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Emin Askerov
Mar 64 min read
Power and Progress: Does Technology Benefit All By Default?
the most cyberpunk thing I’ve read this year wasn’t fiction—it was a book by Nobel Prize winning MIT economists
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Emin Askerov
Mar 32 min read
How Long Should Your Off-Take Be?
This week, I go briefly into the key factors behind determining the term of your off-take
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Emin Askerov
Feb 252 min read
Three Steps to Building a FOAK
Your First-of-a-Kind (FOAK) project is where your climate tech startup is a startup no more. Investors, customers, and even your own team...
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Emin Askerov
Feb 172 min read
🐝 Bees Against Honey: Should Climate Startups Exit to Big Oil?🍯
Do acquisitions of climate tech startups by Big Oil help or hinder energy transition?
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Emin Askerov
Feb 142 min read
How many climate tech startups and VCs are frauds?
I have no idea. Still, the question has been popping up in my head now and again for the last year. Every time I see some “hydrogen...
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Emin Askerov
Feb 102 min read
Why Are Western Battery Startups Failing? 🪫
Investor's pressure to go big might have had a hand in it.
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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
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 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 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 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 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 25, 20242 min read
𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗶𝘂𝗺𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝟭𝟬𝘅 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲
Why should you avoid Green Premium and look for 10x value?
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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 28, 20244 min read
Is Your Scale-Up Built on Climate Bricks or Actual Building Blocks?
Review of Clean Tech ScaleUp Manual by Climate Brick
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Emin Askerov
Nov 27, 20242 min read
💡 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗠𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲? 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗮 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗛𝘆𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗲𝗻.
Hydrogen is like real estate, there are three main criteria for project success: location, location, and location.
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