The Fundamental Molecule
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The Fundamental Molecule is a business podcast hosted by Burnt Island Ventures. It has 53 episodes, with the latest published March 2026.
Welcome to The Fundamental Molecule. This show explores the intersection of water, technology and entrepreneurship. Each week, Tom Ferguson, Managing Partner of Burnt Island Ventures, interviews innovators, experts, entrepreneurs and investors in the world of water, to help us understand where this trillion dollar industry is headed. These are the stories of the people building the future of the world’s most valuable and fundamental resource.Explore all of our episodes and learn more at https://www.burntislandventures.com/the-fundamental-molecule
business ·en ·53 episodes
Ravi Kurani - Swimming in Your Customer's Shoes
Barrett Hansen - Building the System for Cash Flows in Water
Tom Ferguson - Fat Tails, Charlie Munger and Being an m-Maximizer
Paul O'Callaghan: Tolstoy, Chekhov and Liam Neeson
Mike Shaw - From Accidental Chemist to PFAS Destruction CEO
Christopher Gasson - Building the Source of Truth for the Water Sector
Dylan Wolff - Wait, Kitchens Defrost How?!
Sivan Zamir - The Model of Corporate Startup Engagement
Peter Brooks - Building an Infinite Compounding Machine
Allan Adams - The Science is the Easy Bit
Matt Fitzgerald - Campaigns, MrBeast and Getting Arrested with your Grandmother
Mick O'Dwyer - Mandated, Recurring & Operationally Painful
Pierre Côté - The Art of Useful Invention
Oliver Lawal - Sunburning Water is a Good Idea
Anne Mushow - Building a Utility Data Dragnet
Jonathan Jackson - Flooding, Fairness, and Sticking to Your Knitting
Craig Beckman - A Generational Shift in Membrane Design
Will Hewes - Managing Water for a Hyperscaler
Shane Dyer - Iteration, Hiring, and Customer Voice
Megan Glover - The Outsider Becomes the Insider
Alex Fuglesang - A Deep Dive Into Desal, Literally
Felicia Marcus: A Public Servant for our Era
Scott Bryan - Pilots, Impact and Acceleration
Paul Hauffen - The Customer Inclusion Loop
Mudasser Iqbal - AI, Water and Institutional Memory
Debra Coy - Earnings Calls, Inflection Points, and Perspective
Guillaume Clairet - Operations, Rule-Breaking and Erin Brockovich
Sarah Brody - From Oceans to McKinsey
Michael Rigney - The Millenium Falcon of Heat Pump Water Heaters
Ifetayo Venner - Gatekeepers, Big Infrastructure, and Leadership
Mae Stevens - Building the Case for Water on Capitol Hill
Jorge Richardson - Water Access, Reliability, and Selfies with Bono
Matt Rosenthal - Business Beneath Our Feet
Peter Fiske - From Academic to Entrepreneur (and beyond)
Josh Mackanic - Making the Unseen Seen
Paul Vacquier - Trust, Crucibles, and Kevin Hart
Matt Johnson - Constraints, Sequencing, and Finding the Fun
Nicole Neeman Brady - Intrapreneurship, Entrepreneurship and Public Service
Steve Kloos - Thinking Right to Left
Dr. Reinhard Hübner, CEO at SKion
Anthea Sargeaunt, CEO and Co-founder of 2S Water
David Stanton, CEO at Cleanwater1, Inc.
Adam Tank, Co-Founder & Chief Customer Officer at Transcend
John Bertrand, Co-Founder and CEO of Daupler
Tyler Henke, Co-Founder and CEO of Ziptility
Matt Swindle, Chairman, CEO, and Co-founder at NLine Energy, Inc.
George Hawkins, Founder and CEO of Moonshot Missions
Wayne Byrne, Co-Founder and Director of Method Capital and Venture Partner at Burnt Island Ventures
Christine Boyle - Founder of Valor Water Analytics and Partner at Burnt Island Ventures
Alex Rappaport - The Power of Entrepreneurial Process
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