Dick Swanson, Founder of SunPower

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🗓️ 9 October 2017

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

This week, we’re unveiling a new podcast collaboration between Greentech Media and Powerhouse, called "Watt it Takes." Watt It Takes is produced and recorded live at Powerhouse, a cleantech incubator and seed fund in Oakland, CA. Each month, a founder of a top clean energy company shares the personal story behind the company they’ve built. Our first episode features Dick Swanson, founder, and former CEO and CTO of SunPower, who talks about the wild ups and downs of building one of the largest solar companies in the world. The show begins with Shayle Kann, SVP at GTM, providing some market context. And then Powerhouse Founder and CEO Emily Kirsch leads the interview with Swanson. Want to meet these industry luminaries and watch a live recording? Get tickets for future events: wattittakesoct2017.splashthat.com. 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	Hey everybody Stephen here and I am here to unveil a new collaboration between
0:05.1	Green Tech Media and Power House. It's a monthly podcast segment we're calling
0:09.4	What It Takes. What It Takes is produced and live recorded at Powerhouse, a clean tech incubator and seed fund in Oakland, California.
0:17.0	If you remember a few weeks back, we had co-founder and CEO Emily Kirsch on the show.
0:23.0	And each month, a founder of a top clean energy company is going to share their personal
0:27.2	story behind the company they've built.
0:30.3	Our first episode features Dick Swanson, founder and former CEO and CEO of Sun Power,
0:36.0	who talks about how he went from cleaning dirt off of oil drills to building one of the largest solar companies in the world.
0:42.0	The show begins with our very own Shail Khan. one of the largest solar companies in the world.
0:42.8	The show begins with our very own Shail Khan,
0:44.8	Senior Vice President at GTM,
0:46.9	and my co-host on the interchange,
0:49.0	providing some market context.
0:51.0	And then Powerhouse founder and CEO Emily Kirsch leads the interview with Swanson.
0:55.1	Swanson is considered a founding father of the solar industry, and this conversation does not disappoint.
1:01.2	If you want to hear what it takes recorded live at Powerhouse in Oakland
1:05.2	and meet these luminaries in person over a beer, Powerhouse makes 60 tickets available for each recording,
1:11.7	and so far tickets are selling out for every show.
1:15.3	So get your tickets now for future events by clicking the link in the show notes or go to
1:20.7	powerhouse dot solar slash events. And now on to the show.
1:27.0	Hear that Stephen Lacy?
1:31.0	Okay.
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