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EMIN ASKEROV
Cleantech FOAK and Scale-up Consiglieri
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๐๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ?
Emin Askerov
Jan 62 min read
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๐ง ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ ๐ง๐ฟ๐๐๐ต ๐๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต: ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐโ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐จ๐ฝ ๐ง
2024 was a brutal year for hardtech climate startups.
Emin Askerov
Jan 21 min read
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De-risking FOAK
Main FOAK risks
Emin Askerov
Dec 26, 20243 min read
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๐ก The Myth of IP Moats: Lessons from the Frontlines
Twice in my career, Iโve dealt with intellectual property (IP). Both times, I came out with one big realization: IP isnโt the holy grail...
Emin Askerov
Dec 23, 20242 min read
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๐ 2024: A Year in Climate Tech Review
As 2024 wraps up, itโs time to reflect on a year that was anything but dull for the climate tech world. A buzzword dominated this yearโ...
Emin Askerov
Dec 19, 20243 min read
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Why Do Strategic Investors Back Climate Tech Startups?
A Climate First VC artile got me thinking
Emin Askerov
Dec 2, 20242 min read
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Is Your Scale-Up Built on Climate Bricks or Actual Building Blocks?
Review of Clean Tech ScaleUp Manual by Climate Brick
Emin Askerov
Nov 28, 20244 min read
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When Money is the Easy Part
$๐ญ๐ฎ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป/๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ? $๐ฏ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป? ๐๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ $๐ญ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ ๐ง๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ion
Emin Askerov
Nov 21, 20243 min read
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The Real Criteria Behind Angel & VC Investment Decisions
Some VC investments are head-scratchers, right? I thought so too. So, I took a deep dive into the world of climate VC investing.
Emin Askerov
Oct 7, 20242 min read
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What do VCs get wrong in Cleantech?
๐๏ธ Reflecting on the Latest Climate Insiders Podcast with Nadav Steinmitz ๐
Emin Askerov
Sep 4, 20241 min read
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Navigating the Capital Stack: From Lab to NOAK
Who do you go to for the money and when? When you're scaling up from Lab to Nth-of-a-Kind (NOAK), understanding the capital stack is...
Emin Askerov
Aug 20, 20241 min read
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Heat Pumps: Appetite for Disruption
What kind of problems should you be looking to solve as a startup founder? Here is a funny example from the heat pump market.
Emin Askerov
Jul 19, 20242 min read
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Cracking the Wind Code in Rosatom
In 2016 I convinced Rosatom, the Russian state nuclear corporation, to invest $1B in wind energy and wind turbine manufacturing. Why did...
Emin Askerov
Jul 18, 20242 min read
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