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EMIN ASKEROV
Cleantech FOAK and Scale-up Consiglieri
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Building a FOAK Supply Chain: Five Steps Before You Order Your First Bolt
Your FOAK supply chain doesnโt start when you place the first order โ it starts when you design your pilot.
Miss that moment, and delays, overruns, and โunavailable partsโ will follow.
In my new post, I go through five steps to build your supply chain before your FOAK becomes real.
Emin Askerov
Nov 63 min read
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Scale-Up Killers: How Supply Chain Chaos Can Sink a Startup
In 2020, I was scrambling to get chips for our battery modules . Lead times had jumped from 2-3 months to over 9 months . Chipmakers...
Emin Askerov
Mar 102 min read
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๐ฐ๐ทBack in Korea: Scaling Batteries with JR Energy Solution๐
Batteries have brought me to Korea once again. The last time I was here was just before the COVID lockdown, and now, Iโm backโthis time...
Emin Askerov
Mar 32 min read
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Europeโs Auto Industry: Time for a Rethink, Not a Rescue
What to do wฤฑth Europe's auto industry?
Emin Askerov
Feb 122 min read
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When Are You Ready To Scale?
๐๐ผ๐ย ๐ฑ๐ผย ๐๐ผ๐ย ๐ธ๐ป๐ผ๐ย ๐๐ผ๐ย ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒย ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐? ๐๐ย ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ดย ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒย ๐พ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐.
Emin Askerov
Dec 24, 20242 min read
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๐ ๐๐จ ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ข๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ
Observations from the second week of meeting EU battery players
Emin Askerov
Dec 17, 20242 min read
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๐ Ramping-Up Battery Production: Lessons from Fraunhoferโs Report
๐ Scaling Up Hardware? Fraunhoferโs Battery Ramp-Up Report Shows Just How Hard It Gets!
Emin Askerov
Oct 31, 20243 min read
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๐ 4 Takeaways On Critical Materials in the Battery Supply Chain๐
Last month, IRENA quietly dropped a report on critical materials in the battery supply chainโyet I saw barely a blip about it on...
Emin Askerov
Oct 28, 20241 min read
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