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Emin Askerov
Jan 202 min read
FOAK Scale-Up Case - A Must-Listen for Climatetech Founders
De-icing a frozen water tower in the middle of nowhere is not on anyone’s job description. However, this is a reality that you can come...
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Emin Askerov
Jan 97 min read
Drop-in Solution 4-Step Framework
Here is my 4-step framework to determine if your tech is a drop-in solution
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Emin Askerov
Dec 2, 20242 min read
Why Do Strategic Investors Back Climate Tech Startups?
A Climate First VC artile got me thinking
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Emin Askerov
Nov 26, 20242 min read
💚 Is Green Tech Dead? Not According to the Numbers!
Q3 VC investment data from Pitchbook Inc shows otherwise.
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Emin Askerov
Nov 19, 20241 min read
🎉 𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗔 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 👨🏼💻⚡
Why read my blog?
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Emin Askerov
Nov 18, 20242 min read
🎉 AI Meets Manufacturing 🤖🔋
AI and lithium-ion electrode manufacturing
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Emin Askerov
Oct 17, 20243 min read
MOU - Your First Step To Offtake
You’ve got your foot in the door with an NDA, but how do you keep momentum going on the way to an offtake? Don’t rush it! Start with an MOU!
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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 14, 20241 min read
The 1% Question
What is the first question you need to ask a greentech scaleup?
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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
Jul 19, 20242 min read
Heat Pumps: Appetite for Disruption
What kind of problems should you be looking to solve as a startup founder? Here is a funny example from the heat pump market.
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Emin Askerov
Jun 11, 20241 min read
Tokenization of Greentech
Should we tokenize greentech, and if yes how? I need your help to figure this out. 🙋♂️
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Emin Askerov
May 29, 20243 min read
Strategic Investors: how to kill a startup
A strategic investor can kill a greentech startup. Here is why and how.
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