Business Model Presentation Summary · Hour(1( Hour2( Hour3( Hour4(Milk! LocalTransport! LimitedMilkSupply ! (Noaccess!toremote ! dairyfarmers)! LowerQuality!! (HighBacteria!Count)

Start-‐Up Thinking How Systems Thinking Helps Entrepreneurial

Ventures Start, Grow, and Mature

November 28, 2011

Sorin Grama

+1 415 847 9017 sorin@promethean-‐power.com

Redefining Rural Refrigeration

©Copyright 2011, Promethean Power Systems, Inc.

Agenda

System Evolution a story Frame-‐by-‐frame analysis Startup thinking


The Inspiration


Milk Collection Process


Hour 3 Hour 2 Hour 1 Hour 4

Milk Local Transport Limited Milk Supply (No access to remote

dairy farmers)

Lower Quality (High Bacteria Count)

High Transportation Cost

(Multiple Trips)

Village Collector Truck Driver Dairy Processor Dairy Farmer

Bacterial Growth over time

Milk Collection Racing Against Time


Milk Chiller Architecture Top Level

Power Generation

Unit

Cooling Unit

Cold Storage Unit

Milk

Electrical Power

Cooling Power


Standard Milk Chiller Architecture

Power Cooling Unit

Cold Storage Unit

Milk

Electrical Power

Cooling Power

Grid

Compressor

Condenser Stainless Steel Silo

Agitator


Rural Milk Chiller Architecture

Unreliable Power Cooling Unit

Cold Storage Unit

Milk

Electrical Power

Cooling Power

Diesel Generator

Grid Compressor


Agitator


Rural Milk Chiller


Prior Knowledge Solar




Cold Storage Unit

Electrical Power

Cooling Power

Diesel Generator

Grid Compressor


Agitator



Cooling Unit

Cold Storage Unit

Electrical Power

Cooling Power

Compressor


Agitator

Solar


Generation 1

Milk

Electrical Power

Cooling Power

Solar SS Silo

Agitator

Thermal Energy Storage

Unit

Ice

Rapid Chiller


Gen1 Installation March 2010


Generation 1

Electrical Power

Cooling Power

Solar SS Silo

Agitator


Unit

Ice

Rapid Chiller


Generation 2


Cold Storage Unit

Electrical Power

Cooling Power

Grid Compressor

Condenser


Unit

Cooling Power

Solar

SS Silo

Agitator

Rapid Chiller


Gen 2 Installation March 2011


Generation 2


Cold Storage Unit

Electrical Power

Cooling Power

Grid Compressor

Condenser


Unit

Cooling Power

Solar

SS Silo

Agitator

Rapid Chiller


Generation 2.5


Electrical Power

Grid Compressor

Condenser

Cooling Power

Diesel Generator

Rapid Chiller


Gen 2.5


Generation 3

Cooling Unit

Cold Storage Unit

Electrical Power

Cooling Power

4-‐5 Hours of Grid

Compressor

Condenser


Unit

Cooling Power

SS Silo

Agitator

Rapid Chiller


Generation 1

Electrical Power

Cooling Power

Solar SS Silo

Agitator


Unit

Ice

Rapid Chiller


Generation 2


Cold Storage Unit

Electrical Power

Cooling Power

Grid Compressor

Condenser


Unit

Cooling Power

Solar

SS Silo

Agitator

Rapid Chiller


Generation 3

Cooling Unit

Cold Storage Unit

Electrical Power

Cooling Power


Compressor

Condenser


Unit

Cooling Power

SS Silo

Agitator

Rapid Chiller


Generation 3

Cooling Unit

Cold Storage Unit

Electrical Power

Cooling Power

Compressor

Condenser


Unit

Cooling Power

SS Silo

Agitator

Rapid Chiller



Complete Milk Refrigeration System

Thermal Energy Battery

Rapid Milk Chiller

Refrigeration Compressor

Milk Storage Silo


System Evolution

Capital Cost

Operating

Cost

Gen 2 Solar

Gen 1 Ice

Gen 2.5 RMC Gen 3

TSS


Start-‐up Thinking

1. Beware the Voice of the Customer

2. Funding as system input & project milestone

3. Optimize for minimal set of viable features

4. Pivoting is essential; system boundaries are flexible

5. Stay focused on the problem, not the solution


Unreliable Electricity

in Villages =

Low Milk Quality and High Transportation Cost

Current Solution: Diesel Generator


Unreliable Electricity in Villages

= Low Milk Quality +

High Transportation Cost


Our Solution Cool Milk with 5 Hours of Grid

Rapid Milk Chiller Rapidly cools milk from 34 °C to 4 °C

Thermal Energy Battery 5 hours to charge Can cool 500L milk


Further Reading

Case Study: Can Solar Power Pay?

http://www.inc.com/magazine/201109/business-‐pivot-‐case-‐study-‐promethean.html


http://www.inc.com/magazine/201109/business-pivot-case-study-promethean.html









Summary Promethean Power

Developing innovative solutions for cold chain supply First application milk cooling

Fruits & vegetables, vaccines, vending machines

Portfolio of patent-‐pending technologies Thermal Energy Storage

Received purchase orders from Indian dairies Raising Series B funding & hiring in India


Start-‐Up Thinking How Systems Thinking Helps Entrepreneurial

Ventures Start, Grow, and Mature

November 28, 2011

Sorin Grama

+1 415 847 9017 sorin@promethean-‐power.com

Redefining Rural Refrigeration


Business Model Presentation Summary · Hour(1( Hour2( Hour3( Hour4(Milk! LocalTransport! LimitedMilkSupply ! (Noaccess!toremote ! dairyfarmers)! LowerQuality!! (HighBacteria!Count)

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