Creating Wood for Floors and Walls from Palm Waste with Mohammed Harakate from Alternative Solutions

<p>Meet <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohammed-harakate" target="_blank">Mohammed Harakate</a>, the co-founder of <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Alternative-Solutions-155208874841184/about/?ref=page_internal" target="_blank">Alternative Solutions</a>, a startup in Morocco that transforms palm fronds, a renewable source and byproduct of the date cultivation, into wood.</p> <p>In the interview Mohammed shares: </p> <ul><li>How reverse engineering helped them to build their own machine to convert palm fronds into wood blocks</li><li>How in depth research helped him and his team to turn a problem into a solution and create wins for local communities, palm tree owners and off takers </li><li>And why he didn’t pay much attention to the opinion of his friends when they thought it was a bad idea to become a social entrepreneur</li></ul> <p>He also shares why he reduced his hours working in his startup and took a job at a foundation driving social change and what his advice for young Moroccan entrepreneurs is.</p> <p>There is a lot of gold in this interview with Mohammed Harakate and we hope you enjoy the conversation as much as we did.</p> <p>And now, without further ado enter Mohammed...</p>