60 acast.com Building a Better Future https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/building-a-better-future-stories-from-climate-tech-founders en Cherry Swayne climatetech ,climate,founders,climatetechnology,sustainability,positiveimpact,environment Cherry Swayne Stories from Climate Tech Founders Hey everyone! Cherry Swayne here, Founder of Above and Beyond Recruitment, Carbon13 Domain Expert, organiser of online climate tech communities and Mother of two small, wonderful children. Most importantly to you though, I’m your Host of Building a Better Future: Stories from Climate Tech Founders.


Each week, we’ll talk to inspirational Founders within the Climate Tech industry, get to know their journey to becoming a Founder and the challenges they’ve faced along the way. It’s a series for Founders from people who are in the trenches and going through what you’re going through right now. 


Happy listening💫

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]]> Hey everyone! Cherry Swayne here, Founder of Above and Beyond Recruitment, Carbon13 Domain Expert, organiser of online climate tech communities and Mother of two small, wonderful children. Most importantly to you though, I’m your Host of Building a Better Future: Stories from Climate Tech Founders.


Each week, we’ll talk to inspirational Founders within the Climate Tech industry, get to know their journey to becoming a Founder and the challenges they’ve faced along the way. It’s a series for Founders from people who are in the trenches and going through what you’re going through right now. 


Happy listening💫

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]]> false Cherry Swayne info+634e9ec9ce0a930011df8f66@mg-eu.acast.com 634e9ec9ce0a930011df8f66 building-a-better-future-stories-from-climate-tech-founders episodic https://assets.pippa.io/shows/cover/1666096660753-00f8df01a31f4aa4ec0c13f7358706bf.jpeg https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/building-a-better-future-stories-from-climate-tech-founders Building a Better Future E9: Rebecca Thompson from Ecosy Travel E9: Rebecca Thompson from Ecosy Travel Thu, 15 Dec 2022 18:31:59 GMT 40:49 639b682022666600117199cf false https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBIu5ofpjvnXmHrBFxtBDtg 639b682022666600117199cf 634e9ec9ce0a930011df8f66 full 1 9 On this final episode of Building a Better Future: Stories from Climate Tech Founders, I spoke to Rebecca Thompson, Founder of Ecosy Travel.


About Ecosy Travel:

Ecosy Travel provide a cutting-edge booking platform that help you find flightless adventures by train and boat to beautiful eco-stays. They’re there to help you relax on your journey to a low-carbon future, making booking easy and letting you tailor every aspect of your trip.


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]]> On this final episode of Building a Better Future: Stories from Climate Tech Founders, I spoke to Rebecca Thompson, Founder of Ecosy Travel.


About Ecosy Travel:

Ecosy Travel provide a cutting-edge booking platform that help you find flightless adventures by train and boat to beautiful eco-stays. They’re there to help you relax on your journey to a low-carbon future, making booking easy and letting you tailor every aspect of your trip.


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]]> E8: Eddie Fitzgerald-Barron from C Free E8: Eddie Fitzgerald-Barron from C Free Thu, 01 Dec 2022 17:30:00 GMT 51:03 6388dfe051f2a60010219690 false https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBIu5ofpjvnXmHrBFxtBDtg 6388dfe051f2a60010219690 634e9ec9ce0a930011df8f66 full 1 8 On this episode of Building a Better Future: Stories from Climate Tech Founders, I spoke to Eddie Fitzgerald-Barron, Co-Founder of C Free.


We covered a lot during the session, including Eddie's early entrepreneurial drive as a gardener, his journey through employment into bootstrapping his own business, the importance of self-learning and development, as well as looking to the future for funding for expansion.


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]]> On this episode of Building a Better Future: Stories from Climate Tech Founders, I spoke to Eddie Fitzgerald-Barron, Co-Founder of C Free.


We covered a lot during the session, including Eddie's early entrepreneurial drive as a gardener, his journey through employment into bootstrapping his own business, the importance of self-learning and development, as well as looking to the future for funding for expansion.


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]]> E7: Vickesh Solanki from Horizon E7: Vickesh Solanki from Horizon Thu, 24 Nov 2022 17:00:00 GMT 34:13 637f9278bb758800112ff52b false https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBIu5ofpjvnXmHrBFxtBDtg 637f9278bb758800112ff52b 634e9ec9ce0a930011df8f66 full 1 7 On this episode of Building a Better Future: Stories from Climate Tech Founders, I spoke to Vickesh Solanki, Co-Founder of Horizon.


We covered a lot during the session, including Vickesh's drive to create his own revision app during university, his transition from the ambitious general sustainability app to the focus on recycling, experience with start-up think tanks and his goals for the future of Horizon.


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]]> On this episode of Building a Better Future: Stories from Climate Tech Founders, I spoke to Vickesh Solanki, Co-Founder of Horizon.


We covered a lot during the session, including Vickesh's drive to create his own revision app during university, his transition from the ambitious general sustainability app to the focus on recycling, experience with start-up think tanks and his goals for the future of Horizon.


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]]> E6: Buffy Price from Carbon Re E6: Buffy Price from Carbon Re Tue, 22 Nov 2022 10:00:00 GMT 40:09 637c9a076814fb0011a75b33 false https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBIu5ofpjvnXmHrBFxtBDtg 637c9a076814fb0011a75b33 634e9ec9ce0a930011df8f66 full 1 6 On this episode of Building a Better Future: Stories from Climate Tech Founders, I spoke to Buffy Price, COO of Carbon Re.


Having partnered with them recently to help them scale their Engineering team and support them in their mission to reduce gigatonnes of carbon emissions every year🌍, it was great to get to know Buffy and the journey they've embarked on.


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]]> On this episode of Building a Better Future: Stories from Climate Tech Founders, I spoke to Buffy Price, COO of Carbon Re.


