Who is Manoj Bhargava & What is The Mission of Billions in Change?
Manoj Bhargava, the founder of 5-Hour Energy drink, has pledged to give 99 percent of his $4 billion net worth to charity. That’s the actual new documentary about Bhargava called “Billions in Change”. It is fascinating that Bhargava is contributing a $4 billion net worth mostly on the strength of the energy shots. Likewise, it is fascinating he would still have $40 million left, after giving away 99 percent of his fortune. But if you watch Billions in Change, from an entrepreneurial perspective, you will find yourself just as attracted by Bhargava’s philosophies around innovation. The first question Bhargava asks when someone approaches him with a project. “Is it useful?”
Bhargava elaborates: “If it doesn’t make us money but it really changes the lives of people, we’re going to do it and if you come up with something cool that’s not useful, we don’t do it. I have no interest and I don’t want to be cool.”
The shop, called Stage 2 Innovations, has its own facility on 5-Hour Energy’s 10-building, 25-acre base in Farmington Hills, Michigan. Its mission is to “invent stuff that makes a difference in other people’s lives.” Specifically, Stage 2 focuses on inventions that can help the poorer half of the world make their lives better and that’s what he defines as a great invention. The following are the solutions on which Manoj Bhargava and his team are working on:
1. Hans Free Electric:
The Hans Free Electric machine gives people the power to generate electricity themselves and also pollution-free. The machine is small, light, and simple. A person pedals a hybrid bicycle. The bicycle wheel drives a flywheel, which turns a generator, which charges a battery. Pedaling for one-hour yields electricity for 24 hours with no utility bill, no exhaust, and no waste.
2. RainMaker:
They have created a machine called RainMaker. It mimics nature, turning seawater or polluted water into freshwater suitable for drinking and agriculture. RainMaker makes more than just a little water. One machine the size of a small car can make a thousand gallons per hour. Unlike other desalination systems, Rain Maker recycles its heat energy making it incredibly clean and efficient.
3. Renew:
Renew is a blood flow enhancement machine that uses ECP (External Counterpulsation). ECP enhances blood flow by squeezing blood from the lower body into the core body while the heart is at rest. It’s like an auxiliary heart pumping blood between heartbeats. This action increases circulation while reducing the heart’s workload. The enhanced circulation widens blood vessels causing more blood to reach all areas of the body.
4. Limitless Energy:
Not too far below the surface of the Earth, it’s hot. That heat can create enough clean energy to power the world, and help keep things cool above. Using cables made from graphene, a form of pure carbon 100 times stronger than steel, that heat can be conducted to the surface of the Earth to run turbines and generate electricity — without burning anything. We call it Limitless Energy.
Billions in Change is a movement to save the world by creating and implementing solutions to the most basic global problems like water, energy, and health. It will raise billions of people out of poverty and improve the lives of everyone (rich and poor). Now you know who Manoj Bhargava is and what his mission is. If you are interested to know more you can follow his solutions through BillionsInChange.
