Today I sit down with Vanu Bose, Founder and CEO of Vanu. Vanu attended MIT and in-between his undergrad and graduate work, spent two years working at a non-profit which brought him to over thirty countries around the world. After MIT, Vanu started a company based off of his PhD work, which was around the idea of software upgrades instead of hardware upgrades to update cellular network standards (2G to 3G to 4G etc), potentially saving the wireless industry billions of dollars. Their technology is being used in places like Vermont, India, and Rwanda where they are currently working to provide coverage to one million people who previously had no wireless coverage. Currently, there is over one billion people in the world who don’t have voice coverage. Vanu is looking to change that.   In this episode, Vanu shares among other things:                 How they revamped the business after the economic crisis of 2008                 How they were able to infiltrate a market with four major incumbent suppliers                 How they’re able to profitably run a wireless base station in what was previously an unprofitable location                 Why they chose Rwanda to prove the feasibility of their technology                 The biggest lessons he learned from his father, the founder of Bose Corp.   Links from this episode:                 Clay Christianson                 The Innovator’s Dilemna                 Off-Grid Electric                 Securus Technologies                 Bose                 Dr. Amar Bose                 Transatomic Power                 Getting Things Done                 The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up                 10-Day Detox Diet                 Sleep Smarter                 Vanu on Facebook                 Vanu on Twitter   If you liked this episode: Follow the podcast on Twitter Subscribe on iTunes or your podcast app and write a review Get in touch with feedback, ideas, or to say hi: nic {AT} startupbostonpodcast [DOT] com