312 - How to productize renewable energy assets, with Emilie Wangerman, VP Business Dev. at Lightsource BP

Welcome back, Solar Warrior!

Today is going to be a fun look inside the inner workings of one of the hot fast growing development companies in North America utility scale solar development.

I have really enjoyed the conversations that I've been having with Miss Emilie Wangerman, the Vice President of Business Development for Lightsource BP. Emilie has over 8 years of experience in power markets and energy policy, on both the buy-and-sell side of solar, storage, and distributed energy resources (DERs), as well as experience with generation and electric system operations and utility rate design, which is complemented by her background in technology development and process engineering.

We go deep into how Emily started at Lightsource how she has grown into an executive in the industry, and the intentional and not so intentional decisions that led her down that path. We also take a look at the way her experience at previous firms like PG&E and GE which have informed some of the decisions that she now gets to execute inside the marketplace. It's a wide-ranging conversation with someone I find particularly very interesting, and I hope you will too.

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Resources

Connect with Emilie on LinkedIn and follow her on Twitter

Check out the work of Lightsource BP at their website

Read:

One Year On

Books mentioned

Daring Greatly - Brené Brown

Salt: A World History - Mark Kurlansky

The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett

311 - SunCast Weekly Roundup, Presented by LG! Week 7

We're so excited to be back with you for SPI, ESI & NORTH AMERICA SMART ENERGY WEEK 2020 in its new virtual format. This is the final edition of the SunCast Weekly Roundup, presented by LG Solar, where we decided to go LIVE and catch some of the big takeaways from the first-ever Virtual Solar Power International.

In today’s episode, my Co-Host Joshua Porter from SolarCoaster and I held interesting conversations Inside the Green Room with cleantech leaders like Erika Myers from Smart Electric Power Alliance, Tara Lynn Gray from Fresno Metro Black Chamber of Commerce, David Schlosberg from Enel X, and AJ Perkins from Instant ON as they share with us their final insights on the sessions from last week, their experience participating in this fully-virtual format of North America’s most popular cleantech tradeshow, and what to expect for next year.

We had Brian Lynch, LG Electronic’s Director of Solar and Storage, and Julia Pyper, Host and Producer of Political Climate, starring yet again in our newest segment, “Industry Pulse, Presented by LG Solar”. During each week of the event, Brian went 1 on 1 with an industry expert to get hot takes and the latest topics impacting our industry.

We also spoke to Ann Gaglioti from Groundwork Renewables, and Christian Roselund from Rocky Mountain Institute, on the importance of the presidential elections for the clean energy industry, and why you should go out and vote!

Lastly, we had Danielle Danko from Solar Energy Trade Shows to wrap up these 7 weeks of content with some final thoughts around the efforts to bring SPI to life virtually, how the Virtual Tradeshow will go through the end of the year, and expectations for next year’s edition.

If you love this episode, then you should check out our more than 310 additional founder stories and startup advice at www.mysuncast.com. And sign up to receive a notification when the next episodes have dropped!

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310 - Span.io is revolutionizing a 100 year old home appliance, with CEO Arch Rao, ex Tesla Powerwall lead

Welcome back, Solar Warrior.

Today’s guest is Arch Rao, Founder & CEO of Span.IO, a technology company reinventing the electrical panel to enable the rapid adoption of renewable energy.  He is an engineer and entrepreneur with expertise in research, development and commercialization of energy technologies.

We’re going to not only explore how Span is advancing the very technology that supports your home devices, but also the background of this engineer and entrepreneur, and his expertise in storage systems and their integration to our energy world.

If you love this episode, then you should check out our more than 310 additional founder stories and startup advice at www.mysuncast.com. And sign up to receive a notification when the next episodes have dropped!

