363 - Journey to Chief Operating Officer, Robb Jetty, COO at DSD Renewables - Part 1

Welcome back, Solar Warriors!

Happy Earth Day!

I'm excited about all the wonderful events and activities that are going on today on Earth Day as we celebrate another year of work towards taking massive climate action.

Today we are going to learn a lot about how the solar industry has evolved. The protagonist of the story is one of the guys I've watched grow in his career for more than 15 years. Robb Jetty and I have seen each other in the industry, and today we're going to dive into how he arrived at the company that he helped launch spin out of GE. If you are a longtime listener, you'll recognize the name of the company Robb works for: Distributed Solar Development, mainly because we just had Meghan Gainer on not too long ago. I hope that you are ready to learn all about how a career is built around execution and curiosity, because that is Robb’s story.

Robert has gained extensive renewable energy experience through executive positions across the entire industry value chain. Since 2002, he’s been engaged in the development, finance, construction, and operation of over $1B (~600MWs) of roof-top, carport, and both fixed or tracking ground-mount solar projects across the country, in both the commercial and wholesale power sectors.

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Resources

Connect with Robb on LinkedIn

Check out the amazing work of Distributed Solar Development on LinkedIn, Twitter, and their website

Mentioned books

Earth in Mind: On Education, Environment, and the Human Prospect

362 - Free Legal Services from Top Legal Firms, with Stanford's Molly Melius and Jesse Lazarus

Welcome back, Solar Warriors.

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

Today, we're gonna be chatting with the two people who run a program I didn’t even know existed until January, Stanford's Lawyers for Sustainable Economy (LSE) Initiative, managed by Molly Melius, the Director of LS, and Jesse Lazarus, Senior Associate of LS, and a second-year law student.

The Lawyers for a Sustainable Economy Initiative, or the LSE initiative for short, is a law firm-led and Stanford-supported initiative that provides free legal assistance to sustainability focused entrepreneurs and nonprofits. And in particular, the initiative aims to support promising green entrepreneurs and nonprofits who otherwise wouldn't be able to afford legal services.

So far, the LSE initiative has been an overwhelming success: the 14 law firms (including Cooley, Latham & Watkins, Wilson Sonsini and Orrick) in the initiative have already exceeded their original commitment of $25M to provide $35M in pro bono legal services as of the end of last year.

More information can also be found on the LSE website, and LSE is happy to communicate over email or set up time for a call to address any questions not answered there.

To offer a little more detail, sustainability-focused entrepreneurs can qualify as either (i) social enterprises or (ii) income-eligible entrepreneurs (see full list of criteria for eligibility here), and then apply by submitting an intake form here.

If you still have questions, please send an email to lawyersforsustainability@law.stanford.edu

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361 - We Don't Have Time! Is Ingmar Rentzhog the Mark Zuckerberg of Climate?

Welcome back, Solar Warrior.

In this episode we are going to be learning how we can impact the global economy with climate action. The conversation will be around an entrepreneur that I'm really excited to interview because I've been following his work for a couple of years.

Today's guest is a change maker named “The Green Mark Zuckerberg” by France,TV's. I’m referring to Ingmar Rentzhog, The CEO and Founder of We Don't Have Time, the world's largest social network for climate action. We'll hear more about what that means and how the idea was formed.

By teaming up with Twitter and the U.N We Don't Have Time is reaching millions around the globe. Ingmar will share how you can invest in We Don't Have Time and be a part of solving the climate crisis and getting good returns on your investment.

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Resources

Connect with Ingmar on LinkedIn

Check out the amazing work of We Don’t Have Time on LinkedIn, Twitter, and their website

Suggested Reading

If we don’t give in. They can never win!

360 - The 4 Quadrants of a Growth-focused company, with Robert Cross

Welcome back, Solar Warrior.

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

Many of you may have noted that with the tailwind provided from not only the incoming Biden administration but the overall collective focus on climate change. Perhaps you're considering not only how to scale your own business, but whether or not you're ready to jump into entrepreneurship or intrapreneurship.

