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EMIN ASKEROV
Cleantech FOAK and Scale-up Consiglieri
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Electric Mobility: What We Own, What We Share, and What We Fear
What is the future of electric mobility?
Emin Askerov
Jul 31, 20254 min read


Why diverse teams are crucial for a scale-up
How diverse teams are really built.
Emin Askerov
Jul 24, 20252 min read


Corporate Governance Will Haunt You Later: A Founder’s Guide for Cleantech Scaleups
What founders sometimes fail to realise is that as you scale up, you will spend less and less time working on your product and more and more time with your investors.
Emin Askerov
Jul 17, 20253 min read


Two Essays on Climate Investment—And What They Overlook
Two different points of view on climate investment. Both wrong.
Emin Askerov
Jul 15, 20252 min read


Sustainable aviation - what holds it back?
Image is AI-generated. Scaling up sustainable aircraft is like scaling up nuclear power—a comparable challenge in terms of regulatory...
Emin Askerov
Jul 9, 20251 min read


Opportunity costs of climate technologies. It's not what you think.
Why pay more to achieve less? Really, why? Yet, you see this everywhere in climatetech. How come? A reduction in man-made CO2 emissions...
Emin Askerov
Jun 30, 20251 min read


The FOAK Impact: the First Two Questions to Ask a Would-be Scaleup.
Cleantech scaleup climate impact assessment framework.
Emin Askerov
Jun 26, 20256 min read


Make Transformers (Even) More Boring
The humble transformer is at the heart of the electric grid. And for decades, it’s been a tailor-made marvel. Engineers loved the craft,...
Emin Askerov
Jun 18, 20252 min read


EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy: A promising map, but still no compass
My full breakdown is now live:
What’s working, what’s missing, and what scaleups, especially in cleantech and manufacturing, can do today without waiting for Brussels.
Emin Askerov
Jun 12, 20253 min read


The Hype Around Water Tech
Can you find unicorns in water? There is a hype around water tech startups. Climate is changing, and some countries, such as Turkey,...
Emin Askerov
Jun 3, 20252 min read


FOAK no more. Three takeaways from the US climate rollback
Don’t play with the government. That’s a rule my father taught me. He built his business in the 90s and early 2000s in Russia. He knew...
Emin Askerov
May 27, 20252 min read


AI and energy use? Not an energy problem — it's a hype problem.
Do we really have an AI energy problem? Or is it just hype (as usual)?
Emin Askerov
Apr 16, 20251 min read


How to Build a Battery Industry
How the EU can build its own battery industry
Emin Askerov
Apr 15, 20252 min read


The Thing About Europe
Why you shouldn't lose faith in Europe
Emin Askerov
Apr 14, 20251 min read


When will heat pumps have their solar moment?
What are the key drivers of heat pump market growth?
Emin Askerov
Mar 26, 20252 min read


💸 Why (most) climate tech startups don’t deliver 10x returns
Data shows that 10x returns are extremely rare in the climate tech
Emin Askerov
Mar 25, 20251 min read


What will happen to Cleantech in 2025?
What are the main challenges to NetZero in 2025?
Emin Askerov
Mar 19, 20251 min read


Heat Pumps: Narrowing the Spark Spread
How long does it take to get payback on a heat pump?
Emin Askerov
Mar 11, 20251 min read


Europe’s Cleantech Reality Check: The Good, The Bad, and The Missing Pieces
Review of Breakthrough Energy and Cleantech for Europe report on the state of European manufacturing competitiveness
Emin Askerov
Feb 28, 20252 min read


US Climate Policy: Chaos or Strategy?
Insights on the US climate policy from DC insiders and my thoughts on why this strangely resembles Russia.
Emin Askerov
Feb 20, 20253 min read
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