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CleanTechies Silas & Somil

    • Technology
    • 4.9 • 19 Ratings

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    #194 Distilling the Water Industry, Water Policy, Cracking Distribution, Hybrid Financing, & More w/ Ravi Kurani (Liquid Assets Podcast)

    #194 Distilling the Water Industry, Water Policy, Cracking Distribution, Hybrid Financing, & More w/ Ravi Kurani (Liquid Assets Podcast)

    Forget Fan Mail, Fan Text Us! 💬Today we speak with Ravi Kurani, CEO and Founder of Sutro (water IoT device company -- exited to Sani Marc). Aaand the creator and host of Liquid Assets, a Podcast interviewing the leading voices in WaterTech. Between Ravi's background as a founder in the water, his familiarity with the water ecosystem, and now his opportunity to interview the leaders in the water space, he's a great person to have on regarding all things water. We feel that we got a hell of a d...

    • 41 min
    #193 100k Jobs by 2030, Future of Work in Climate, Power of Bootstrapping, Beating MBB, & More w/ Matthias Muehlbauer (OnePointFive)

    #193 100k Jobs by 2030, Future of Work in Climate, Power of Bootstrapping, Beating MBB, & More w/ Matthias Muehlbauer (OnePointFive)

    Forget Fan Mail, Fan Text Us! 💬Today, we are talking to Matthias Muehlbauer of OnePointFive.We have the pleasure of covering one of our good friends, Matthias Muehlbauer at the powerhouse firm OnePointFive. Matthias is a Founding Partner at the firm, where their activities range across two operations:**They provide diligence and climate advisory services**They train sustainability professionals They’re bringing a level of success and professionalism that is beating MBB (top 3 consulting firms...

    • 52 min
    #192 Catalytic Capital, Hiring a CFO, Inclusive Financing, Grant Funding Gaps, & More w/ Dimitry Gershenson (Enduring Planet)

    #192 Catalytic Capital, Hiring a CFO, Inclusive Financing, Grant Funding Gaps, & More w/ Dimitry Gershenson (Enduring Planet)

    Forget Fan Mail, Fan Text Us! 💬Dimitry Gershenson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Enduring Planet. A fractional CFO and Non-Dilutive Funding service for ClimateTech Entrepreneurs. As for funding, they provide working capital for founders who have landed grants or who have government contracts. It's great to see more Climate-Specific service providers to help continue supporting the ecosystem. Today, Dimitry shares his story, and we discuss:**The importance of and when to hire a fractio...

    • 53 min
    #191 Wood Supply Chains, Creating a Brand, Fragmented Industries, Securing Consistent Offtake & More w/ Ben Christensen (Cambium)

    #191 Wood Supply Chains, Creating a Brand, Fragmented Industries, Securing Consistent Offtake & More w/ Ben Christensen (Cambium)

    Forget Fan Mail, Fan Text Us! 💬In our third installment of sustainable building materials, we’re taking another look at lumber.We’ve already called reclaimed lumber “the superpower building material you’ve never heard of”.As a refresher, lumber, processed wood from trees, is a versatile and widely used building material known for its strength, durability, and workability.So why isn’t there more of it in our buildings? Well, as great as lumber is, usable lumber from our buildings only comes fr...

    • 48 min
    #190 Climate Robotics, Reusing Lumber, the Economics of Construction, Inventory Prediction, & More w/ Eric Law (Urban Machine)

    #190 Climate Robotics, Reusing Lumber, the Economics of Construction, Inventory Prediction, & More w/ Eric Law (Urban Machine)

    Forget Fan Mail, Fan Text Us! 💬Reclaimed lumber is the superpower building material you’ve never heard of (because we’re all up to date on our Rolodex of sustainable building materials, right?). Lumber, processed wood from trees, is a versatile and widely used building material known for its strength, durability, and workability. So why isn’t there more of it in our buildings? Well, as great as lumber is, usable lumber from our buildings only comes from a few places — in the USA, it comes mai...

    • 43 min
    #189 Sustainable Building Materials, Mycelium, Scaling Production, Navigating Market Acceptance & More w/ Ilya Gindin (COMU Labs)

    #189 Sustainable Building Materials, Mycelium, Scaling Production, Navigating Market Acceptance & More w/ Ilya Gindin (COMU Labs)

    Forget Fan Mail, Fan Text Us! 💬Mycelium is an emerging decarbonized building material due to its sustainability, biodegradability, and strength. It is cultivated by growing fungal networks, also known as mushrooms. Mycelium-based products can be used for insulation, bricks, and packaging. Today, we have a ClimateTech Entrepreneur making waves with Mycelium. Ilya is CEO & Co-Founder of COMU Labs, bridging the gap between sustainability and affordability in furniture materials. They utilize...

    • 29 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
19 Ratings

19 Ratings

Sunil Kurien ,

Excellent

Great podcast with a lot of depth and nuance to it. Silas does a good job of asking the right questions.

Mary567890 ,

Very authentic

I love hearing about both the ups and downs. Very relatable.

smb1003 ,

Fascinating content in a digestible format

Silas unpacks a wide range of important topics in a friendly way with some fantastic guests! Check it out!

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