Having partnered with them recently to help them scale their Engineering team and support them in their mission to reduce gigatonnes of carbon emissions every year🌍, it was great to get to know Buffy and the journey they've embarked on.


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]]> E5: Charlie French from Etcho E5: Charlie French from Etcho Thu, 17 Nov 2022 16:03:39 GMT 48:12 63765b5b7c5bfb0010250a86 false https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBIu5ofpjvnXmHrBFxtBDtg 63765b5b7c5bfb0010250a86 634e9ec9ce0a930011df8f66 full 1 5 On this episode of Building a Better Future: Stories from Climate Tech Founders, I spoke to Charlie French, Co-Founder of Etcho.


We covered a lot during the session, including Charlie's wonderful entrepreneurial spirit when he was younger, his relationship with his Co-Founder (and Brother in Law), experience with funding and a reveal of who he would choose in the Climate Tech space to spend an hour with.


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]]> On this episode of Building a Better Future: Stories from Climate Tech Founders, I spoke to Charlie French, Co-Founder of Etcho.


We covered a lot during the session, including Charlie's wonderful entrepreneurial spirit when he was younger, his relationship with his Co-Founder (and Brother in Law), experience with funding and a reveal of who he would choose in the Climate Tech space to spend an hour with.


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]]> E4: Jo Hand from Giki E4: Jo Hand from Giki Fri, 04 Nov 2022 09:07:00 GMT 46:53 6364d635e6550c0012f4f7d5 false https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBIu5ofpjvnXmHrBFxtBDtg 6364d635e6550c0012f4f7d5 634e9ec9ce0a930011df8f66 full 1 4 On this episode of Building a Better Future: Stories from Climate Tech Founders, I spoke to Jo Hand, Co-Founder of Giki.


We covered a lot during the session, including no fly policies, green admin days, Patagonia, company culture and values, as well as fundraising.


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]]> On this episode of Building a Better Future: Stories from Climate Tech Founders, I spoke to Jo Hand, Co-Founder of Giki.


We covered a lot during the session, including no fly policies, green admin days, Patagonia, company culture and values, as well as fundraising.


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]]> E3: Bertie IP from Alectro E3: Bertie IP from Alectro Wed, 02 Nov 2022 13:04:52 GMT 56:26 63626af489846c00115c6d96 false https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBIu5ofpjvnXmHrBFxtBDtg 63626af489846c00115c6d96 634e9ec9ce0a930011df8f66 full 1 3 On this episode of Building a Better Future: Stories from Climate Tech Founders, I spoke to Bertie IP, Co-Founder of Alectro.


We covered a lot during the session, including hiring people you trust, celebrating other people's successes, raising awareness and advice on pitching for funding.


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]]> On this episode of Building a Better Future: Stories from Climate Tech Founders, I spoke to Bertie IP, Co-Founder of Alectro.


We covered a lot during the session, including hiring people you trust, celebrating other people's successes, raising awareness and advice on pitching for funding.


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]]> E2: Louise Parlons Bentata from Blue Methane E2: Louise Parlons Bentata from Blue Methane Tue, 01 Nov 2022 16:28:22 GMT 44:57 635fc63e4a707a001284165d false https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBIu5ofpjvnXmHrBFxtBDtg 635fc63e4a707a001284165d 634e9ec9ce0a930011df8f66 full 1 2 On this episode of Building a Better Future: Stories from Climate Tech Founders, I spoke to Louise Parlons Bentata, CEO and Co-Founder of Blue Methane.


We covered a lot during the session, including post graduate certificates for career changes, the Climate Technology Fellowship, finding a Co-Founder and the world of fundraising.


A couple of great resources mentioned included:

Carbon13: https://bit.ly/3gClqUJ

On Deck: Climate Technology Fellowship: https://bit.ly/3N7fjEo


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]]> On this episode of Building a Better Future: Stories from Climate Tech Founders, I spoke to Louise Parlons Bentata, CEO and Co-Founder of Blue Methane.


We covered a lot during the session, including post graduate certificates for career changes, the Climate Technology Fellowship, finding a Co-Founder and the world of fundraising.


A couple of great resources mentioned included:

Carbon13: https://bit.ly/3gClqUJ

On Deck: Climate Technology Fellowship: https://bit.ly/3N7fjEo


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]]> E1: Mark Corbett from Thrust Carbon E1: Mark Corbett from Thrust Carbon Tue, 01 Nov 2022 16:28:06 GMT 38:11 635fc1a33e31010011bad0a3 false https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBIu5ofpjvnXmHrBFxtBDtg 635fc1a33e31010011bad0a3 634e9ec9ce0a930011df8f66 full 1 1 On the very first episode of Building a Better Future: Stories from Climate Tech Founders, I spoke to Mark Corbett, the CEO and Co-Founder of Thrust Carbon.


Conversation was vast, and quite frankly, I could have talked to them all day! In just under 40 minutes, we covered mentoring, success and failure, patience, self-doubt and co-working spaces.


A couple of great resources mentioned included:

Kings 20 Accelerator: https://bit.ly/3rOOQBE

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: https://gates.ly/3VoEAO1


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]]> On the very first episode of Building a Better Future: Stories from Climate Tech Founders, I spoke to Mark Corbett, the CEO and Co-Founder of Thrust Carbon.


Conversation was vast, and quite frankly, I could have talked to them all day! In just under 40 minutes, we covered mentoring, success and failure, patience, self-doubt and co-working spaces.


A couple of great resources mentioned included:

Kings 20 Accelerator: https://bit.ly/3rOOQBE

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: https://gates.ly/3VoEAO1


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DISCLAIMER: Please bear with me on the audio quality of this episode, I can assure you that it improves on E2.

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