#179 - KRYSTAL PERSAUD, CEO of Grouphug
SUMMARY
THE WINDOW SOLAR PANEL, ENVIRONMENTALISM AND SHARK TANK
This week CEO of Grouphug, Krystal Persaud joins David and Marina of FAME Architecture & Design to discuss her journey in creating the Window Solar Panel, founding Grouphug, sustainability and environmentalism, running a successful Kickstarter campaign, surviving Shark Tank and working with Mark Cuban. Enjoy!
ABOUT KRYSTAL
Grouphug was founded by Krystal Persaud, a product designer based out of New York City. Krystal is obsessed with developing products that fall in the intersection of education, technology, and society. Anything else is not worth designing.
She's a Founding Member & former Senior Director of Product Design at littleBits. She's a graduate of the Georgia Tech School of Industrial Design. She's also an adjunct instructor at NJIT, SVA, and Parsons. She's spoken at numerous events including the annual AIGA Design Conference, IDSA’s International Design Conference, FIT's Women & Technology Symposium, MIT’s Sandbox Conference, & Wall Street Journal’s Future of Everything Festival.
