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CLIMB by VSC — 75 episodes

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Retain Top Talent with the Science of Motivation | EP 075 Lindsay McGregor

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Water Technology is a $4 Trillion Opportunity | EP 074 Peter Yolles

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How The Best Founders Find Product Market Fit | EP 073 Zach Coelius

4

How AI Unlocks Billion Dollar Category Creation | EP 072 Ann Bordetsky

5

Are Venture Capitalists Helping or Hurting Your Startup? | EP 071 Jason Shuman

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Navigating Innovation in Transportation and Electrification | EP 070 Sunil Paul

7

What Makes a Startup Transform the World | EP 069 Peter Relan

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Secrets to Spotting the Next Big Thing the Baukunst Way | EP 068

9

When Technology Transcends Screens with Sunil Nagaraj | EP 067

10

Special from Consensus in Conversation: Matt Rogers of Mill Industries on Food Waste, Impactful Product Design, and Innovation

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Taking a Systems-Based Approach to Surviving Climate Change | EP 065 Ian Samuels

12

Athletes in the Boardroom | EP 064 Eric Rosenblum

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Pouring the Foundations for Artificial Intelligence in Concrete | EP 063 Alex Hall

14

What VCs Talk About Behind Closed Doors | EP 062 Rishi Taparia

15

Why Metrics Shouldn’t Matter, and Funds Shouldn’t Bloat | EP 061 Graham Brown

16

The Truth Behind Fifth Wall's Climate Tech Revolution | EP 060 Francesca Whitehead

17

The Silent Killer of Startups Decoded by Nate Williams | EP 059

18

The New Era of Climate Technology | 058 Micah Kotch

19

How Streamline helps startups unlock $100B in climate grant funding | EP 057 with Helena Merk

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NYC's Plan to Outrun Climate Apocalypse – But Could It Backfire? | EP 056 Sander Dolder

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Are Politicians Killing Our Effort Towards Climate Change? | EP 055 Susan Schofer

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What Makes Consumers Actually Care About the Climate Crisis | EP 054 Alejandro de la Garza

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How Climate Change is Making Our Food Expensive | EP 053 Shayna Harris

24

Why Revel’s Risky Bet with New York City Paid Off for Urban Mobility | Ep. 052 Frank Reig

25

Fred Lalonde’s Vision for Reversing the Collapse of the Carbon Cycle | EP. 051

26

Jay Kapoor & Vijay Chattha: Why Climate Startups Fail at Storytelling & More Reflections from 50 Episodes of CLIMB

27

Lior Susan: Bringing Full-Stack Innovation to Legacy Industries For a Sustainable Future | EP. 049

28

Shane Dyer: Revolutionizing Water Efficiency with Irrigreen Tech | EP. 048

29

Shaun Abrahamson: Diving Deep into Hardware, Risk, and a Post-Climate Change World | EP. 047

30

Sarah Applebaum: Leading Climate Innovation Through Hard-Tech Innovation | EP. 046

31

Valerie Shen: Catalyzing Climate Tech's Next Wave with G2 Venture Partners | EP. 045

32

Molly Wood: Pioneering Climate Solutions from the Newsroom to the Boardroom | EP. 044

33

Vaughn Blake: Bridging Policy and Tech for a Sustainable Future | EP. 043

34

Tommy Stadlen: Shaping a Better World through Tech, Sustainability, and Global Leadership | EP. 042

35

Shomik Dutta: Pioneering Climate Tech Through Policy, Investment, and Innovation | EP. 041

36

Abe Murray: Pioneering the Future of Robotics in the Age of Climate Innovation | EP. 040

37

Ryan Gembala: Revolutionizing Climate Solutions with A.I. and Robotics | EP. 039

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Michael DeLucia: Insights from a Trillion-Dollar Climate Investor | EP. 038

39

David McColl: Navigating the Intersections of Climate, Community and Innovation | EP. 037

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Nazlican Goksu: Unleashing the Power of Design in Climate Action | EP. 036

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Shawn Xu: On Venture Investing & Decoding the Journey from Zero to One in Climate Tech | EP. 035

42

Sophie Purdom: Transforming Earth's Future with Planeteer Capital and Climate Tech VC | EP. 034

43

Rachel Beals: Climate Frontlines - Investments, Insights, and Actions for a Sustainable Future | EP. 033

