#134 How Climatize is Democratizing Clean Energy Investing, Building an MVP in Highly Regulated Markets, & More w/ Will Wiseman (Climatize)

CleanTechies Podcast

🌎 Today's episode is the first of our new founder show format, where we are keeping it a bit shorter and focusing on what they are doing rather than too many of the broader trends.
Our guinea pig is Will Wiseman, Founder & CEO of Climatize. A revolutionary platform that is empowering community solar projects to scale effectively by getting them financed where PE is not doing the deals due to smaller sizes.
Main Takeaways: (read the full version on Substack)

1. Make it easy to use.
2. Calculate the ROI of your fundraising process for a morale boost.
3. Hire "ready" talent early on.
4. Co-founders SHOULD think differently.

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Topics:

• 2:26 His Career Journey
• 6:42 How He Looks at Impact Work
• 8:04 FInTech Founding as an Engineer
• 13:13 Why PE Isn't Filling the Need
• 16:40 How they "Pitch" to Consumers
• 20:12 Hiring & Talent
• 26:08 Building the Product
• 28:26 Advice to Founders
• 32:29 Future Challenges
• 34:59 On Making it "Real" to Climate Deniers

Links:

• Connect with Will
• Climatize.Earth
• For all your Climate, Renewables, and Sustainability recruitment needs, check out our sponsor NextWave Partners.
• This podcast is NOT investment advice. Do your homework and due diligence before investing in anything discussed on this podcast.
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Chapters

1. His Career Journey (00:02:26)

2. How he Looks at Impact Work  (00:06:42)

3. FinTech Founding as an Engineer (00:08:04)

4. Why PE Isn't Filling the Need (00:13:13)

5. How they "Pitch" to Consumers (00:16:40)

6. Hiring & Talent  (00:20:12)

7. Building the Product (00:26:08)

8. Advice to Founders (00:28:26)

9. Future Challenges (00:32:29)

10. On Making it "Real" to Climate Deniers  (00:34:59)