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Emin Askerov
Sep 23, 20241 min read
How I Learned About Incremental Innovation
When your core business rakes in billions and boasts margins over 50%, why bet on high-risk, low-margin ventures?
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Emin Askerov
Sep 20, 20241 min read
Innovator's Dilemma in Action: Nio Eyes Audi's Factory in Belgium
The Innovator's Dilemma is playing out in real-time
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Emin Askerov
Sep 19, 20243 min read
The FOAK Off-Take: 4 Things You Need to Know
🔑 What are the 4 things crucial to your FOAK offtake and how to negotiate them? 🔑
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Emin Askerov
Sep 18, 20241 min read
⚛️ Nuclear Energy: Big Boys Business? Not Exactly.
Is Nuclear Energy A Big Boys Business? Not Exactly.
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Emin Askerov
Sep 17, 20241 min read
💡 Offtake Pyramid: Does It Work?
Does the Offtake pyramid work? In my case, it was a little different.
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Emin Askerov
Sep 15, 20242 min read
💡 The Real Cost of Innovation? It’s Not What You Think.
Corporations can spend on innovation—but rolling out a new product? That’s where things get ugly.
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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 12, 20242 min read
🔋 The End of an ICE Age 🧊
The latest shift away from EVs is a clear signal: legacy automakers don’t have the guts to fully embrace the electric future.
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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 9, 20241 min read
Long-Term Energy Storage is Getting Crowded
What does it mean for scaleups? With lithium-ion batteries locking down short-term storage, investors are now flooding the long-duration...
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Emin Askerov
Sep 7, 20241 min read
💡 Is Nuclear Better Than Renewables for Decarbonization? That’s the Wrong Question 🌍
Is Nuclear Better Than Renewables for Decarbonization? That’s the Wrong Question. Here is why.
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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 29, 20241 min read
Which Battery Tech Will Take the Crown? 🏆🔋
🏁The race is on! Gigafactory capacity is already big enough to meet all Net Zero targets—and there's more on the way. We’re seeing some...
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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 10, 20243 min read
Universal Hydrogen: A 20 Min Or $100M Lesson
22 minutes on YouTube could have saved investors $100M. That’s the harsh lesson from the rise and fall of Universal Hydrogen.
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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
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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