Today’s guest is someone who I've been working with and who several of your colleagues have been working with behind the scenes to help clarify thoughts, especially around the topic of growth. Today's topic is specifically focused on whether or not you are ready for growth. Do you know what it looks like? Are you prepared for the way that you need to orient your team, your vision, and your mission?

We’re talking about Robert W. Cross, the Founder & CEO of Cross Consulting Services. He helps cleantech and renewable energy CEOs address challenges in their business model so they may scale. His professional background includes experience in finance, economic development, energy efficiency, renewable energy, and clean technologies.

Robert has worked with dozens of companies in renewables and cleantech. He is a business model engineer, addresses problems at their root cause, and helps companies build capacity to scale.

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Resources

Connect with Robert on LinkedIn

Check out the amazing work of Cross Consulting Services on LinkedIn, Twitter and their website

Suggested reading

Do you have a clear pricing strategy?

Why Clean Energy Events Need Quality Marketing Content?

359 - How can Clean Energy be dirty? EMF myth busting with B.D. Erickson, CEO of Satic USA

Welcome back, Solar Warrior.

Thank you so much for investing the only non-renewable resource that you've got: Your time.

Have you ever wondered why your cell phone gets hot when it's charging? Few folks realize the electromagnetism that's picked up as dirty electricity and moves through the circuit, making the charging process less efficient, and it not only increases your phone's heat, but your energy bills, and it shortens the life of all of the devices and appliances around us.

Well, today’s interview is with my friend B.D. Erickson who knows a thing or two about how to address that issue. His company, Satic USA has been building clean electricity products to address this issue since 2008. And more and more solar installers are beginning to install Satic products alongside their inverters to ensure a clean operating system inside your home.

If you're interested to hear how this Anthony Robbins-inspired, trained and powerful leader has found his home, back home in Missoula, Montana, growing the fastest growing solar company in that state, then I would encourage you to stick around. He decided he wanted to do something for the good people of Montana, and the solar industry at large.

If you love this episode, then you should check out our more than 350 additional founder stories and startup advice at www.mysuncast.com. And sign up to receive a notification when the next episodes have dropped!

Resources

Connect with B.D. on LinkedIn

Check out the amazing work of Satic Inc. on their website and their Instagram.

Books mentioned

Can't Hurt Me - David Goggins

Daring Greatly - Brené Brown

Awaken the Giant Within - Anthony Robbins

358 - Challenging the Status Quo: C-Suite Examples of D&I Leadership, with Matt Hankey and Michael Healy

Welcome back, Solar Warrior.

This is Tactical Tuesday, 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.

What you are about to hear is content from our Career Summit, a fantastic series of conversations all about not only how to find your dream job, the perfect opportunity to transition into clean energy as a career but also how as an industry we can improve the concepts of hiring with justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Today you will hear from clean energy executives Matt Hankey and Michael Healy as they’re taking the charge in ensuring their organization and the industry as a whole represents a diverse and inclusive workforce. How are we approaching hiring and access to opportunities in one of the biggest job-creating industries in America?

Related to the conversation that we're having today is our Dream Job Coaching Program, which we call Mission-Minded. You can learn more about that at events.mysuncast.com/dreamjob.

If you love this episode, then you should check out our more than 350 additional founder stories and startup advice at www.mysuncast.com. And sign up to receive a notification when the next episodes have dropped!

Resources

Connect with Matt on LinkedIn

Connect with Mike on LinkedIn

357 - Design Principles to Drive Customer Engagement with Scott Nguyen, CEO of 17 TeraWatts

Welcome back, Solar Warriors.

Thank you so much for lending me your ears and the only non-renewable resource that you have: your time!

Today's entrepreneur is my friend Scott Nguyen, CEO of 17 TeraWatts. If you are in the broader energy business and you’re looking for an opportunity to get into climate tech and clean energy, you might want to take a listen for today's episode.

