Welcome back, Solar Warrior.
Today's entrepreneur is no stranger to the wild and crazy ride we call the solar coaster. He cut his teeth in the industry more than a decade ago and has worked at companies you'd recognize like Tesla. He got the entrepreneurial bug several years back, in this case, seeing before many others the coming wave and rise of energy storage and the need for a slightly different format and a form factor in the market that was underserving almost entirely unserved at that time in history.
We'll hear more about that and how Omeed Badkoobeh and Yotta Energy have sought to address a little addressed market that is actually a huge total addressable market. We'll dig into energy storage for commercial and industrial as well as the journey of this young entrepreneur today on SunCast.
Omeed Badkoobeh is the co-founder and CEO of Yotta Energy. Badkoobeh has over 10 years’ experience in solar PV, energy storage, and the electric vehicle industry. He has been personally responsible for sales exceeding $10M for renewable technologies ranging from microgrids to electric vehicles. Omeed is the co-inventor of the SolarLEAF™ technology and was awarded a U.S. patent for it. Prior roles include working at Tesla and at Evoke Electric Motorcycles, a startup based in China.
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Resources
Connect with Omeed on LinkedIn
Check out the amazing work of Yotta Energy on LinkedIn, Twitter, and their website
Books mentioned
Venture Deals - Brad Feld
The Culture Code - Daniel Coyle