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Resources

Connect with Arch on LinkedIn

Check out the work of Span at their website and Twitter

Read

Ex-Tesla product exec raises $10 million for his mission to upgrade the lowly fuse box

Residential energy is becoming companies' business

Learning Vs. Earning At Work: A Value Comparison

Book mentioned

Start With Why - Simon Sinek

309 - SunCast Weekly Roundup Live at SPI 2020, Week 6

We're so excited to be back with you for SPI, ESI & NORTH AMERICA SMART ENERGY WEEK 2020 in its new virtual format. We're stoked to have been invited back by the SPI team to bring you an exciting new segment - the SunCast Weekly Roundup, presented by LG Solar. This is a recap of week 6, focused on Grid Integration.

In today’s episode, you’ll be able to hear insights from clean-energy thought leaders like Daisy Meyer, Robert Broadwater, Gwen Yamamoto and Lavannya Pulluveetil Barrera, as they share with us their insights on week 6 sessions, as well as their experience of participating in this fully-virtual format of North America’s most popular cleantech tradeshow.

We also had Brian Lynch, LG Electronic’s Director of Solar and Storage, and Kenneth Locklin, Director at Impax Asset Management, LLC starring in our newest segment, “Industry Pulse, Presented by LG Solar”. Each week, Brian will go 1 on 1 with an industry expert to get hot takes and the latest topics impacting our industry.

If you love this episode, then you should check out our more than 300 additional founder stories and startup advice at www.mysuncast.com. And sign up to receive a notification when the next episodes have dropped!

Thanks a ton to our podcast sponsors, PowerHub, and Lightsource BP for continuing to help make this content FREE to You! Please check them out and let me know what you think!

308 - How-to LinkedIn from a certified expert, Andy Foote of LinkedInsights

Welcome back, Solar Warrior!

Welcome to another Tactical Tuesday, a short-form conversation with subject-matter experts designed to give you practical tools, tips and advice for building your solar business or career.

Today’s guest is Andy Foote, a professional LinkedIn consultant. He’s spent the last decade obsessively testing multiple engagement strategies and building a large and supportive network on the largest professional networking website in the World. His podcast, Foote Notes, is an interview show featuring interesting people that he’s discovered on LinkedIn.

If you love this episode, then you should check out our more than 300 additional founder stories and startup advice at www.mysuncast.com. And sign up to receive a notification when the next episodes have dropped!

Thanks a ton to our podcast sponsors, PowerHub, and Lightsource BP for continuing to help make this content FREE to You! Please check them out and let me know what you think!

Resources

Listen to Andy’s podcast, Foote Notes

Connect with Andy on LinkedIn and Twitter

Check out Andy’s work at LinkedInsights

Read:

The LinkedIn Algorithm Explained In 25 Frequently Asked Questions

The Sophisticated User's Guide To LinkedIn

307 - How NREL helps bring Cleantech innovations to market, with Trish Cozart, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center Group Manager

Welcome back, Solar Warrior.

Thank you for giving me your time for yet another fantastic foray into the world of renewable energy, always listening to how these businesses are built and careers are made.

This week we have a really interesting angle on the way that cleantech companies are lifted from the dust.

Today's intrapreneur and entrepreneur is Trish Cozart, Program Manager for the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Center at the National Renewable Energy Lab in Colorado. Now, Trish has been recommended by several people, but a special shoutout to Antenna Group for helping make this interview happen for you.

Trish and I really dig into how the National Renewable Energy Lab, through its Innovation Entrepreneurship Center, is helping to spur entrepreneurship, hence supporting what most cleantech activists and advocates are trying to bring in to the world, both from funding as well as enabling a much broader network, far beyond just the dollars that go into the companies that come through the cohort's in her organization within NREL.

If you love this episode, then you should check out our more than 310 additional founder stories and startup advice at www.mysuncast.com. And sign up to receive a notification when the next episodes have dropped!

Thanks a ton to our podcast sponsor, PowerHub for continuing to help make this content FREE to You! Please check them out and let me know what you think!

