The $300 House

ABOUT US

The $300 House was first described in a Harvard Business Review blog post by Vijay Govindarajan and Christian Sarkar. Initially, we just wanted to put the concept out there, but now, due to the tremendous response, we've decided to see how far we can go toward making this idea a reality.

Learn more about our approach here >>

ADVISORS

The following folks are advisors for the project:

• Shaun Abrahamson, Colaboratorie Mutopo
• Ramona Albert, Albert, Johnson
• Christina M. Alfonso
• Salem Avan, UN Peacekeeping
• Christian Blyt, Emily Carr University
• Gaurav Bhalla, Knowledge Kinetics
• Scott Berinato, Harvard Business Review
• John Seely Brown, Deloitte Center for the Edge
• Valeria Budinich, Ashoka
• Kate Bulkley, media expert, analyst, and commentator
• Stephan Butler
• Madhav Chavan, Pratham
• Dave Cranmer, Phase 3 Consulting
• Ophelia Dahl, Partners In Health
• Derek "Deek" Diedricksen, Relaxshacks.com
• Kyle Ellicott, Techno-entrepreneur
• Samuel Freeman, IXL Center
• Bob Freling, Solar Electric Light Fund
• Owen Geiger, EarthbagBuilding.com + Geiger Research Institute of Sustainable Building
• Michael Gordon, Ross School of Business, University of Michigan
• Vijay Govindarajan, Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College
• Vinay Gupta, Hexayurt Project
• Erich Habian, Wienerberger
• John Hagel III, Deloitte Center for the Edge
• Umair Haque, Havas Media Lab
• Stuart L. Hart, Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University
• Ryan Henderson, MyShedPlans.com
• David "Dread" Hinds, Steel Pulse
• Eric Ho, Architecture Commons
• Byron Katie, The Work
• Larry Keeley, Doblin
• Daniel Johnson, Watershed Studios
• Harvey Lacey, Recycled Plastic Block Houses
• Benjamin Linder, International Development Design Summit
• Daniel Klein-Marcuschamer, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• Arun Lal, Miloka.com
• Stacey Lawson, Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology, UC Berkeley
• Javed Matin
• Rahul Mehrotra, RMA Architects
• Roland Merten, BASF
• Paul Miller a.k.a D.J. Spooky, musician, writer, artist
• Fred Murrell, Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design
• Patrice Nevil, Zanmi Lasante
• Paul Newman, CO-OP Branding
• Paul Polak, BoP revolutionary
• Doug Pushard, HarvestH20
• Shourin Roy
• David Sands, Bamboo Living
• Nitin Sharma, Dartmouth MBA student 2012 (see report on India)
• VK Shashikumar, Three Headed Lion
• Manoj Sinha, Husk Power Systems
• David Smith, Affordable Housing Institute
• Douglas K. Smith, Rapid Results Institute
• Rafael Smith, Ubershelter
• Andreas Stavropoulos, XS | Land Architects
• Sunil Suri, Menlo Capital Group
• John Tammaro, KnowledgeLink
• W. Scott Tew, Center for Energy Efficiency and Sustainability, Ingersoll Rand
• Chairul Tanjung, Chairman, National Economic Committee of Indonesia
• Greg Thomas, Singapore Management University
• Bastian Unterberg, Jovoto
• Helen Walters, Doblin
• Jack Wilson, Dartmouth Studio Art
• Christian Sarkar, disruptive fellow in the back

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Thanks for your interest and support,

Vijay Govindarajan
and
Christian Sarkar

suggestions? contact us: info@300house.com

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