Hey everyone! Cherry Swayne here, Founder of Above and Beyond Recruitment, Carbon13 Domain Expert, organiser of online climate tech communities and Mother of two small, wonderful children. Most importantly to you though, I’m your Host of Building a Better Future: Stories from Climate Tech Founders.
Each week, we’ll talk to inspirational Founders within the Climate Tech industry, get to know their journey to becoming a Founder and the challenges they’ve faced along the way. It’s a series for Founders from people who are in the trenches and going through what you’re going through right now.
Happy listening💫
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On this final episode of Building a Better Future: Stories from Climate Tech Founders, I spoke to Rebecca Thompson, Founder of Ecosy Travel.
About Ecosy Travel:
Ecosy Travel provide a cutting-edge booking platform that help you find flightless adventures by train and boat to beautiful eco-stays. They’re there to help you relax on your journey to a low-carbon future, making booking easy and letting you tailor every aspect of your trip.
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1 Dec 2022
E8: Eddie Fitzgerald-Barron from C Free
On this episode of Building a Better Future: Stories from Climate Tech Founders, I spoke to Eddie Fitzgerald-Barron, Co-Founder of C Free.
We covered a lot during the session, including Eddie's early entrepreneurial drive as a gardener, his journey through employment into bootstrapping his own business, the importance of self-learning and development, as well as looking to the future for funding for expansion.
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24 Nov 2022
E7: Vickesh Solanki from Horizon
On this episode of Building a Better Future: Stories from Climate Tech Founders, I spoke to Vickesh Solanki, Co-Founder of Horizon.
We covered a lot during the session, including Vickesh's drive to create his own revision app during university, his transition from the ambitious general sustainability app to the focus on recycling, experience with start-up think tanks and his goals for the future of Horizon.
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22 Nov 2022
E6: Buffy Price from Carbon Re
On this episode of Building a Better Future: Stories from Climate Tech Founders, I spoke to Buffy Price, COO of Carbon Re.
Having partnered with them recently to help them scale their Engineering team and support them in their mission to reduce gigatonnes of carbon emissions every year🌍, it was great to get to know Buffy and the journey they've embarked on.
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17 Nov 2022
E5: Charlie French from Etcho
On this episode of Building a Better Future: Stories from Climate Tech Founders, I spoke to Charlie French, Co-Founder of Etcho.
We covered a lot during the session, including Charlie's wonderful entrepreneurial spirit when he was younger, his relationship with his Co-Founder (and Brother in Law), experience with funding and a reveal of who he would choose in the Climate Tech space to spend an hour with.
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4 Nov 2022
E4: Jo Hand from Giki
On this episode of Building a Better Future: Stories from Climate Tech Founders, I spoke to Jo Hand, Co-Founder of Giki.
We covered a lot during the session, including no fly policies, green admin days, Patagonia, company culture and values, as well as fundraising.
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2 Nov 2022
E3: Bertie IP from Alectro
On this episode of Building a Better Future: Stories from Climate Tech Founders, I spoke to Bertie IP, Co-Founder of Alectro.
We covered a lot during the session, including hiring people you trust, celebrating other people's successes, raising awareness and advice on pitching for funding.
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1 Nov 2022
E2: Louise Parlons Bentata from Blue Methane
On this episode of Building a Better Future: Stories from Climate Tech Founders, I spoke to Louise Parlons Bentata, CEO and Co-Founder of Blue Methane.
We covered a lot during the session, including post graduate certificates for career changes, the Climate Technology Fellowship, finding a Co-Founder and the world of fundraising.
A couple of great resources mentioned included:
Carbon13: https://bit.ly/3gClqUJ (https://bit.ly/3gClqUJ)
On Deck: Climate Technology Fellowship: https://bit.ly/3N7fjEo (https://bit.ly/3N7fjEo)
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1 Nov 2022
E1: Mark Corbett from Thrust Carbon
On the very first episode of Building a Better Future: Stories from Climate Tech Founders, I spoke to Mark Corbett, the CEO and Co-Founder of Thrust Carbon.
Conversation was vast, and quite frankly, I could have talked to them all day! In just under 40 minutes, we covered mentoring, success and failure, patience, self-doubt and co-working spaces.
A couple of great resources mentioned included:
Kings 20 Accelerator: https://bit.ly/3rOOQBE (https://bit.ly/3rOOQBE)
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: https://gates.ly/3VoEAO1 (https://gates.ly/3VoEAO1)
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DISCLAIMER: Please bear with me on the audio quality of this episode, I can assure you that it improves on E2.
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