Creating the Next Billion-Dollar Solar Firm

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Wood Mackenzie

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🗓️ 14 October 2015

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Solar has been around for decades. But it’s only in the last 10 years when the billion-dollar companies have emerged. With solar business models still so new, there a lot more room for many more startups to emerge as the next behemoths in the industry. But can software companies do it? In this episode of The Interchange, we’ll talk with Emily Kirsch, the co-founder and CEO of Powerhouse, an incubator and accelerator dedicated to the distributed solar industry. She’ll discuss where she sees the greatest opportunities for growth. We’ll talk about why Powerhouse is so focused on software companies, hear about common mistakes made by entrepreneurs pitching their companies, and discuss some alternatives to venture capital. The Interchange is a brand new podcast available to GTM Squared subscribers. For one month, we’re giving away the show for free. Visit the http://www.greentechmedia.com/squared to find out more about our premium content. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hello Energy Gang listeners. You know over the years many have asked can you do more than one
0:06.8	energy gang a week the answer unfortunately is no schedules and time make it pretty hard but you've probably noticed that we're all of a sudden giving out a bunch of new episodes this week.
0:17.0	We once again present to you another free episode of our sister podcast called The Interchange, which will soon only be
0:24.3	available to subscribers of our new premium service, GTM squared. In this episode
0:29.4	we're looking at Solar Start-Up Strategies and in the next one coming later this week our last free one
0:35.2	We'll talk about everything you should know about Yield Coes for more on how to keep getting this podcast and tons of other stuff for a very, very low yearly price.
0:45.7	Visit greentech media.com slash squared.
0:49.3	Now here's the show. So.
0:59.0	This is the Interchange, a weekly conversation on the changing business of energy and clean tech from
1:04.3	GTM squared.
1:05.9	This week we're talking about what entrepreneurs and solar startups need to know to create the
1:10.0	next billion dollar energy company.
1:12.3	And I'm Stephen Lacey, a senior editor at Green Tech Media.
1:15.0	One half of the conversation here in Washington, D.C.
1:17.0	My other half is in Boston.
1:19.0	Is Shale Khan, the senior vice president of GTM research.
1:22.0	How are you Shale? I'm doing well. I'm just emerging from reading
1:26.9	this 2,000 word essay from David Roberts about the Rev Initiative in New York, which is really killer.
1:33.4	You should check it out.
1:34.1	He just published it.
1:35.2	He is such a fantastic writer.
1:37.5	He makes every complicated subject accessible.
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