Building a Better Future

On this final episode of Building a Better Future: Stories from Climate Tech Founders, I spoke to Rebecca Thompson, Founder of Ecosy Travel.

About Ecosy Travel:

Ecosy Travel provide a cutting-edge booking platform that help you find flightless adventures by train and boat to beautiful eco-stays. They’re there to help you relax on your journey to a low-carbon future, making booking easy and letting you tailor every aspect of your trip.

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On this episode of Building a Better Future: Stories from Climate Tech Founders, I spoke to Eddie Fitzgerald-Barron, Co-Founder of C Free.

We covered a lot during the session, including Eddie's early entrepreneurial drive as a gardener, his journey through employment into bootstrapping his own business, the importance of self-learning and development, as well as looking to the future for funding for expansion.

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On this episode of Building a Better Future: Stories from Climate Tech Founders, I spoke to Vickesh Solanki, Co-Founder of Horizon.

We covered a lot during the session, including Vickesh's drive to create his own revision app during university, his transition from the ambitious general sustainability app to the focus on recycling, experience with start-up think tanks and his goals for the future of Horizon.

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On this episode of Building a Better Future: Stories from Climate Tech Founders, I spoke to Buffy Price, COO of Carbon Re.

Having partnered with them recently to help them scale their Engineering team and support them in their mission to reduce gigatonnes of carbon emissions every year🌍, it was great to get to know Buffy and the journey they've embarked on.

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On this episode of Building a Better Future: Stories from Climate Tech Founders, I spoke to Charlie French, Co-Founder of Etcho.

We covered a lot during the session, including Charlie's wonderful entrepreneurial spirit when he was younger, his relationship with his Co-Founder (and Brother in Law), experience with funding and a reveal of who he would choose in the Climate Tech space to spend an hour with.

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On this episode of Building a Better Future: Stories from Climate Tech Founders, I spoke to Jo Hand, Co-Founder of Giki.

We covered a lot during the session, including no fly policies, green admin days, Patagonia, company culture and values, as well as fundraising.

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On this episode of Building a Better Future: Stories from Climate Tech Founders, I spoke to Bertie IP, Co-Founder of Alectro.

We covered a lot during the session, including hiring people you trust, celebrating other people's successes, raising awareness and advice on pitching for funding.

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On this episode of Building a Better Future: Stories from Climate Tech Founders, I spoke to Louise Parlons Bentata, CEO and Co-Founder of Blue Methane.

We covered a lot during the session, including post graduate certificates for career changes, the Climate Technology Fellowship, finding a Co-Founder and the world of fundraising.

A couple of great resources mentioned included:

Carbon13: https://bit.ly/3gClqUJ

On Deck: Climate Technology Fellowship: https://bit.ly/3N7fjEo

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On the very first episode of Building a Better Future: Stories from Climate Tech Founders, I spoke to Mark Corbett, the CEO and Co-Founder of Thrust Carbon.

Conversation was vast, and quite frankly, I could have talked to them all day! In just under 40 minutes, we covered mentoring, success and failure, patience, self-doubt and co-working spaces.

A couple of great resources mentioned included:

Kings 20 Accelerator: https://bit.ly/3rOOQBE

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: https://gates.ly/3VoEAO1

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DISCLAIMER: Please bear with me on the audio quality of this episode, I can assure you that it improves on E2.

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