Unlocking the $4tn Bioeconomy - with Edward Shenderovich, CEO of Synonym
Edward Shenderovich is the co-founder and CEO of Synonym. Synonym is revolutionizing the bioeconomy by creating both digital and physical infrastructure to scale biomanufacturing.
26 Jul 2024
Bill Gates' $1B climate tech FOAK program - with Mario Fernandez at Breakthrough Energy
In today’s episode, we sat down with Mario Fernandez (https://www.breakthroughenergy.org/our-team/mario-fernandez/) from Breakthrough Energy (https://www.breakthroughenergy.org/), the Bill Gates-backed firm driving investment in innovation in the race to net zero.
Mario leads Breakthrough Energy's Catalyst program (https://www.breakthroughenergy.org/our-work/catalyst/), which has over $1 billion dollars to invest in demonstration and first-of-a-kind commercial scale projects.
Listen to learn more about:
What Breakthrough Energy is and how they invest in the climate transition.
Why Catalyst is laser-focused on projects that can prove and de-risk climate technologies at scale to unlock trillion-dollar markets.
Advice for entrepreneurs raising capital on technology de-risking, team and skills.
Key challenges in developing and scaling climate tech.
Which skills and experiences are crucial for a successful career in climate tech.
3 Jun 2024
How Aurora Solar went from 0 to $4B - with Chris Hopper, Co-founder and CEO of Aurora Solar
Christopher Hopper (https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-hopper) is the co-founder and CEO of Aurora Solar. Chris co-founded Aurora Solar back in 2013 while at Stanford. He since grew it into the leading solar design and sales software platform, now valued at $4 billion.
In our discussion, we cover:
Aurora’s origin story, building a solar installer and pivoting to solving his own problems into a $4-billion-dollar solar business.
Why Chris bootstrapped for 5 years until it was too risky not to raise capital.
Lessons from hyper scaling to 400 employees, the importance of people, not striving for perfection, and constantly reinventing yourself as a founder.
How to build culture while scaling and avoid cultural dilution.
Chris’ four life lessons from over a decade in startups including frequently revisiting your why, embracing serendipity and trusting in the process, accepting that uncertainty and opportunity are two sides of the same coin, and being intentional about what you work on and with whom.
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