Resources

Connect with Trish on LinkedIn and Twitter

Check out the work of NREL Innovation & Entrepreneurship at their website

Books mentioned

Breaking The Rules: Removing the Obstacles to Effortless High Performance - Kurt Wright

Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator (IN2) Cohort 6

306 - SunCast Weekly Roundup Live at SPI 2020, Week 5

We're so excited to be back with you for SPI, ESI & NORTH AMERICA SMART ENERGY WEEK 2020 in its new virtual format. We're stoked to have been invited back by the SPI team to bring you an exciting new segment - the SunCast Weekly Roundup, presented by LG Solar. This is a recap of week 5, focused on Grid Integration.

In today’s episode, you’ll be able to hear insights from clean-energy thought leaders like Emma Nicholson, Jon Wellinghoff, and Dawn Weisz, as they share with us their insights on week 5 sessions, as well as their experience of participating in this fully-virtual format of North America’s most popular cleantech tradeshow.

We also had Brian Lynch, LG Electronic’s Director of Solar and Storage, and Ian Lochore, Vice President and General Manager of Baker Electric Home Energy starring in our newest segment, “Industry Pulse, Presented by LG Solar”. Each week, Brian will go 1 on 1 with an industry expert to get hot takes and the latest topics impacting our industry.

If you love this episode, then you should check out our more than 300 additional founder stories and startup advice at www.mysuncast.com. And sign up to receive a notification when the next episodes have dropped!

Thanks a ton to our podcast sponsors, PowerHub, and Lightsource BP for continuing to help make this content FREE to You! Please check them out and let me know what you think!

305 - What is localized generation? With Phil Watts

Welcome back, Solar Warrior!

Special shoutout to Nicole Watson from Iconic Earth Foundation back in Episode 277 for the intro to Dr. Phil Watts, today’s entrepreneur.

Dr. Watts studied aeronautical engineering at McGill University, and went on to earn his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering Sciences from Caltech, where he lobbied for on-campus recycling and green buildings. Upon graduation, he worked as a research scientist for around a decade, publishing more than 30 scientific papers in some of the top peer-reviewed journals in the world. This pioneering work, carried out with renowned academic colleagues, created the foundations for a brand new field of science and resulted in at least one paper being referenced more than 100 times.

Today’s story is about a critical moment in 2002 when his daughter was born, and the newspaper headlines rang alarm bells that would forever change the history for him and his family, as well as how he showed up to the world. Stick around to find more about what has happened ever since.

If you love this episode, then you should check out our more than 310 additional founder stories and startup advice at www.mysuncast.com. And sign up to receive a notification when the next episodes have dropped!

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Resources

Connect with Phil on LinkedIn

Check out the work of Resource Renewable Energy, Inc. on their website

304 - SunCast Weekly Roundup Live at SPI 2020, Week 4

We're so excited to be back with you for SPI, ESI & NORTH AMERICA SMART ENERGY WEEK 2020 in its new virtual format. Alongside my friend Glenda Johnson, we're stoked to have been invited back by the SPI team to bring you an exciting new segment - the SunCast Weekly Roundup, presented by LG Solar. This is a recap of week 4, where interesting sessions like “Using Storage to Achieve Long-Term Equity Outcomes “, and “Storage Solutions for Utilities” took place.

In today’s episode, you’ll be able to hear insights from clean-energy thought leaders like Jessica Lim, Kate Howling, Cameron Freberg, and Marion Hill as they share with us their insights on week 4 sessions, as well as their experience of participating in this fully-virtual format of North America’s most popular cleantech tradeshow.

We also had Brian Lynch, LG Electronic’s Director of Solar and Storage, and Mike Casey, Founder of Tigercomm starring in our newest segment, “Industry Pulse, Presented by LG Solar”. Each week, Brian will go 1 on 1 with an industry expert to get hot takes and the latest topics impacting our industry.

If you love this episode, then you should check out our more than 300 additional founder stories and startup advice at www.mysuncast.com. And sign up to receive a notification when the next episodes have dropped!

Thanks a ton to our podcast sponsors, PowerHub, and Lightsource BP for continuing to help make this content FREE to You! Please check them out and let me know what you think!

