Scaling Clean

In this Scaling Clean podcast, my guest is someone who’s been an advisor to three Seattle-area companies, a policy lead for the e-mobility leader Lime, and an official in four municipal transportation departments. He's also the CEO of an innovative camper van sharing company, Cabana.On a recent episode of This Week in Cleantech, I nominated Scott Kubly for “Cleantecher of the Week” because he courageously authored an open-kimono post on LinkedIn about Cabana’s ending.Here’s the thing about cleantech: it’s hard. We’re disrupting powerful, mature, incumbent sectors — and they’re not just sitting around waiting for us to put them out of business. On top of that, we face all the usual challenges of launching companies in any new industrial sector.Everyone is going to have failures. We’re going to lose jobs, accounts, and companies. I’ve learned that there are more lessons for improvement in failure than in success. Scott continues to show that same courage and openness by agreeing to be our guest on Scaling Clean.About TigercommTigercomm is top U.S. marketing communications and public affairs firm helping clean economy companies win with customers, investors and policy makers. 

In this Scaling Clean podcast, we talk with Nikhil Vadhavkar — one of the few first-time CEOs we've had on the show. We've had serial entrepreneurs, power sector veterans, techies, and people with finance and energy trading backgrounds, but Nikhil is a bit different. Not only is he an alumnus of academia at a very high level – Johns Hopkins, MIT – but he leveraged that background to start Raptor Maps.This SaaS company provides owners and operators of both utility-scale and C&I projects with digital solutions to boost production and manage the health of their assets. Raptor Maps plays a vital role in scaling the industry through software that records and tracks asset performance, digital tools for asset management and remediation challenges, and the deployment of solar robotics.About TigercommTigercomm’s a strategic asset, not just a clean energy PR firm. Look far and wide, but you won’t find an equal … or even a close second.

In this Scaling Clean podcast, we feature Robin Laine — our first CEO guest with an environmental consulting background, and possibly the youngest CEO we’ve had on the show.As listeners know, our show engages CEOs in conversations that harvest best practices and usable tips to successfully build, run, and lead companies. Our diverse lineup has featured power sector veterans, techies, individuals with finance and energy trading backgrounds, among others.Robin now runs the renewable SaaS company Transect. She founded her company with a mission to revolutionize the way traditional environmental consulting firms evaluate potential development sites for renewable energy projects. After dedicating 11 years to three different traditional environmental consulting firms, Robin recognized the need for change.About TigercommTigercomm’s a strategic asset, not just a cleantech PR firm. Look far and wide, but you won’t find an equal … or even a close second.