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Emin Askerov
Feb 72 min read
🔋 Battery Startups, Let’s Get to the Point!
Battery startup descriptions don't make sense!
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Emin Askerov
Feb 63 min read
Stationary Energy Storage: Which Business Models Will See Most Growth?
The stationary energy storage market tripled in 2023. But with the sector maturing fast, not every corner is ripe for VC-backed disruption
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Emin Askerov
Feb 32 min read
Scale, Cost, and Tech
How overcapacity in battery manufacturing can lead to a change in the gigafactory business model?
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Emin Askerov
Jan 303 min read
The 5 Steps of The Pilot Stage
A Pilot is your first real-world test—where you prove that your technology works outside the lab.
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Emin Askerov
Jan 281 min read
Two Lessons From Hardware Startup
How selling experience and starting small lets you disrupt an industry.
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Emin Askerov
Jan 271 min read
How Big Should Your FOAK Be?
A 3-step framework for scaling-up to FOAK
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Emin Askerov
Jan 236 min read
The 4-step Framework for Choosing Climate Tech Scale-Up Business Model
The 4-step framework for choosing climate tech scale-up business model
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Emin Askerov
Jan 221 min read
🚗 Not All EV Startups Fail: The TOGG Success Story
Turkey's EV startup is ramping up sales.
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Emin Askerov
Jan 211 min read
Canoo: $1.5B FOAK Failure
What Canoo failure can teach cleantech scaleups?
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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 1710 min read
Cleantech Business Models
Over 37% of climate investors decide not to invest in hardware companies because of the business model and long sales cycles. These are...
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Emin Askerov
Jan 161 min read
🔥VC Climate Tech Funding Down Again—What Now? 🔥
Venture investors watch the world burn and seek refuge in virtual worlds
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Emin Askerov
Jan 141 min read
🗝️ 12 Keys to Scaling Up 🌱
The best guide so far on scaling up climate tech from Breakthrough Energy Catalyst
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Emin Askerov
Jan 101 min read
💡 Lessons Learned From Closing My Startup
A year ago, I launched ETR , a startup aimed at disrupting sustainable heating and cooling. Today, I’m closing it. This wasn’t an easy...
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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
Jan 82 min read
👨🏻🔬From Lab to Fab: Why You Need a CPO - Chief Production Officer👷🏻♂️
Why do you need a Chief Production Officer in your startup?
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Emin Askerov
Jan 71 min read
🎁 Free One-Hour Consultations for Cleantech Scale-Ups 🌱
This January, I’m offering 20 free one-hour online consultations to startups and investors in the cleantech and climate tech space.
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Emin Askerov
Jan 62 min read
📥Drop-In Solution
𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗱𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲?
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Emin Askerov
Jan 21 min read
🚧 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵: 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰’𝘀 𝗟𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗨𝗽 🚧
2024 was a brutal year for hardtech climate startups.
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Emin Askerov
Dec 31, 20241 min read
🌞 Solarpunk: A Manifesto for a Better Future
I’ve just picked up my New Year read—a collection of solarpunk short stories. If you’re wondering, what is solarpunk, and why does it...
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