Shanghai, China - Sina English:
Interview: Jim Poss, inventor of the BigBelly
January 23, 2007 01:40 PM
(R: Reporter; P: Jim Poss)
R: Let me delve a little bit into your early years. I know your ecological interest began in high school. Was there any particular influence on what you are doing now, say Physics or Chemistry? And while at Duke, you had a "full-fledged dedication" to the subject. How was that like?
P: As a child, I visited the Boston Museum of Science a lot. My parents enrolled me in a Saturday science class there and I loved it. I had an influential mentor - geology teacher in high school. Then in college, I tried environmental studies and when I took a few classes and realized the magnitude of the problem we have to solve, I got very committed...