It was a blast discussing all things early-stage climate funding with an awesome group of founders & investors, Insiya Jafferjee, Lindsey Hoell, Veery Maxwell at the #SOSVClimateTechSummit. Big thank you to Andrew Sparks and David Brekke Goodwin & SOSV - Deep Tech for Human and Planetary Health for having us!⚡️

Pretty incredible that EVs now account for 9% of new car sales, crossing the 1M mark in H12023 & nearly doubling last year's 5% penetration 📈 We are now at the "tipping point" --when CA passed this milestone in 2021 (at 13%), EV adoption nearly doubled to 25% 1.5 years later

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In nearly 50 years of Harvard University affiliation, I have never been as disillusioned and alienated as I am today.

This is very sad. When George Floyd was murdered, I went out to protest. I organized fundraisers and donated personally. When anti-semitic activists co-opt a great cause, it hurts everyone A poster with a terrorist on their way to behead babies is not something to celebrate

Thank you President Donald J. Trump for your unwavering support 🇮🇱 עם ישראל חי

Grateful for this community - 🇮🇱Thank you for bringing us together #StandsWithIsrael

The older I get, the more time I spend—as a percentage of each day—on crafting better questions. In my experience, going from 1x to 10x, from 10x to 100x, and from 100x to (when Lady Luck really smiles) 1000x returns in various areas has been a product of better questions. John

Truly staggering to see the increases in global temperature over the past 40+ years (1980-2023), versus the previous 100(!) If this doesn't convince you that we have a problem, I don't know what will... Axios Visuals

Our early-stage CEO Summit is finally happening!! Excited to welcome 50 of our founders to our HQ in Palo Alto. Can’t wait for these seats to be filled soon ