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Emin Askerov
Sep 13, 20242 min read
Tactical Solution to EU Cell Manufacturing Problems
🔋 The Problems Are Clear. The Solutions Are Mistimed. Except One.
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Emin Askerov
Sep 10, 20241 min read
Cleantech Scaleup? Here's Your Real Problem
Cleantech Scaleup? Here's Your Real Problem, And Two Things To Do About It.
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Emin Askerov
Sep 5, 20243 min read
A Near 100% Renewable Grid Use Case ⚡🌍
Australia can now run its grid on close to 100% renewables. What are the takeaways for cleantech scaleups?
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Emin Askerov
Sep 4, 20241 min read
What do VCs get wrong in Cleantech?
🎙️ Reflecting on the Latest Climate Insiders Podcast with Nadav Steinmitz 🌍
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Emin Askerov
Sep 2, 20243 min read
Pitfalls of FOAK Capital Stack
Why do some scaleups sink while others sail smoothly? 🌊 Three main pitfalls can capsize your venture if you’re not careful.
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Emin Askerov
Aug 22, 20243 min read
The Right Scale
How to determine the right scale for your FOAK manufacturing plant? Here is a step-by-step guide.
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Emin Askerov
Aug 20, 20241 min read
Navigating the Capital Stack: From Lab to NOAK
Who do you go to for the money and when? When you're scaling up from Lab to Nth-of-a-Kind (NOAK), understanding the capital stack is...
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Emin Askerov
Aug 16, 20242 min read
The Nuclear FOAK Lessons
What you can learn from First-of-a-Kind (FOAK) projects in nuclear? A lot, it appears.
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Emin Askerov
Aug 15, 20242 min read
Choosing a Road Beyond FOAK
Licensing, Buy-out or Project Finance?
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Emin Askerov
Aug 7, 20242 min read
Missing Skills
Investors think that hard tech climate scaleups lack generalist and financial expertise. While Founders agree only with the latter. Why?...
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Emin Askerov
Aug 5, 20242 min read
Dealing With Giants
Strategic investors can be a double-edged sword for greentech scaleups. Here’s what to look out for. ⌛️Never before there was such a...
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Emin Askerov
Aug 3, 20241 min read
Arrival: What Happened?
We all love success stories, but the truth is, we learn best from failures.
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Emin Askerov
Aug 2, 20242 min read
Not Working
EU/US electric car markers and battery manufacturers are stalling. Here are the three main reasons why and two ways to deal with it.
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Emin Askerov
Aug 1, 20245 min read
How Not to Hire People
80% of all my problems in all my projects came from having the wrong people on the team. Here are my 3 mistakes in hiring.
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Emin Askerov
Jul 30, 20241 min read
3 Investor Insights for Scale-Ups
Last week, I tuned into an insightful interview with Yair Reems, Partner at Extantia Capital, conducted by Yoann Berno of Climate...
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Emin Askerov
Jul 26, 20241 min read
Getting Your First Sales
Securing that first sale can be a daunting challenge, especially if your customer isn’t also your investor, and you lack a government...
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Emin Askerov
Jul 25, 20244 min read
Bulding Supply Chain
One rainy Amsterdam morning This was not going to be good. I was quietly contemplating how much money we could lose on this deal. I took...
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Emin Askerov
Jul 18, 20242 min read
Cracking the Wind Code in Rosatom
In 2016 I convinced Rosatom, the Russian state nuclear corporation, to invest $1B in wind energy and wind turbine manufacturing. Why did...
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Emin Askerov
Jul 6, 20242 min read
Board Seat: When to Turn It Down
Why would you refuse a board position? I want to share the thought process behind my decision in this post.
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Emin Askerov
Jun 7, 20243 min read
The Inside Job: How to Get Corporations to Invest in Your Tech
It took me 10 years to learn how corporate investors think. I will teach you this now in five minutes.
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