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EMIN ASKEROV
Cleantech FOAK and Scale-up Consiglieri
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Dive into my latest thoughts on Greentech trends, startup strategies, and investment insights. Stay ahead in the green revolution.
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Universal Hydrogen: A 20 Min Or $100M Lesson
22 minutes on YouTube could have saved investors $100M. That’s the harsh lesson from the rise and fall of Universal Hydrogen.
Emin Askerov
Aug 10, 20243 min read


Missing Skills
Investors think that hard tech climate scaleups lack generalist and financial expertise. While Founders agree only with the latter. Why?...
Emin Askerov
Aug 7, 20242 min read


Dealing With Giants
Strategic investors can be a double-edged sword for greentech scaleups. Here’s what to look out for. ⌛️Never before there was such a...
Emin Askerov
Aug 5, 20242 min read


The Art of Downtime
How much time do you need to rest? Two weeks? A day? A blink of an eye?
Emin Askerov
Aug 4, 20241 min read


Arrival: What Happened?
We all love success stories, but the truth is, we learn best from failures.
Emin Askerov
Aug 3, 20241 min read


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


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


Tokenization of Greentech
Should we tokenize greentech, and if yes how? I need your help to figure this out. 🙋♂️
Emin Askerov
Jun 11, 20241 min read


Road Tripping: EV, hybrid or ICE?
ICE or EV? Or Hybrid? Which one is cleaner? We now have a cool tool to check this!
Emin Askerov
Jun 6, 20241 min read


Set Sails!
Wind could displace fossil fuels in maritime transport faster than hydrogen. This is how it can happen.
Emin Askerov
May 31, 20242 min read


Strategic Investors: how to kill a startup
A strategic investor can kill a greentech startup. Here is why and how.
Emin Askerov
May 29, 20243 min read
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