Eight lessons from the first climate tech boom and bust
On the brink of a new technology movement to build a climate-conscious and more sustainable world, we reflect on the lessons and insights from CleanTech 1.0.
Jump around Eight lessons from the first climate tech boom and bust Lesson 1: Avoid relying exclusively on altruism to scale Fracking Biofuels Expensive carbon credits Soil carbon sequestration Lesson 2: Innovate on business model to tackle challenging sales motion Solar Soil and food Lesson 3: Leverage the regulatory environment as an advantageous tailwind ARPA-E and early climate legislation Lesson 4: Beware of supply chain shocks Solyndra and cheap Chinese solar panels Rare earth metals Lesson 5: Invest in engineering problems, not science experiments Tesla Nuclear Lesson 6: Be wary of long
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