303 - How & why to put together a 30/60/90 plan for/as a new hire, with Hanna Grene from PXiSE

Welcome back, Solar Warrior.

This is Two For Tuesday! Whether that's a Tactical Tuesday or just content from our many live events like SunCast Weekly Roundup, Presented by LG! or the SunCast Career Summit, this is going to be a short form conversation typically with subject matter experts designed to give you the practical tools tips, and advice for building your solar business or career, and grow with us here on SunCast as I know you will.

In case you haven’t heard about Hanna Grene, Head of Commercial Development for PXiSE Energy Solutions, I invite you to listen to episode 296 where she and I talked about the 16 Core Infrastructure Sectors of Modern Economy.

In today’s interview with Hanna, we‘re going to deep into a framework we’ve both used in our career: a 30/60/90 plan. Michael D. Watkins, author of the book “The First 90 Days” framed this out for millions of other hiring managers, and Hanna will help us understand what the framework is, how to best apply it, why would someone use it, and who would find this framework useful.

If you love this episode, then you should check out our more than 300 additional founder stories and startup advice at www.mysuncast.com. And sign up to receive a notification when the next episodes have dropped!

Thanks a ton to our podcast sponsors, PowerHub, and Lightsource BP for continuing to help make this content FREE to You! Please check them out and let me know what you think!

Resources

Connect with Hanna on LinkedIn and Twitter

Check out PXiSE on Twitter and their website

Read: Guidance on the Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce

CISA’s Frequently Asked Questions

Books mentioned

The First 90 Days - Michael D. Watkins

Talking to Humans - Giff Constable

Strategize to Win - Carla A. Harris

The Art of Authenticity - Karissa Thacker

302 - Solar’s Fit in Public Power, with Paula Gold-Williams, President & CEO of CPS Energy

This is Public Power Week

Welcome back, Solar Warrior
This week's entrepreneur is someone who's risen to the title of CEO of the largest public power, gas, and electric utility in the United States, CPS Energy down in San Antonio. If you’re from Texas, then this episode is especially for you.

Paula Gold-Williams is the President & CEO of  CPS Energy, a company that has over 3,100 employees and more than two billion dollars in annual revenue. Paula leads more than 3,100 team members with the vision she has coined “People First,” whereby CPS Energy is evolving its efforts to create and deliver value to its customers, community, and employees into a new age of energy solutions.

I was impressed with the thoughtfulness that she and her team have crafted around a massive renewable energy commitment. They've just rounded out an RFI for 900 megawatts of solar and storage, which is a historic amount of renewable energy to be added to the CPS portfolio.

If you love this episode, then you should check out our more than 300 additional founder stories and startup advice at www.mysuncast.com. And sign up to receive a notification when the next episodes have dropped!

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Join us at SunCast Puerto Rico

Remember that our upcoming 3D immersive event, SunCast Puerto Rico, is starting next Monday, October 12th. Make sure to save your spot at suncastpr.com

Resources

Why are there still so few black CEOs?

Paula Gold Williams at PechaKucha San Antonio Vol. 34

Even Renewables Are Bigger In Texas

Acciona buys 240-MW solar project in Texas

Vistra retiring coal plants, breaking ground on 6 solar projects

American Public Power Association - Stats and Facts

Connect with Paula on LinkedIn

Check out the work of CPS Energy on LinkedIn and their website

301 - SunCast 5-year Anniversary with Adam James, Part 2

SunCast Podcast 5-year Anniversary

Today is the official 5-year anniversary of SunCast, and I want to thank you again for being along for the ride.

If you didn’t have a chance to listen to part 1 of this episode, I invite you to check it out clicking here. During that episode, Impact Energy Solution’s Adam James and I walked down memory lane and reminisced some interesting facts about the clean energy industry back in 2015 when SunCast began.