Scott has 15 years of energy industry experience, 18 USPTO patents, and a Ph.D. in Physics from Harvard University. He is now working on specific technology to solve problems for the homeowners and residential solar space. We're going to talk a bit more about that and how Scott found his way into that area of expertise.

If you love this episode, then you should check out our more than 350 additional founder stories and startup advice at www.mysuncast.com. And sign up to receive a notification when the next episodes have dropped!

Resources

Connect with Scott on LinkedIn and Twitter

Check out the amazing work of 17 TeraWatts on LinkedIn, Twitter, and their website.

Books mentioned

Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions

Don't Make Me Think - Steve Krug

356 - Strategies to ask for the salary you deserve (and GET IT), with Karima Ladhani, Suparna Kadam, Tara Doyle, and Glenda Johnson

Welcome back, Solar Warrior.

This is Tactical Tuesday, 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.

What you are about to hear is content from our Career Summit, a fantastic series of conversations all about not only how to find your dream job, the perfect opportunity to transition into clean energy as a career but also how as an industry we can improve the concepts of hiring with justice, equity, diversity and inclusion.

Do you get nervous when you have to engage in conversations to negotiate your salary? You’re not alone. In today’s episode, we have Karima Ladhani, Suparna Kadam, Tara Doyle, and Glenda Johnson sharing and discussing experiences of asking and getting their value in the workplace.

Related to the conversation that we're having today is our Dream Job Coaching Program, which we call Mission-Minded. You can learn more about that at events.mysuncast.com/dreamjob.

If you love this episode, then you should check out our more than 350 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 Karima on LinkedIn

Connect with Suparna on LinkedIn

Connect with Tara on LinkedIn

Connect with Glenda on LinkedIn

355 - Special Report: "Not All Solar is Created Equal" with Michael Parr, Executive Director at The Ultra Low Carbon Solar Alliance

Welcome back, Solar Warrior.

Michael Parr is the Executive Director of the Ultra Low Carbon Solar Alliance, a coalition of global solar companies using market forces to decarbonize the solar supply chain, making clean energy even cleaner. Following a 30 year career with DuPont Michael established The Parr Policy Group in 2015 to provide policy and political consulting services to businesses, with an emphasis on sustainability.

For almost 20 years Michael lead DuPont’s federal government affairs efforts on environment, energy, technology, manufacturing and sustainability related topics, engaging with Congress, the White House, Administrative agencies and private sector stakeholders. He has successfully created advocacy coalitions to achieve major legislative changes related to chemicals regulation (TSCA), renewable energy and natural gas, tax policy for sustainable manufacturing, R&D and STEM education.

If you love this episode, then you should check out our more than 350 additional founder stories and startup advice at www.mysuncast.com. And sign up to receive a notification when the next episodes have dropped!

Resources

Connect with Michael on LinkedIn

Check out The Ultra Low Carbon Solar Alliance on Twitter and their website

354 - Andrea Luecke, The Roots and Fruits of The Solar Foundation

Welcome back, Solar Warrior.

As we celebrate the impact of women in our culture, the way that women increasingly are being recognized as better leaders as better and more empathic executives in businesses, it's been a real privilege and honor to be able to have some of my friends and folks that inspire me on the show.

This week on SunCast, as we wrap up Women's History Month, I am so excited to be able to bring to you a fearless leader. Today's entrepreneur is someone that I genuinely appreciate in the world and in the solar industry. Andrea Luecke is an entrepreneurial leader with a diverse international background. Over the course of a decade, she took an organization you may be familiar with, The Solar Foundation, from idea to globally renowned organization that's responsible for some of the industry's most trusted and valuable research and education.

As a means for creating more efficiencies and impact, Andrea led The Solar Foundation through a strategic merger with the Interstate Renewable Energy Council and made a voluntary commitment in to step down from her role following a successful merger agreement. This recently allowed Andrea to become free to launch a consulting firm – ALL IMPACT CONSULTING - with her 8-year-old daughter and be entrepreneurial once again in her approach to solving problems related to climate, the workforce, and equity.

