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And that’s a wrap on Season 3! Thank you to our listeners for tuning in to our best season yet. In our closing episode, we’re taking it back to the basics with a Co-Host Special. Ed and Eva will walk each other through their professional and personal journeys, and uncover hidden gems along the way. After listening to this episode, you will learn about: serial entrepreneur Ed’s current companies, and his best advice for new founders; Eva’s favorite Substack for staying up to date on Africa; Ed’s passion for gardening; and so much more. Happy listening!

In this special episode of The Beyond Capital podcast we are joined by co-founder of Beyond Capital Fund and CEO of Mobility Capital, Hooman Yazhari. In this episode, Hooman talks to Ed and Eva about:
Why the “investment hungry” world of transport is on the cusp of an industrial revolution (3:10)The origins of Mobility Capital and Hooman’s transition from operator to investor (5:18)The sustainability opportunity in transportation sectors (8:01)How Mobility Capital assesses for and measures impact (20:36)The future of carbon credit market - will it truly work for everyone? (23:32)The connection between Ted Lasso and the #1 piece of advice Hooman would give his younger self (33:57)

Outsourcing gets a bad rap. And, you know, the gig economy, I think, sometimes gets a bad rap as well. But truly, global workforces, I think, is a particularly interesting premise. If we're talking about solving real world problems in the African context, I think that that is a way forward, that is meaningful. Well, where are the income generating opportunities going to come from or where are the jobs going to come from?
 
Today we are speaking with Justin Norman the Founder, Producer and Host of The Flip, based in Johannesburg, South Africa.

You can't predict everything going on around you. It's like constant chaos. What are the things that you can actually control?  And so the vision for the business has always been to be the most trusted brand for everyday health through this kind of virtualization of products.  Companies like ours are so committed to fight climate change that it's giving me a little bit more hope that the future for our kids isn't so bleak.  This week, we are talking with Katerina Schneider of Ritual.

"I do see a lot of improvement, people pushing for sustainability. People are worried about grid resiliency, not just talking about it, but doing some about it. We understand the heat loads of a building envelope. We understand the capabilities of the cooling equipment inside that building envelope. Everyone will be using optimization technology to reduce their demand to be as efficient as possible, to be grid interactive. "
This week we are speaking with Gary Morsches.  Gary is an energy industry veteran specializing in market deregulation, risk management, supply, asset optimization and technology.  He is the Chief Executive Officer of DemandQ, a Certified B Corp. DemandQ deploys a proven optimization solution for commercial sites that reduces peak electricity demand and electricity bills while providing sustainability benefits without adversely impacting customer comfort. 

If you just think there's a product and a customer and a desire, it's the same everywhere. You just have to answer those great questions. But I think a vast majority of the product will change. I think there's a real opportunity to change and it will make a big, big difference. It was people calling us, asking us for solutions, as opposed to us finding solutions and trying to force them on people.  That made us go into this vertical. 
This week we are speaking with Christian Kemp-Griffin an early investor in CelluComp and is now executive director and CEO.