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Arvind Gupta: Pioneering Biotech Frontiers - Redefining Health, Planet, and Profit | EP. 032

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Ian Rountree: Investing at the Edge of Tomorrow - Unleashing Frontier Tech for Global Change | EP. 031

46

Jonathan Shieber⁠ & Manuel Waenke: How FootPrint Coalition is Shaping a Sustainable Future Through Climate Investing & Storytelling | EP. 030

47

Tim De Chant: Covering Eco-Innovation & Reporting at the Intersection of Tech, Climate, and Conscious Consumerism | EP. 029

48

Mike Jackson: Harnessing Clean Energy Innovation & Investing in Startups Solving the Toughest Climate Challenges | EP. 028

49

Allison Agsten: The Future of Climate Storytelling & Shifting Perceptions on a Changing Planet | EP. 027

50

Amy Francetic: Fueling Digital Climate Solutions & Building Bridges for Women in Venture | EP. 026

51

David Roberts: Exploring the Transition to Carbon-Free Energy: A Meta Story of Tech, Politics, and Community | EP. 025

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Catherine Boudreau: Empowering the Planet Through Sustainability Reporting | EP. 024

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Tom Chi: From Astrophysics to Self-Driving Cars & Fueling Deep Tech for a Greener Planet | EP. 023

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Alex Brown: How Alga Biosciences is Curbing Methane Emissions & Solving the Climate Crisis One Cow Burp at a Time | EP. 022

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Leo Banchik: Engineering for a Sustainable Future, An In-Depth Conversation about Climate Tech Investing | EP. 021

56

Heather Clancy: Understanding Transformative Technology & the Role of Business Model Innovation for a Clean, Inclusive and Regenerative Economy | EP. 020

57

Dylan Welch: From TV Producer to Sustainability Pioneer & The Journey to a Greener Future | EP. 019

58

Laurie Menoud: A Dive Into Deep Tech & Uncovering the Remarkable Opportunities in Planet-Positive Industries | EP. 018

59

Michael Grunwald: A Glimpse Into the Future of Food & Fighting to Feed the World Without Frying the World | EP. 017

60

Areeb Malik: From Facebook to Climate Tech & Building Robots to Revolutionize the Recycling Industry | EP. 016

61

Stonly Baptiste Blue: On Climate Tech Investing & Accelerating the Transformation of Global Systems to Better Serve Humanity and the Planet | EP. 015

62

Andrew Beebe: Moving the Planet Forward By Investing in World Positive Entrepreneurs & Sustainable Systems | EP. 014

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Gagan Dhillon: How Synop Is Helping Businesses Transition To Commercial Electric Vehicle (EV) Fleets | EP. 013

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Janelle Kellman: On Building Coastal Resilience & Sustaining Ocean Health through a New Blue Economy | EP. 012

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Lauren Flanagan: How Sesame Solar is Reshaping Emergency Response with the World's First 100% Renewably-Powered Mobile Nanogrids | EP. 011

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Nick Halla: How Impossible Foods Disrupted the Food Industry & Created a Plant-Based Protein Revolution | EP. 010

67

Harsh Patel: Investing in Health, People and Planet, & Why Decarbonizing the Global Economy is the Most Investable Theme We Will See in our Lifetimes | EP. 009

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Levi Tillemann: On the future of electric transportation & the importance of government policy in spurring innovation | EP. 008

69

Meera Clark: On her journey into climate investing & the role of consumer choice in addressing the climate crisis | EP. 007

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Tommy Leep — Helping Founders Get Access to the People and Resources They Need to Create a Thriving Planet at Jetstream | EP. 006

71

Allison Wolff — CEO of Vibrant Planet on Building Climate Resilience by Empowering Public Agencies with Data | EP. 005

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Sundeep Ahuja — Identifying Founder-Market Fit and Creating Value as an Investor in Climate Startups | EP. 004

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Raj Kapoor — Identifying Breakout Startups That Enable Enterprises to Achieve Net-Zero Targets | EP. 003

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Katelin Holloway — Essential People Practices For Building and Scaling Climate Tech Startups | EP. 002

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Rob Leclerc — Why Food & AgTech Startups Can't Be Ignored in Climate Innovation | EP. 001