Resources

Connect with Andrea on LinkedIn and Twitter

Check out the amazing work of All Impact Consulting on their website

Corrigenda:

• The number of plastic laundry jugs that go into landfills each year from the U.S. alone is 700.000.000

Books mentioned

Eat That Frog! - Brian Tracy

353 - D&I Fireside Chat with Erika Jefferson, President of Black Women in Science and Engineering (BWISE)

This is Tactical Tuesday, 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.

What you are about to hear is content from our Career Summit, a fantastic series of conversations all about not only how to find your dream job, the perfect opportunity to transition into clean energy as a career but also how as an industry we can improve the concepts of hiring with justice, equity, diversity and inclusion.

What do you need to start implementing a D&I Strategy in your organization? Should you be focusing on the talent management side? Join our fireside chat with the President and Founder of Black Women in Science and Engineering (BWISE), Erika Jefferson as we discuss the first steps when looking at your organization's D&I efforts.

Related to the conversation that we're having today is our Dream Job Coaching Program, which we call Mission-Minded. You can learn more about that at events.mysuncast.com/dreamjob.

If you love this episode, then you should check out our more than 350 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 Erika on LinkedIn

Check out the amazing work of BWISE on their LinkedIn, Twitter, and website

352 - Superconnector Anna Siefken on managing change & empowering the Clean Economy

Welcome back, Solar Warrior.

Thank you so much for lending me your ears and the only non-renewable resource that you've got: your time.

Today's guest, Anna Siefken has spent her career making the business case for energy efficiency, cleantech innovation, and building performance as a means to address the world’s energy challenges and the global urgency of climate change.

She is the inaugural Executive Director of The Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation at Carnegie Mellon University. Through programming, targeted outreach, and partnerships, she guides the Institute’s efforts to optimize energy resources, reduce the environmental impacts of energy production and use, and develop breakthrough technologies that will have a meaningful impact and accelerate the transition to a sustainable low-carbon energy future.

In 2020, Anna was appointed by the U.S. Department of Energy as a U.S. Clean Energy Education and Empowerment (C3E) Initiative Ambassador. The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) selected Siefken for the 2018 Energy Executives Leadership Academy. That same year, she represented CMU as part of a City of Pittsburgh delegation to study district energy systems planning in Copenhagen and Aarhus, Denmark, at the invitation of the Danish Energy Agency.

If you love this episode, then you should check out our more than 350 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 Anna on LinkedIn

Check out the amazing work of The Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation, Carnegie Mellon at their website and Twitter

Register to CMU Energy Week 2021

DOWNLOAD the IMPACT Annual Report

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Book mentioned:

Drawdown - Paul Hawken

351 - Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) Hiring in Action with Catherine McLean, Paige Rutten, Melanie Santiago-Mosier, and Lindsay Reichert

Welcome back, Solar Warrior.

This is Tactical Tuesday, 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.

What you are about to hear is content from our Career Summit, a fantastic series of conversations all about not only how to find your dream job, the perfect opportunity to transition into clean energy as a career but also how as an industry we can improve the concepts of hiring with justice, equity, diversity and inclusion.

How are managers creating a diverse and inclusive work environment? You’re going to hear from a panel of hiring professionals and D&I experts as they dispense practical advice, best practices, and processes to efficiently implement D&I strategies to your hiring procedures.

You’ll hear Catherine McLean, Paige Rutten, Melanie Santiago-Mosier, and Lindsay Reichert as they describe the D&I initiatives implemented by some of the most leading companies in the clean energy sector, their importance, and strategies to attract a more diverse workforce.

Related to the conversation that we're having today is our Dream Job Coaching Program, which we call Mission-Minded. You can learn more about that at events.mysuncast.com/dreamjob.

If you love this episode, then you should check out our more than 350 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, Endiem for continuing to help make this content FREE to You! Please check them out and let me know what you think!

