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What Investors Can Learn from Rick Rubin
The legendary producer shares tips in his new book that apply to the creative process
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I’m slightly changing the focus of my blog moving forward, I’ll still cover climate tech and sustainability often. After all, it’s been my professional life for the last 13 years and I love it. But, I know your time is valuable and your inbox is full, which
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Signs of Life for the Carbon Market
Today’s post is short and sweet. Two charts caught my eye yesterday. 1. The price per ton for carbon in the EU eclipsed €100 for the first time. 2. Russia’s share of natural gas imports to the EU has fallen by 80% in 24 months. These two milestones
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Help Wanted: Software CFO's in Climate
The CFO position is the most undervalued executive position by startup CEOs. I made the same wrong assumption as a startup leader early in my career too. But, given the amount of funding that has gone into climate tech over the past 2 years, the complexity of those businesses, and
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Nextracker's IPO
A good sign of what's possible for enduring businesses in cleantech
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Edge
edge (n): a quality or factor that gives superiority over close rivals or competitors.
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Unreasonable Hospitality
Once in a while, we all read a book that we know will have an impact on the way we think for a long time or maybe forever. Unreasonable Hospitality has been one of those books for me. Thanks for reading Sustainable Returns! Subscribe for free to receive new posts.
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AI, Climatetech, and the Signal of Microsoft's OpenAI Investment
I know what you’re thinking, and yes I’ve read a lot of the ChatGPT content out there too. Then I decided to myself…yes, the world needs another AI blog post. But, the fact is AI will have a big impact on technology over the next decade and
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Confidence Counts...
why climate software companies should have confidence in an uncertain market
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Sitetracker Expands!
Team announces creation of Corporate Development and Strategy Unit
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ServiceMax Acquired by PTC
Transaction highlights important lesson for software startups focused on industrials and energy
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SaaS Metrics Don't Work in Climate Software
Last week, the Energize team announced a new series entitled “10 Ways to Win in Climate Software". We kicked off the series this week with #10: When SaaS Metrics Fail in Climate Tech which takes a look at how traditional SaaS metrics are often misleading when applied to climate-focused