Concrete Canvas - the building in a bag Wil crawford and Peter Srewin are jolt rectors of Concrete Canvas, and have developed an innovative product an snflatable concrete shelter. They came up with ‘theidea in response toa competition to fine new uses fr cement. They visited refugee ‘camps in Africa to do further research, They believe their product could get rouned ‘the problem of supplying cheap, easy:to rs in disaster situations such as ‘The shelter is basicaly a sealed plastic sack that measures under two metres square Inside a fabric that has been soaked in ‘coment and this s attached ta che out ‘ofan inflatable plastic liner. To inflate the shelter, the sack filed with water, the fabric {s unfolded and a chemical pack rleasos g into the plastic ner, Twelve hours later, the thin concrete fabric has set inthe shape of the Inflated ine, creating a rigid but lightweight shelter No raining is needed, and the weight and size ace similar ta these of tents used by ‘ald organizations and the milltary. Crawford and Brewin alm to test thelr idea with an aid organization such as Médecins ‘Sans Erontares or CARE. Ifthe testing goes wel they hope to raise the necessary funding totake the project forward, initially, they need an investment of $300,000 to build and feldtest prototypes Uset i fe of Co "minimum 10 years me needed to uty Time unt P shelter: 40) minates il shelter is ready to use: 1 What advice would you give to Will Crawford and Peter Brewin about obtaining the investment they need? What information would potential investors need before deciding to put their ‘money into this product? Do you think this is a good project to invest in? Why? In this activity you will be both an entrepreneur and an investor. Your aim is to be either the winning entrepreneur or the winning investor. The winner is the person or team with the most money at the end. Entrepreneurs «Present anew idea to the im init. You have three minutes to make your ‘pitch Investors Beat em Cd Cee URaLS rer ir eee a business pitch eet rel presented and easily understood Sorc busine vers th es pets and future growth Pou cece) et tn es ore eos tors and get them to invest as much money as possible + You have $500,000 to invest. Your aim is to invest as muca money as possible in the winning idea. + You can invest all your money in one idea or divide it between different ideas. t in Your awn business idea, and you don't have to spend all your money. # You cant i ‘Turn to File 09 on page 138 and follow the instructions Teer] ding. Be awa ed SE eC