Resources

Connect with Catherine McLean on LinkedIn

Connect with Paige Rutten on LinkedIn

Connect with Melanie Santiago-Mosier on LinkedIn

Connect with Lindsay Reichert on LinkedIn

350 - Career pivot, Heidi Lim's journey to Climatetech startup Opus12

Welcome back, Solar Warrior.

Every week, we try to bring you thoughtful conversations with thought leaders in the Clean Energy and Climate tech space. And we've looked at it through the lens of founders, entrepreneurs intrapreneurs.

Today's guest is our friend Heidi Lim of Opus 12. While I hope that we can do more on Opus 12, we actually don't talk a ton about Opus 12. Today we talk about her process of finding what she calls a “career on purpose and meaning”. Opus 12 happens to be now the vessel through which she pours that energy.

I'm excited to bring that conversation to you, so I encourage you not just to listen in to this conversation, but also to go take the time to read the tome that she created, which was the genesis of this episode and this interview.

I found Heidi by reading on my own around what is it like to get a job in the clean energy space and trying to really understand the journey that you all are on, and nobody that I've read in the last year has put it more succinctly and more action-oriented than Heidi.

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

About Heidi: Heidi Lim is a curious environmental technologist working to accelerate carbon dioxide removal, an urgently necessary pathway to a sustainable planet. She's on a mission to build inclusive communities, encourage others to follow impactful and fulfilling work, and increase public literacy around environmental justice.

In 2018, she left her comfortable job as a product manager in enterprise software to follow her purpose to work on what she sees as the world's most pressing issue, climate change. She is currently the Chief of Staff at Opus 12, a California start-up that has developed a technology to recycle CO2 into valuable chemicals, materials, and fuels.

Connect with Heidi on LinkedIn , Instagram and Twitter

Check out the amazing work of Opus12 on LinkedIn, Twitter, and their website

Chasing a job with purpose

We need to talk about carbon removal

349 - Case Study: Inside the Job Seeker Experience with Patti Lowe, Malini Kannan and Eric Lindley

Welcome back, Solar Warriors.

This is 2Fer Tuesdays. Whether that's a Tactical Tuesday or just content from one of our many live events like SPI Podcast Lounge, 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.

What you are about to hear is content from our Career Summit, a fantastic series of conversations all about not only how to find your dream job, the perfect opportunity to transition into clean energy as a career but also how as an industry we can improve the concepts of hiring with justice, equity, diversity and inclusion.

With a goal of taking candidates from being an outside observer to HIRED by a cleantech/clean energy firm in 60 days or less, I launched my Clean Energy Dream Job Case Study group in August. Hear from candidates from the program as they share their experiences.

Related to the conversation that we're having today is our Dream Job Coaching Program, which we call Mission-Minded. You can learn more about that at events.mysuncast.com/dreamjob.

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, Endiem for continuing to help make this content FREE to You! Please check them out and let me know what you think!

Resources

Connect with Patti on LinkedIn

Connect with Malini on LinkedIn

Connect with Eric on LinkedIn

348 - Success Stories: How to Land your Dream Job? with Caitlyn McCloskey, Rozina Kanchwala and Miles Braxton

Welcome back, Solar Warriors

This is 2Fer Tuesdays. Whether that's a Tactical Tuesday or just content from one of our many live events like SPI Podcast Lounge, 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.

What you are about to hear is content from our Career Summit, a fantastic series of conversations all about not only how to find your dream job, the perfect opportunity to transition into clean energy as a career but also how as an industry we can improve the concepts of hiring with justice, equity, diversity and inclusion.

Hear from a panel of industry professionals who have landed their dream job (or internship). Take a look at their journey and get a few tips in helping you take on that next step.

Related to the conversation that we're having today is our Dream Job Coaching Program, which we call Mission-Minded. You can learn more about that at events.mysuncast.com/dreamjob.

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, Endiem for continuing to help make this content FREE to You! Please check them out and let me know what you think!

