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Hey Stephen here, this week we've got another edition of What It Takes, a live interview series on how top

clean tech entrepreneurs built their companies, produced by Powerhouse in partnership with

Green Tech Media.

This week, a conversation with Andrew Birch, the co-founder and CEO of Sun Jevity.

For those who've been following the Wild Ride and Solar, or perhaps you've faced a bit of whiplash yourself,

you're going to want to listen to this interview.

Until recently, Sun Jevity was the third biggest resolution. yourself, you're going to want to listen to this interview.

Until recently, Sun Jevity was the third biggest residential solar installer in the U.S.

Until it went bankrupt at the beginning of the year.

In this interview, Birch talks candidly about how Sun Jevity was started, what killed an acquisition

deal to save the company, how market forces and the political landscape hurt the installer,

and where he thinks global solar trends are headed.

A big thanks to Powerhouse, the Clean Tech Incubator and Accelerator in San Francisco,

for putting on this event and including GTM as a partner. We're going to first hear Shale Khan set up the interview and then Powerhouse founder and CEO Emily Kirsch takes it away.

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