too Loves to build, and he can build anything He’s a Reality TV Star – with a fan club Alissa Burkholder ME ME Undergrad Went to Myanmar Knows her way around power tools Can do some mean hip-hop Jim Culkar MBA 2 Engineer of all kinds (ME, EE, ME again) Went to Myanmar PPT Genius (he’s a consultant . . .) Tracy Pizzo MBA 2 Non-profit experience Worked in developing countries Can start a fire without matches (yeah, it’s cool)
Meet our User
Welcome to The Training Pump - PumperNickel Our Point of View Landed small-plot farmers need a cheaper pump so they can get a better pump. Welcome to The Training Pump - PumperNickel
Our Future Explorations How long should the pump last? How will aesthetics affect the user? What plastic pumps are in production? Has anyone tried this before? What problems did they have? Detailed import information for Myanmar. How much water needs to be produced to make it worthwhile? What's the avg plot size? Where can injection molding happen? Cost of storage space for parts after large runs? What are geometry constraints for blow molding? Is this a true need, or the result of a slow adoption rate in this new category and new market? Can we quantify the need?