Resources

Connect with Caitlyn on LinkedIn

Connect with Rozina on LinkedIn

Connect with Miles on LinkedIn

347 - How to build a resilient and sustainable infrastructure, with ICFs Head of Energy, Environment & Infrastructure, Anne Choate

As you probably already know, it is Women's History Month, and here at SunCast we have very intentional programming for the month of March. 3 years ago Miss Tara Doyle, a good friend of our show insisted that we do more for not just the gender diversity, but the equity across the board. We’re doing our best to keep that habit and intention here in March, promoting female voices and increasingly more equity generally, throughout our show.

We want to nod here to all of the fantastic leadership that is coming into the solar industry that just continues to blow our minds away. It’s well documented that companies with female leadership excel across many different metrics, not the least of which is profitability. And leadership skill is something that I personally learned more from my female bosses than my male bosses.

Today, we have someone that I'm really honored and proud to have on the show, Miss Anne Choate, and she’s been such an instrumental figure for so many organizations, public and private, across government lines across (country and state level) at ICF. If you haven’t heard about Anne, you’ll get to hear how she has risen through the ranks to command a legion of climate champions within an organization like ICF.

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 Anne on LinkedIn

Check out the amazing work of ICF on LinkedIn, Twitter, and their website

About ICF’s Anne Choate

Estimating Transportation-Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Energy Use in New York State

How to Build a Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure

346 - How-to career transition into Clean Energy, with Resume expert Amanda Rico

Welcome back, Solar Warrior.

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

If you’re outside of the clean energy or solar industry and you’re trying to transition from another energy sector, this episode will give you great insight into what steps you should take.

Today we are going to feature Dr. Amanda Rico, an expert in the field of technical writing and resume writing. She runs Rico Editorial Services and specializes in helping folks in the energy sector level up and find the career they love. She’s also a mentor in our own Coaching Program, helping applicants achieve exactly that.

Amanda is an expert in resume building, editing, and career solutions for Senior and Executive-level professionals - most of whom are in the oil, gas, and energy industries. She is also a Houston Business Journal career columnist and professional development speaker.

With 13+ years of experience ranging from generating materials for TEDx speakers & Healthcare executives to optimizing profiles for Energy & Petroleum managers, Amanda Rico is passionate about helping forward-thinking leaders level up.

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, Endiem for continuing to help make this content FREE to You! Please check them out and let me know what you think!

Resources

Connect with Amanda on LinkedIn, Twitter, and her Youtube channel

Check out the amazing work of Rico Editorial Services on LinkedIn, Twitter, and their website

345 - The Patagonia of Banking with Ravi Mikkelsen, Co-Founder at Atmos Financial

Welcome back, Solar Warriors.

This is financial Thursday and we're going to help you put your money where your heart is. There are some secrets out there about how your money is being invested against your better interests.

Today's entrepreneur is my good friend Ravi Mikkelsen, and if you tuned in back in October 1st, 2019, you might remember that we did the episode with Samuel Adeyemo of Aurora Solar organized through ClimateLink, one of the organizations that this multifaceted entrepreneur has put together.

Ravi is someone I've come to respect and admire, and today we're going to dig into his latest brainchild that is gathering traction. Certainly several of you have no doubt heard Jigar Shah and others mentioned it from the stages of Energy Gang and other platforms recently, it’s called Atmos Financial. We're going to learn all about that today and why in the world he would be trying to take on big banks.

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, Endiem for continuing to help make this content FREE to You! Please check them out and let me know what you think!

Resources

Connect with Ravi on LinkedIn and Twitter.

Check out the amazing work of Atmos Financial on LinkedIn, Twitter, and their website.

If you are ready to start your own journey toward aligning your money with your mission, make sure to visit www.joinatmos.com/suncast and get your FREE AtmosACTION account in just 4 mins.

344 - Is rooftop solar+storage finally here for C&I? Omeed Badkoobeh, CEO of Yotta Energy

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.

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, Endiem for continuing to help make this content FREE to You! Please check them out and let me know what you think!

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