This is Part 2, where we get really deep into Adam’s daily routine, how he manages his calendar, and how he manages his schedule. Adam kind of gives all about how he balances a family of three and being the effectively right hand of the CEO of this major venture fund. It's a wide-ranging but very fun conversation. I hope that you'll stick around and enjoy it.

If you love this episode, then you should check out our more than 300 additional founder stories and startup advice at www.mysuncast.com. And sign up to receive a notification when the next episodes have dropped!

Thanks a ton to our podcast sponsors, Extensible Energy, PowerHub, and Lightsource BP for continuing to help make this content FREE to You! Please check them out and let me know what you think!

Resources

What was happening when Adam and I recorded Episode #1?

CO2 Levels in 2015

2015 Renewable Energy Data Book

Adam’s Go-to note-taking tool

Connect with Adam on LinkedIn and Twitter

Check out the work of Energy Impact Partners on their website

Check out the work of Clean Energy Leadership Institute on their website

Books mentioned

The Idiot - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

300 - SunCast 300th episode with Adam James, Part 1

SunCast 300th Episode

Welcome back, Solar Warrior! It’s a very special day as we’ve reached our 300th episode, and I could not be more thankful to you.

The story that you're going to hear today takes us back to the very beginning. Mr. Adam James was the first interview guest here on SunCast, and he’s back to celebrate this important milestone with us.

It is a distinct honor to bring him back now for his third appearance here on SunCast. In that time, Adam has risen to the position of Chief of Staff at Energy Impact Partners, which is a nearly $700MM dollar strategic venture investment fund focused on sustainable energy.

Adam is going deep down the rabbit hole of how he helps to run this very impactful fund in our industry, as well as a little baby of his called the Clean Energy Leadership Institute, upon which he sits as a board chair and as Co-Founder of that nonprofit, which empowers young professionals in clean energy.

Our conversation will be a 2-part episode

Adam and I rambled on for about an hour and forty-five minutes, so we're going to split that up into two episodes. This is part 1, where Adam and I go down memory lane to discuss what was the world economy like and the CO2 levels back in 2015 when we launched SunCast.

On part 2 coming out next Tuesday, we get really deep into Adam’s daily routine, how he manages his calendar, and how he manages his schedule. Adam kind of gives all about how he balances a family of three and being the effectively right hand of the CEO of this major venture fund. It's a wide-ranging but very fun conversation. I hope that you'll stick around and enjoy it.

If you love this episode, then you should check out our almost 300 additional founder stories and startup advice at www.mysuncast.com. And sign up to receive a notification when the next episodes have dropped!

Thanks a ton to our podcast sponsors, Extensible Energy and PowerHub for continuing to help make this content FREE to You! Please check them out and let me know what you think!

Resources

What was happening when Adam and I recorded Episode #1?

CO2 Levels in 2015

2015 Renewable Energy Data Book

Adam’s Go-to note-taking tool

Connect with Adam on LinkedIn and Twitter

Check out the work of Energy Impact Partners on their website

Check out the work of Clean Energy Leadership Institute on their website

Books mentioned

The Idiot - Fyodor Dostoyevsky

299 - SunCast Weekly Roundup Live at SPI 2020, Week 2

Welcome back, Solar Warrior!

Welcome to another Tactical Tuesday, a short-form conversation with subject-matter experts designed to give you practical tools, tips and advice for building your solar business or career.

We're so excited to be back with you for SPI, ESI & NORTH AMERICA SMART ENERGY WEEK 2020 in its new virtual format. Alongside my friend Glenda Johnson, we're stoked to have been invited back by the SPI team to bring you an exciting new segment - the SunCast Weekly Roundup. This is a recap of week 2, where interesting sessions like “Financing Renewables in the Face of COVID 19” or “Variations on Community Solar Program Design” took place.

In today’s episode, you’ll be able to hear insights from clean-energy thought leaders like Cassandra John, Utopia Hill, Jessie Robbins, and Caileen Gamache as they share with us their insights on week 2 sessions, as well as their experience of participating in this fully-virtual format of North America’s most popular cleantech tradeshow.

