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EMIN ASKEROV
Cleantech FOAK and Scale-up Consiglieri
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๐ผ Negotiating the Term SheetโWhere the Real Work Begins
How to negotiate a term sheet for your offtake
Emin Askerov
Dec 3, 20242 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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๐ผ The Letter of Intent - Paving the Way to Your Offtake Term Sheet
How do you negotiate a Letter of Intent for your offtake agreement?
Emin Askerov
Nov 29, 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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๐ก ๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ? ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐๐ฑ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป.
Hydrogen is like real estate, there are three main criteria for project success: location, location, and location.
Emin Askerov
Nov 27, 20242 min read
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๐ Is Green Tech Dead? Not According to the Numbers!
Q3 VC investment data from Pitchbook Inc shows otherwise.
Emin Askerov
Nov 26, 20242 min read
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๐ก๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐๐ผ๐น๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ. ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐'๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐?
Northvoltโs stumble is not a death knell; itโs a wake-up call.
Emin Askerov
Nov 25, 20241 min read
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โก๏ธ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฝ๐๐ผโ๐ ๐๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ด๐ ๐๐๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ: ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐บ ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ข๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐?
Crypto's Energy Hunger: Problem or Opportunity?
Emin Askerov
Nov 22, 20242 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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๐ฅ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐-๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ฑ๐ธ
There are three things to keep in mind when going for series B.
Emin Askerov
Nov 20, 20242 min read
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๐ AI Meets Manufacturing ๐ค๐
AI and lithium-ion electrode manufacturing
Emin Askerov
Nov 18, 20242 min read
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๐ Investing in the Era of Climate Change: A Book Review ๐
How Much to Solve Climate Change? $150 Trillion and Counting
Emin Askerov
Nov 14, 20243 min read
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๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ปโ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ๐บ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐โ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ผ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
Why is free public transport economically and environmentally better?
Emin Askerov
Nov 12, 20241 min read
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Why Europeโs Legacy Automakers Are Stuck in Reverse as EVs Accelerate
As VW shuts down factories and Chinese EVs flood the market, itโs clear that Europeโs legacy automakers are feeling the pressure
Emin Askerov
Nov 7, 20243 min read
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๐๐ฅ The Battery Digitalization Chicken-and-Egg Problem
You need data to optimize production, but production has to be running to generate that data.
Emin Askerov
Nov 5, 20242 min read
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๐ง Decommissioning: The Nuclear Marketโs Next Billion-Dollar Boom
What are the investment hot spots in nuclear decommissioning?
Emin Askerov
Nov 4, 20241 min read
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๐ Halloween Horror Story: The Rise and Fall of Redflow ๐ป
How a flow-battery maker, Redflow, met its untimely end.
Emin Askerov
Nov 1, 20241 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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๐ก Extending Nuclearโs Lifespan: An Investment Opportunity for the Energy Transition
Whatโs the most cost-effective way to decarbonize the grid? Surprisingly, itโs long-term operation (LTO) of existing nuclear power...
Emin Askerov
Oct 30, 20241 min read
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