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Inside Cleantech – S1:E6 – Data Collection & Management with Drones – Interview with Will Hitchcock

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At this series we discuss with experts, senior executives and influencers from the Cleantech and Renewable Energy Industry. Find out about their opinions on the future of the industry, get their insights on opportunities, learn from their successes and failures.

On this interview, I am discussing with Mr Will Hitchcock Founder & CEO of Above. Learn how the sector has evolved over the last 4 years, with drones becoming a key tool for inspections and how data collection and management becomes more important for efficient decision making. Get Will’s personal view on what made Above a success story over the last 4 years and how starting up a company laying on the intersection of his personal interests was critical for his success. Interview was taken in the Solar & Storage Live 2019 exhibition, successfully organised by Terrapinn – http://www.terrapinn.com

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Challenges within Solar PV O&M and Impact on Smaller Installers / Service Providers

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Conference: SOLAR & STORAGE LIVE 2019 | 18 December 2019 | NEC Birmingham Organisers: Terrapinn – http://www.terrapinn.com

Presenter: Ypatios Moysiadis – Greensolver Business Development Director

During the Solar & Storage Live 2019 Exhibition, Ypatios gave a presentation on the Challenges within Solar PV O&M and the Impact / Opportunities for small Installers / Service providers.

Five key point on how Solar PV O&M is evolving:

1) Price pressure leads to new business models

2) Data driven decision making becomes a focal point

3) Safety and Compliance become more important

4) Un-subsidised Solar projects will result in new types of stricter service contracts

5) Consolidation on higher levels will have a knock on effect in the service industry.


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Inside Cleantech – S1:E5 – Future of Solar in the UK – Interview with A. Klassen & N. Gall

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At this series we discuss with experts, senior executives and influencers from the Cleantech and Renewable Energy Industry. Find out about their opinions on the future of the industry, get their insights on opportunities, learn from their successes and failures.

On this interview, I am discussing with two Solar Trade Association experts on the front line of the solar Industry representation, Mrs Aleksandra Klassen Business Development Manager and Mr Nicholas Gall, Senior Policy Analyst of the STA. Learn their views and the views of STA on what the next day holds for the solar sector in the UK as well as the important regulatory changes that will effect existing and new solar assets. Interview was taken in the Solar & Storage Live 2019 exhibition, successfully organised by Terrapin.

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Interview to Museum of Entrepreneurship – Sharing my views on Entrepreneurship and call to action on Climate Change

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A huge thank you to Dr Stefania Zerbinati and her team for this rather personal interview. I am communicating my views on entrepreneurship, I am giving a glimpse on my personal story and I share my entrepreneurial intersection. I close the interview with a message and a call to action on fighting climate change, a purpose which I have dedicated my life and my work – “The technology to change the planet is here”

Check out the website of the museum at www.museumofentrepreneurship.com for more insightful videos from like-minded entrepreneurs.

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Thoughts on the move – Monaco – S1:E2 – Develop Sales Processes & Sell on Value

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Cleantech Geek Thoughts on the Move Series – At this series I will be producing short videos on the move from various locations. On this series I will be giving you my thoughts on issues that startups and companies face. From sales, marketing and leadership to sustainability and carbon footprint reduction. I will be sharing with you my point of view, my experiences, insights and personal leanings.

At this video I am discussing about the necessity of developing sales processes that you and your team can follow and the importance of selling on value and not on price or time. You do that, by demonstrating that you clearly understand the problems of your clients and by providing them with a methodology and a road-map of how you will solve their problems with your products or services. So my advice, create sales processes that you and your team can follow, understand the problem you are solving and provide a clear pathway of how you will do that! Sell on value not on price? Please watch the video and leave your comments below!

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Thoughts on the move – Monaco – S1:E1 – Startups: Valuation, Pitching & Refocusing on Sales

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Cleantech Geek Thoughts on the Move Series – At this series I will be producing short videos on the move from various locations. On this series I will be giving you my thoughts on issues that startups and companies face. From sales, marketing and leadership to sustainability and carbon footprint reduction. I will be sharing with you my point of view, my experiences, insights and personal leanings.

At this video I am discussing about a common mistake that many early stage startups do. We see more early stage startups concentrating on pitching for investment, running from pitching event to pitching event and completely neglecting sales which is the only thing that will sustain them and allow them to grow. Furthermore market validation through sales is guaranteed to bring in investors. So my advice, stop pitching for investment and start selling! Please watch the video and leave your comments below!

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Inside Cleantech (Ep4) – Asset Management: Best Practises & Digital Tools – Discussion with Edmee Kelsey

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Cleantech Geek Inside Cleantech Series – At this series we discuss with experts, senior executives and influencers with the Clenatech and Renewable Energy Industry. Find out about their opinions on the future of the industry, get their insights on opportunities, learn from their failures.

On this interview, I am discussing with Mrs Edmee Kelsey, Founder & CEO of 3Megawatt. An insightful interview on entrepreneurship, the role of women in a male dominating industry, best practises and digital tools for Asset Management, the current trends in the market, the required standardisation on the renewable energy services sector and how we should evolve as an industry through digitalisation.

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Guiding principles that all entrepreneurs should consider when designing their website and digital presence

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How important is the website for a business?

Imagine yourself getting a reference for a service or a product from a company that you have never heard before. What is the first thing you do? You go and search for the company’s website and also check their social media. Correct? At least this is what I do. In 2019 the digital presence or digital “foot-print” of companies is one their single most important assets. In simple terms you can simplify it and see it as a digital brochure a tool that informs your audience about who you are what you do and how you can help them with their problems.

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8 Reasons why Small Business and Start Ups Fail?

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“Failure is the opportunity to more intelligently begin again…”

Henry Ford

Today I’m going to explain to you what I see to be the essence of failure management and this is how failure should be managed by entrepreneurs and businesses.

Learn from your mistakes and make them part of your business experience. Try not to repeat them and always try to accumulate knowledge from more experienced professionals or experts. The attitude “I know best for my business” in most cases simply, doesn’t work.

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Two ways to valuate and put a price tag to your Startup…

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Two ways to valuate and put a price tag to your Startup.

There is an everlasting struggle between creativity and innovation vs cold business and hard finance.

Putting a price tag to your product is a fundamental starting point in raising the necessary capital to set off your business venture.

However, we recognize it is a very difficult thing to put a value your startup. How do you make a safe estimate? Is there any easy straight forward way to do that? What do you need to consider to give a realistic IRR and NPV calculation to your potential investors? How do you estimate the discount rate that you need to apply?

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