The Water MBA

The Water MBA

Why is water igniting now? "I really don't know."
Four ideas from Ravi Kurani's conversation with Tom Ferguson of Burnt Island Ventures that I didn't want to lose.
How to Get Involved in The Water MBA: 7 Simple Ways
A quick map of everything we’ve built, and how to make it yours.
Who are you working for?
How a small minority can distort the way you see your entire career in water, and the magic skill worth training every day.
The man who asks the questions
Years of asking founders about funding, and now the microphone is pointed the other way. Paul Gagliardo wants to film the Colorado from Wyoming to the…
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The day the NEOM backlog disappeared
What NEOM is teaching us about cost estimation, business models, and what happens when the assumptions get bigger than the organisation that has to live…

August 2026

How Spain’s emptiest province manages water
Notes from a holiday in Soria, where the Duero is still small enough to understand.
Where should we build a Desalination Plant?
From seawater quality and bathymetry to energy connections and construction constraints, the location can completely change CAPEX, OPEX, and project…
The trick inside the membrane
Everyone wants proof before committing, but proof only comes after someone does.
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Platforms, not projects?
M&A is the action. Platform is the strategy. The vocabulary I had to learn and an invitation to whoever can explain it better than I can.
Water that pays for itself
The business case of a closed-loop water economy.
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Islands as laboratories of the Water–Energy Nexus.
Comparing Cuba, Cyprus and Gran Canaria reveals how rainfall, desalination and geopolitics shape water and energy security.
Before the next chapter: Walid Khoury
A conversation with Walid Khoury, published now for reasons that will become obvious.
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