If you love this episode, then you should check out our almost 300 additional founder stories and startup advice at www.mysuncast.com. And sign up to receive a notification when the next episodes have dropped!

Thanks a ton to our podcast sponsor, Extensible Energy for continuing to help make this content FREE to You! Please check them out and let me know what you think!

298 - How to find your ideal role, with Ebony Seymour of GQR Global Markets

Welcome back, Solar Warrior!

Today's entrepreneur is a new friend of mine, introduced by our friend Tara Doyle and Amanda Bybee.

Ebony Seymour is the Associate Vice President at GQR Global Markets, and if you're not familiar with either GQR or Ebony, you're in for a treat.

We're gonna go deep into how Ebony rose from Associate to Associate Vice President in the recruiting world, and how she's adding value to private equity, investment banking in the renewable sector and infrastructure, and the many ways she has self-educated herself and helped educate others about how the renewable energy world works.

She is adding value for companies that trust her to bring talent to the table, so if you are looking for talent or if you see yourself as a talented professional trying to find your way through the quagmire of information of how to break into the clean energy business, today's interview is for you.

Resources

Connect with Ebony on LinkedIn

Follow GQR Global Markets on Twitter and their website

Books mentioned

The Power of Self-Confidence: Become Unstoppable, Irresistible, and Unafraid in Every Area of Your Life

297 - SunCast Weekly Roundup Live at SPI 2020, Week 1

Welcome back, Solar Warrior!

Welcome to another Tactical Tuesday, a short-form conversation with subject-matter experts designed to give you practical tools, tips and advice for building your solar business or career.

We're so excited to be back with you for SPI, ESI & NORTH AMERICA SMART ENERGY WEEK 2020 in its new virtual format. Alongside my friend Glenda Johnson, we're stoked to have been invited back by the SPI team to bring you an exciting new segment - the SunCast Weekly Roundup. This is a recap of week 1, where interesting sessions like “Closing the Circuit: Outlooks for a Cleaner Electricity System” or “Get on Board: Engaging Stakeholders in Developing Grid Modernization Plans” took place.

In today’s episode, you’ll be able to hear insights from clean-energy thought leaders like Anne Hoskins, Virinder Singh, and Fatima Ahmad, as they share with us their insights on week 1 sessions, as well as their experience of participating in this fully-virtual format of North America’s most popular cleantech tradeshow.

If you love this episode, then you should check out the more than 275 additional founder stories and startup advice at www.mysuncast.com. And sign up to receive a notification when the next episodes have dropped!

Thanks a ton to our podcast sponsor, Extensible Energy for continuing to help make this content FREE to You! Please check them out and let me know what you think!

296 - What are the 16 Core Infrastructure Sectors of Modern Economy? with Hanna Grene of PXiSE

Today’s guest is taking us into what is like to work in a fast-moving intrapreneurial role at a mega-corporation inside Energy Industry.

Hanna Grene is the Head of Commercial Development for PXiSE Energy Solutions, a growing company that builds technology to manage an increasingly complex, renewable, and distributed energy grid. In this role, Hanna oversees market development, sales, marketing, external relations, and global partnerships.

She goes down the rabbit hole of positioning yourself not only as a young leader but also working through the dynamic as a female leader in a largely male-dominated industry. After having Hanna’s boss and Co-Founder of PXiSE, Patrick Lee, for episode 266, we invited her to come back today.

If you love this episode, then you should check out the more than 300 additional founder stories and startup advice at www.mysuncast.com. And sign up to receive a notification when the next episodes have dropped!

Thanks a ton to our podcast sponsor, Extensible Energy for continuing to help make this content FREE to You! Please check them out and let me know what you think!

