🌎 In this episode, Silas Mahner (@silasmahner) & Somil Aggarwal (@somil_agg) speak with Diz Petit the Founder & CEO of LiquiDonate.

They have an amazing solution to help manage corporate waste in a way that get's it into the hands of non-profits who need the materials.

In doing this, they are also reducing their reverse supply chain costs by about ~50%.

Diz was a great guest and had a lot of great insights to share.

Enjoy the Episode! 🌎

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Main Takeaways: (read the full version on Substack) 

1. Spend a lot of time talking to the market
2. Set the right metrics
3. Match Supply & Demand
4. Realistic TAM
5. Consider non-climate-VCs

Topics:

• 2:33 Diz & Her Story
• 6:25 Why Entrepreneurship?
• 8:02 How to Identify the End User
• 16:25 Why Would Someone Use Their Software?
• 18:25 What CSOs Think About This
• 21:45 Metrics
• 25:36 Things that Surprised Her
• 28:49 Their Fundraise Experience
• 32:54 Advice to Founders 

Links:

• Connect with Diz: https://www.linkedin.com/in/disneypetit 
• LiquiDonate: https://liquidonate.com/
• For all your Climate, Renewables, and Sustainability recruitment needs, check out our sponsor NextWave Partners.
• Connect with Somil | Connect with Silas

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