It has been 6 weeks since I started at Zettasun (fka DecaSun - as promised we changed the name). Here are some of my observations about the differences between the Cleantech industry as compared to the Tech space. The JQ...
Topics: Startup

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Today I officially became the CEO of Decasun LLC. Decasun is a solar panel company. More specifically we are a HCPV solar company that is making standard sized rooftop panels that can do two axis tracking with no external moving...
Topics: Startup

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After three years without a piano - we finally got one today - Marlo (my daughter) is happy.
Topics: General

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I keep doing this because it feels good. I sell stuff I don’t have. I just sold a very very large company some technology we didn’t have. While it’s technically correct we didn’t have the goods - I had the...
Topics: Startup

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Over the last few weeks I had several meetings with three companies from the current and past “classes” at TechStars - as I observed the team dynamics playing out it got me thinking about what does it mean to have...
Topics: Startup

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