Can it be Done?

The movie explores many alternatives to saving people in a revolutionary way, the planet, and exploring entrepreneurship in a field not likely thought of as entrepreneurial. When thinking entrepreneurial, life saving procedures aren’t the initial thought. With this less explored aspect of entrepreneurship being brought to light, it's interesting to see all these different fields of study apply entrepreneurial thinking and actions to their work to help the betterment of people and the planet. In the movie, Anthony Atala creates cutting-edge technology that can create livers and other organs from a 3D printer. This would cut the waiting list completely, and save lives of those who can’t wait any longer. Josh Tetrik develops a way to produce meat without any animal involvement, and Dr. Klause Lackner creates an alternative to trees that would help the air quality. These are such interesting examples of entrepreneurship simply because they’re solving such unique and universal problems. Not only that but also the way they’re going about solving these problems. They have all developed solutions that involve quite a bit of technology. The relationship displayed in the movie is not one spoken about often. Bringing to light all the regulations concerning the making of lab grown meat, the wait list and FDA approval needed to start testing on patients, and even the making of these tree alternatives. With all the regulations, it’s no surprise that most innovations do not make it as far as these ones did. Despite these, the entrepreneurs and their team persisted and are still continuing with the creation of their products. They’re doing this in ways that would call for the products to become widespread and be used to a capacity never thought of by them. Their process is also a little more complex compared to other entrepreneurs. This is because they have more regulations and trial stages involving people that need to be tested on. In the medical field, innovations take longer because of this. Without being able to test the product’s purpose, it can cause uneasiness but this is necessary for the product’s feedback and success. In other departments of entrepreneurship such as the food industry, this is also hard to tackle for Josh and his team simply because many are against the possibility of alternatives or vegan options. They have to educate stubborn people about their product without them getting it confused with other alternatives to meat. This is hard because not only do they have to get FDA approved but they have to go through multiple stages to avoid certain ingredients that are not good for consumption. They however strive to give consumers an insight to their production, not allowing anything to be hidden. This is to ensure the consumers can trust the product and see what all goes into the process. With all these aspects and processes that go into these products, its no surprise that this side of entrepreneurship isn’t talked about as often. Entrepreneurs like these are important when it comes to innovations in the medical field, for the growth of science, and pushing science to it’s fullest capability.