They Said It Can't Be Done

They Say It Can’t Be Done
1.The movie “They say it can't be done” is a movie that puts together 4 companies who have taken on the challenge of improving ways of life to make them a lot better for the environment. The first company focuses on shorting the organ receiver wait list. Recently there has been a shortage in organs that are ready to be used in medical procedures but an increase in the people who need it. The company has come up with a way to 3d print the organs in a fast and efficient way but is held back from initiating it due to regulations. Another company has taken on the challenge of creating meat without killing animals. They have taken cells from their animal without hurting the animal and have genetically grown meat that is described as tasting more like “chicken than chicken”. They are solving the problem of animal cruelty and also being more efficient with land because the meat companies have to have a lot of land for the animals and to feed them. Their company has also faced backlash from regulations and people not wanting to give it a chance because it's not “real” meat. The third company focuses on carbon dioxide and cleaning up the air in the atmosphere. They have created a product that captures carbon dioxide 1000 times more than a tree could. They are trying to fight climate change but they know with the regulations they could never be profitable. The last company grows muscles and kelp out in the ocean. They provide a great source of protein only using the ocean in its natural form. But again regulations are holding the company back from making any real progress. All of these are entrepreneurial because they are finding a problem in the world and are designing a product to improve/fix the problem.
2.It is interesting to see that there really are companies that are willing to take on these big problems in the world that just seem to keep getting worse and worse. I always hear politicians talk about what they are gonna do to fix these problems but you never see the result of it, but in this movie you get to see the innovation that is going on to try and overcome these burdens. It is also interesting to see just how hard it is to take on these issues not from the point of the idea of innovation but execution. Everyone of these companies are being held back from success and change because of regulations and it seems like it is just an ongoing process that may never resolve.

1. These companies affect society by fixing the problems society has created. Whether or not society agrees with the companies ways of fixing the issues of climate change or where their meat comes from, the fact is that these companies have innovated old and more harmful ways of doing things to now making it more efficient and better for earth overall. The ways it is affecting society is making the air better, ocean cleaner, more land and animals and literally giving life saving options so people won’t have their life depend on a waitlist.
   Society is by far the biggest burden for these companies. First off they caused the problems to begin with and second these companies are seeing the success they deserve because of all the regulations they have to get past before they can even market their product. Every company will tell you regulations are necessary but at the same time they hinder innovation. In the movie there was a quote that said “big companies love regulations because they hinder other smaller businesses from innovating”. For the bigger companies it wouldn't make sense for them to not support regulations because they won't have to worry about a small business coming up and ruining their market and taking away sales. A prime example of this was the Uber and taxi industry. Uber had to illegally start up to avoid their idea of being put down by the taxi people who controlled the market.
   The interaction is confusing. On one hand people always complain about their problems and these companies are fixing them. Another part of society does not want them to be successful because they would have to make expensive changes to their business to keep up. And the last part are the regulators who hinder innovation to real world problems.