Started from the BottomJessica O. Matthews: What Does it Take to be an Inventor?
Started from the Bottom
Every week on Started from the Bottom, host Justin Richmond interviews successful people who grew up on the outside – people of color, people who were…16 clip(s)
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At 19, Jessica O. Matthews invented the SOCCKET, a soccer ball that stores kinetic energy, and then converts that power into light. Jessica’s invention took her from the Harvard classroom to audiences with U.S. Presidents, and it jump-started her journey into the power and infrastructure industry. In this episode, the founder and CEO of Uncharted Power talks about what kind of thinking it takes to invent something, and how witnessing the energy crisis of her native Nigeria inspired her to invent a power-storing soccer ball.
