26 min
03 Fixing What's Broken with Ruby Pillai, Founder of iWarranty What Does Green Really Mean?
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- Business
Meet Dr Ruby Pillai, founder of iWarranty, the app that manages warranties for all your electronic items, and enables you to find and organise repairs when something breaks.
Electronic waste is a huge global problem. As much as 50 million tonnes of e-waste is produced globally every year, weighing more than all the commercial airliners ever flown, and less than 20% of e-waste is recycled.
Ruby’s journey to create iWarranty began when she was working as a finance lawyer. Ruby had a set of headphones that broke within the warranty period, but by the time she had processed the paperwork and contacted the manufacturer, the warranty had expired.
As a lawyer familiar with paperwork and complex processes, Ruby knew that if she struggled, others would have even more difficulties. There was a real opportunity to streamline the claims process, access repairs and improve the life span of hard-to-recycle items.
Ruby says: “Becoming an entrepreneur was a crazy move, I was really frightened by it, but the frustration became the fire in me to keep going.”
You can join us on Twitter @greenreallymean and if you love listening to us, please rate review and subscribe wherever you're listening. Thanks so much.
Connect with your host, Frankie Cotton
Visit https://www.frankiecotton.com or follow Frankie on Twitter and Instagram.
This podcast is a Let's Be Frank production.
Meet Dr Ruby Pillai, founder of iWarranty, the app that manages warranties for all your electronic items, and enables you to find and organise repairs when something breaks.
Electronic waste is a huge global problem. As much as 50 million tonnes of e-waste is produced globally every year, weighing more than all the commercial airliners ever flown, and less than 20% of e-waste is recycled.
Ruby’s journey to create iWarranty began when she was working as a finance lawyer. Ruby had a set of headphones that broke within the warranty period, but by the time she had processed the paperwork and contacted the manufacturer, the warranty had expired.
As a lawyer familiar with paperwork and complex processes, Ruby knew that if she struggled, others would have even more difficulties. There was a real opportunity to streamline the claims process, access repairs and improve the life span of hard-to-recycle items.
Ruby says: “Becoming an entrepreneur was a crazy move, I was really frightened by it, but the frustration became the fire in me to keep going.”
You can join us on Twitter @greenreallymean and if you love listening to us, please rate review and subscribe wherever you're listening. Thanks so much.
Connect with your host, Frankie Cotton
Visit https://www.frankiecotton.com or follow Frankie on Twitter and Instagram.
This podcast is a Let's Be Frank production.
26 min