S11E18 - How Kemira Defied Market Odds to Lead in Bio-Based Tech

What does it take to Create a 500 Million dollar bio-based market? And how can you replicate these strategies for your own growth-stage endeavors? Let's find out with this Episode! More #water insights? Connect with me on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/antoinewalter1/ #️⃣ All the Links Mentioned in this Video #️⃣ 🔗 Come say hi to Riikka on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/riikka-timonen-6ba9533/🔗 Kemira's website: https://www.kemira.com/🔗 The IFF's website: https://www.iff.com/🔗 Crustatec's take at bio-based chitosan: http://crustatec.com/🔗 The World's Bank Water Acceleration Program: https://connect.newibnet.org/youthinnovationchallenge🎙️ Subscribe and Listen to the Don't Waste Water Podcast HERE 🎙️ Podcast Channel: @dwwpodcast Main Channel: @AntoineWalterDWW Smartlink: https://smartlink.ausha.co/dont-waste-water Website: https://dww.show/podcast/ 👋 SOCIAL MEDIA 👋 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dwwpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AntoineWalter7 🙋 QUESTION: What would you like me to cover next? ⏰ TIME CODES ⏰ 00:00 Introduction 02:34 Understanding the HOT Acronym 04:17 Creating a Market for Biopolymers 06:22 Kemira's Biopolymer Goals 09:04 Economic and Performance Challenges 12:19 Exploring New Business Directions 20:38 Addressing Greenwashing Claims 22:15 Exploring New Markets and Innovations 24:24 Challenges and Strategies in Renewable Water Treatment 25:37 Purpose-Driven Decisions and Company Culture 27:41 Future Goals and Personal Impact 31:41 Rapid Fire Questions#WaterTech #BlueTech About this Podcast: Welcome to the (don't) Waste Water podcast! In each episode, Antoine Walter from DWW Media shares water, wastewater & water entrepreneurship stories. This show will teach you the water industry like you've never seen it. If you're asking how the water sector will overcome the water crises ahead, this episode is for you.Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.