Impact Talks #38: Jigar Shah (Investor & Solar Entrepreneur, Generate Capital, SunEdison, ...)

Join Our Facebook Group Community here: bit.ly/sfe-community Listen to our SFE podcast - Impact Talks on Anchor or Spotify: startupfundingevent.com/podcast/ ... Jigar Shah is the Director for the Loan Program Office at the U.S. Department of Energy. In his role, Shah leads and directs the Loan program Office focused on building a bridge to commercial financing for technologies that are ready to scale the transition to a global clean energy economy. He oversees the planning and execution of the organization’s over $40B of authority within manufacturing, innovative project finance, and tribal energy. Jigar has spent most of his career bringing climate solutions to scale. Jigar most recently served as the President and Co-Founder of Generate Capital, the leading investment and operating platform for sustainable infrastructure, bringing scale to distributed energy storage, microgrids, fuel cells, electric vehicles and organic waste management. Jigar also founded SunEdison, inventor of the modern solar-as-a-service industry. After SunEdison, Shah served as the founding CEO of the Carbon War Room, a global non-profit founded by Sir Richard Branson and Virgin Unite to help entrepreneurs address climate change. Shah is the author of Creating Climate Wealth: Unlocking the Impact Economy. Originally from Illinois, Shah holds a B.S. from the University of Illinois-UC and an MBA from the University of Maryland College Park. He has spent more than 20 years working in clean energy in the NGO and private sectors. ... 00:00 Introduction & Start in clean-energy career 07:56 Closing the deal with Goldman Sachs & Scrutiny from investors 19:16 Perspective on Bill and Melida Gates’ letter on climate change 36:16 What is going to shift us to a better climate? 39:10 What makes a great entrepreneur? & Mentoring startups 47:35 Meeting a successful mentor 53:16 Public or Ivy League universities 54:54 Interesting tech companies 01:08:15 Helping companies grow 01:10:15 Green hydrogen 01:14:05 Is the future looking positive? 01:22:10 Proper Business Plan 01:27:15 Biggest learning lessons 01:33:36 Perspective on Tesla & Closing ... Created by www.lightningvideoeditors.com