Whether you are frustrated with the state of things, excited for what comes next, or simply looking where to get started - our speakers tonight curated resources to help you with that next step for the planet!
💬 Your Panelists
Keep following along with the work of our panelists!
- 🛜 Tom Snyder - Executive Director at R!OT
- 🚰 Doug Speight - Chief Executive Officer at AxNano
- 🌳 Deb Wojcik, PhD - Executive Director at Research Triangle Cleantech Cluster
- 🍃 Lawson Carmichael - Co-Founder & Managing Partner LongLeaf Studios
📆 Partner Events
Places to find more meaningful conversations about climate innovation, tech, and beyond.
- R!OT Demo Night at All Things Open | October 13th | Raleigh
- SOSV Climate Tech Summit | November 3rd - 7th | Virtual
🚀 For Founders
Resources and tools to get started and be the best climate founder you can be.
- Project Drawdown - for understanding markets and TAM
- Earthshot Ventures Climate Investor List
- Paths to Product Market Fit - review by First Round
💰 Where to Find Funding
Where (and how) to find the right source of funding for your idea.
- Raleigh’s Impact Partner Grant
- Corporate Venture for Innovation
- Non-Dilutive Grants
- State: e.g. NC Department of Commerce (matching funds, planning grants)
- Federal: SBIRs / Especially Agencies with less attention
🌳 For Everyone
- Raleigh Sustainable Neighborhood Toolkit
- Raleigh’s Impact Partner Grant
💬 Good Advice from the Panel
A few quotes from our panelists.
- Seek partnership! Partnership for pilots, partnership to demonstrate your technology, partnerships to get your idea out there. Partner to build competence and confidence around innovation. Partnerships can help strengthen the workforce here in the Research Triangle. ~ Deb
- Minimal Viable Test. When resources are constrained, think smaller than a Minimal Viable Product, and start with a Minimal Viable Test. Think deeply how you address a problem and get down to first principles to test a solution. ~ Doug
- Focus on the business problems you are trying to solve. How might you have a good solid business model AND be good for the climate? How might you upgrade your manufacturing process AND be good for the climate? ~Lawson
- Focus on building a business to stay competitive: efficiency sells. Don’t lose our motivation, but speak in a way that gets us in the room right now. We all actually have a lot more in common than it looks like. Focus on shared goals, shared motivation, and shared incentive. ~Deb
- (1) Awareness. (2) Education. (3) Intent to Act. (4) Change for the Better, Seek Positive Outcomes ~Deb
- Your service providers, consultants, and partners should mirror your values and climate goals. Use this as a filter for engaging anyone in your ecosystem or supply chain. ~Doug
- People. Profit. Planet. ~Lawson
- AI is an energy problem, but AI companies demand energy solutions. Energy is a money problem that AI companies want to solve for and want to invest in. ~Tom