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Hey folks, Stephen here with another edition of our interview series What It Takes, produced alongside our friends at Powerhouse.

This week, Dan Sugar steps behind the mic with Emily Kirsch.

Dan has a storied career in Solar.

He's the former president of Power Light, the pioneering developer

acquired by Sun Power back in 2006. That acquisition sparked a broader vertical integration

trend in solar, and he went on to oversee hundreds of projects worth nearly a billion dollars.

Dan is now the CEO of the wildly successful Tracker Company Next Tracker,

which was sold to Flextronics for 330 million dollars last year.

He's one of the few executives in this industry who has seen multiple successful exits.

This conversation was recorded live in Oakland, California at Powerhouse, a co-working space and seed fund that supports 100 entrepreneurs

focused on software-based clean energy business models.

And as usual, Powerhouse CEO Emily Kirsch is your host and interviewer.

First, GTMs Shale Con sets the stage.

So I'd like to offer you two introductions

to tonight's guest on what it takes, Dan Sugar, who's

sitting behind me. The first is the sort of public introduction. The second one will be a

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