Resources

Connect with Hanna on LinkedIn and Twitter

Check out PXiSE on Twitter and their website

Read: Guidance on the Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce

CISA’s Frequently Asked Questions

Books mentioned

The First 90 Days - Michael D. Watkins

Strategize to Win - Carla A. Harris

Talking to Humans - Giff Constable

The Art of Authenticity - Karissa Thacker

295 - How do medium to large scale solar projects get done? with Jesse Grossman of Soltage

Welcome back, Solar Warrior!

Welcome to another Tactical Tuesday, a short-form conversation with subject-matter experts designed to give you practical tools, tips and advice for building your solar business or career.

Today we have a repeating guest, Jesse Grossman, Co-Founder & CEO of Soltage. We already had Jesse on the show in episode 283, where we dropped the replay of the webinar we had back in June: Solar Project Finance & Acquisitions in the Post-COVID Era.

The webinar included valuable insights around not only how Soltage has grown to be one of the leaders in developing solar assets in the United States, but also advice and insight from Jesse’s 10+ years since the last recession.

Today, we’re going to drill down on one of the topics that came up during our last episode: how to support and empower developers through the development cycle into the disposition of the asset-selling process, and how to do it not only to build their business but YOUR business as well, in case you are a company bringing asset finance and deep market knowledge.

If you love this episode, then you should check out the more than 275 additional founder stories and startup advice at www.mysuncast.com. And sign up to receive a notification when the next episodes have dropped!

Thanks a ton to our podcast sponsor, Extensible Energy for continuing to help make this content FREE to You! Please check them out and let me know what you think!

Resources

Connect with Jesse on LinkedIn

Check out the work of Soltage on their website

Click here to watch the replay of the webinar Jesse and I did back in June

294 - A golden opportunity in the Sunshine State, with Daren Goldin

Welcome back, Solar Warrior!

I’m‌ ‌honored‌ ‌you’re‌ ‌joining‌ ‌me‌ ‌for‌ ‌another‌ ‌fantastic‌ ‌foray‌ ‌into‌ ‌the‌ ‌world‌ ‌of‌ ‌solar‌ energy.‌ Today’s guest, Daren Goldin, is the Co-Founder and CEO of Goldin Solar, one of Florida's leading solar energy contractors with over 1,000 active installations throughout the state.

Daren founded Goldin Solar in 2014 to bring the best solar technology available to Floridians to help them save money and protect the planet.

If you love this episode, then you should check out the more than 275 additional founder stories and startup advice at www.mysuncast.com. And sign up to receive a notification when the next episodes have dropped!

Thanks a ton to our podcast sponsor, Extensible Energy for continuing to help make this content FREE to You! Please check them out and let me know what you think!

Resources

Connect with Daren on LinkedIn

Check out the work of Goldin Solar on Twitter and their website

Books mentioned

21 Lessons for the 21st Century - Yuval Noah Harari

293 - Selling residential solar with real data, Brian Lynch of LG Solar USA

Welcome back, Solar Warrior!

Welcome to another Tactical Tuesday, a short-form conversation with subject-matter experts designed to give you practical tools, tips and advice for building your solar business or career.

If you have been building a residential solar installation business, then today’s episode is for you. Are you on the front lines trying to convince homeowners for value over price, and trying to help them understand how this investment is going to improve their overall well-being and life?

Grab a seat and listen to this conversation with LG Electronic’s Brian Lynch, the Director of Solar and Storage. Working closely with industry contacts and partners, Brian has been involved in hundreds of megawatts of solar projects that are generating clean energy around the world.

We went deep on some recent consumer research information that’s going to help you better sell solar.

If you love this episode, then you should check out the more than 275 additional founder stories and startup advice at www.mysuncast.com. And sign up to receive a notification when the next episodes have dropped!

Thanks a ton to our podcast sponsors, Extensible Energy and Adani Solar U.S. for continuing to help make this content FREE to You! Please check them out and let me know what you think!

Resources

Connect with Brian on LinkedIn

Check out the work of LG Electronics on its website

Read:

• Residential solar customers don’t want the cheapest system in a $20K investment – they want the best one

• People in quarantine are searching for solar power

• There’s more to solar systems than module capacity