Putting a business idea to the test

Susan Todd | Rutgers Business School

The Sulis team is crowdfunding to pay for a pilot of their water purification system in India next month. It’s another step in the team's quest for the $1 million Hult Prize...
As a concept, Sulis got its start in a social innovation class at Rutgers-New Brunswick Honor College, where Modak began collaborating with Osumi and Pomeranz. The idea was selected as a project for the Innovation Lab, an incubator within the Honors College, where the three students, joined by Mendelow, have continued to develop the technology at the heart of Sulis, which uses ultraviolet light to sanitize water – about 12 liters in seven hours.

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