Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
How a big pivot led UNSW Canberra Alumnus Shannon to pitching his business to the King of England and revolutionising access to clean drinking water in the process. Sometimes the secret sauce to start-up success isn’t the invention but the business plan.
Find out more in We Built This Thing Episode 1 with Shannon Lemanski, who runs a business that creates water from thin air. On this episode, Shannon chats about pivoting your start-up after funding failure, committing to your mission and transforming lives in the process.
Presented by UNSW Centre for Ideas.
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How a big pivot led UNSW Canberra Alumnus Shannon to pitching his business to the King of England and revolutionising access to clean drinking water in the process. Sometimes the secret sauce to start-up success isn’t the invention but the business plan.
Find out more in We Built This Thing Episode 1 with Shannon Lemanski, who runs a business that creates water from thin air. On this episode, Shannon chats about pivoting your start-up after funding failure, committing to your mission and transforming lives in the process.
Presented by UNSW Centre for Ideas.
For more videos like this subscribe to our channel: youtube.com/user/unsw?sub_confirmation=1
We're the official channel of UNSW Sydney, a brilliantly located university between the coast and the city.
UNSW Sydney is one of Australia's leading research and teaching universities. We're a welcoming community, promoting lasting knowledge and creating an academic environment where outstanding students and scholars from around the world can be inspired to excel in their programs of study and research.
