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Paul Polak States Entrepreneurs Are Global And The Best Are Willing To Take A Chance and Possibly Fail

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Paul Polak

  • Founder, International Development Enterprises (IDE)
  • male
  • Caucasian
  • 1934 (Age: 90 years old)
  • Paul Polak - Interview - D-Rev
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Biography

Paul Polak is president of International Development Enterprises (IDE), a nonprofit, poverty alleviation organization he founded in 1981. IDE pioneered the development and marketing of affordable technologies within developing countries. The Technology Museum of Innovation named IDE-International a Laureate for its development of "Easy Drip" a truly affordable micro-irrigation system for the rural farmers in developing countries. In 2004, Paul was awarded Ernst & Young's "2004 Entrepreneur of the Year" award in the category of social responsibility. As a result of technologies like "Easy Drip" and facilitated market entrance, IDE families have increased their net annual income by more than $200 million annually. Recently Polak was honored by Scientific American as one of the Top 50 innovators in 2003 for his work pioneering poverty alleviation worldwide. In 2007, Polak founded D-Rev, an organization created to design affordable technology for dollar-a day customers and developing markets where they can be sold profitably and sustainable at a fair market price. Paul Polak received his MD from the University of Western Ontario and practiced psychiatry for 23 years.

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Video 1 of 16 Paul Polak Discusses Threads In Life That Led To His Deeper Spiritual Connections
  • Paul Polak - Interview - D-Rev
  • 3/25/08
  • Paul Polak
  • 3 min. 19 sec.
Video 2 of 16 Paul Polak Discusses Threads In Life That Led To His Deeper Spiritual Connections
  • Paul Polak - Interview - D-Rev
  • 3/25/08
  • Paul Polak
  • 3 min. 19 sec.
Video 3 of 16 Paul Polak States Irrigation Example Can Be Applied To Hundreds of Other Issues Affecting Poor
  • Paul Polak - Interview - D-Rev
  • 3/25/08
  • Paul Polak
  • 4 min. 6 sec.
Video 4 of 16 Paul Polak States Irrigation Example Can Be Applied To Hundreds of Other Issues Affecting Poor
  • Paul Polak - Interview - D-Rev
  • 3/25/08
  • Paul Polak
  • 4 min. 6 sec.
Video 5 of 16 Paul Polak Discusses Introduction of Concept of Social Systems Intervention
  • Paul Polak - Interview - D-Rev
  • 3/25/08
  • Paul Polak
  • 3 min. 37 sec.
Video 6 of 16 Paul Polak Discusses Introduction of Concept of Social Systems Intervention
  • Paul Polak - Interview - D-Rev
  • 3/25/08
  • Paul Polak
  • 3 min. 37 sec.
Video 7 of 16 Paul Polak Discusses Importance of Curiosity and Listening When Trying To Understand An Issue
  • Paul Polak - Interview - D-Rev
  • 3/25/08
  • Paul Polak
  • 5 min. 20 sec.
Video 8 of 16 Paul Polak Discusses Importance of Curiosity and Listening When Trying To Understand An Issue
  • Paul Polak - Interview - D-Rev
  • 3/25/08
  • Paul Polak
  • 5 min. 20 sec.
Video 9 of 16 Paul Polak States Entrepreneurs Are Global And The Best Are Willing To Take A Chance and Possibly Fail
  • Paul Polak - Interview - D-Rev
  • 3/25/08
  • Paul Polak
  • 2 min. 11 sec.
Video 10 of 16 Paul Polak States Entrepreneurs Are Global And The Best Are Willing To Take A Chance and Possibly Fail
  • Paul Polak - Interview - D-Rev
  • 3/25/08
  • Paul Polak
  • 2 min. 11 sec.
Video 11 of 16 Paul Polak Discusses D-Rev Organization
  • Paul Polak - Interview - D-Rev
  • 3/25/08
  • Paul Polak
  • 1 min. 15 sec.
Video 12 of 16 Paul Polak Discusses D-Rev Organization
  • Paul Polak - Interview - D-Rev
  • 3/25/08
  • Paul Polak
  • 1 min. 15 sec.
Video 13 of 16 Paul Polak Discusses Market For Drip Irrigation And Clever Design Solution
  • Paul Polak - Interview - D-Rev
  • 3/25/08
  • Paul Polak
  • 3 min. 50 sec.
Video 14 of 16 Paul Polak Discusses Market For Drip Irrigation And Clever Design Solution
  • Paul Polak - Interview - D-Rev
  • 3/25/08
  • Paul Polak
  • 3 min. 50 sec.
Video 15 of 16 Paul Polak Discusses Private and Non-Profit Arms of Company, D-Rev
  • Paul Polak - Interview - D-Rev
  • 3/25/08
  • Paul Polak
  • 2 min. 58 sec.
Video 16 of 16 Paul Polak Discusses Private and Non-Profit Arms of Company, D-Rev
  • Paul Polak - Interview - D-Rev
  • 3/25/08
  • Paul Polak
  • 2 min. 58 sec.