Founders' Valley
Founders' Valley
26 min • Nature & Environment, Business & Technology, Nature & Environment, Business & Technology • 2018

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From Deutsche Welle comes the tech focused series Founders' Valley. Season one follows Fridtjof Detzner– the founder of successful German startup Jimdo– on a journey through Asia. Looking for visionary ideas, Fridtjof meets with startup founders, organizations and activists working on innovative and inspiring solutions. In season two of Founders’ Valley, female entrepreneurs from Germany travel throughout Asia to meet inspiring entrepreneurs and see how their ideas are changing the planet.

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Mongolia: Between Tradition and Globalization
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1. Mongolia: Between Tradition and Globalization
26 mins

Mongolia is undergoing rapid transformation. Fridtjof ’s search leads him to inspiring founders hoping to profit from global markets and make their dreams come true.

Hong Kong: Urban Visions
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2. Hong Kong: Urban Visions
26 mins

Hong Kong is one of the world’s most expensive cities. German startup founder Fridtjof Detzner explores how high rents affect residents and young creatives. With architect Vicky Chan, he discusses future solutions for increasingly crowded cities.

Taiwan: Technology - Promise or Peril
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3. Taiwan: Technology - Promise or Peril
26 mins

Young founders in Taiwan are taking electronics manufacturing to the next level. They tell Fridtjof about the positive and negative impacts of technology.

Malaysia: Energize the World
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4. Malaysia: Energize the World
26 mins

Founders in Malaysia are stepping up to the plate. German entrepreneur Fridtjof Detzner talks to them about the increasing demand for energy and their drive to find alternatives. The vision: to secure the planet's energy supply.

Singapore: Horizons of Health
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5. Singapore: Horizons of Health
26 mins

Will we grow replacement organs in the lab? Will only the rich be able to afford medical innovations? Entrepreneurs in Singapore share their visionary answers with Fridtjof.

Indonesia: Food for the Future
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6. Indonesia: Food for the Future
26 mins

Indonesia relies on food imports – it doesn’t grow enough to feed its exploding population. Innovative young founders present German entrepreneur Fridtjof Detzner with forward-looking solutions like vertical farming in cities or insects as food.

Bangladesh: Worlds of Work
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7. Bangladesh: Worlds of Work
26 mins

In Bangladesh, one of the world’s poorest countries, Fridtjof encounters brutal working conditions and meets optimistic founders seeking to move their country forward.

Indonesia: Sacred Water - Scarce Water
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8. Indonesia: Sacred Water - Scarce Water
26 mins

Bali, the ‘island of holy water’, is running out of clean water. Founders there help remote communities gain access to the valuable resource and urge facilities for tourists to use water more frugally.

India: Drowning in Plastic
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9. India: Drowning in Plastic
26 mins

India is drowning in plastic waste. Fridtjof meets with visionary founders who want to ad- dress the country’s pollution crisis and are fighting for a cleaner India.

India: The Climate Challenge
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10. India: The Climate Challenge
26 mins

As India seeks to address the problem, more and more entrepreneurs there are coming up with ideas to tackle climate change before it’s too late.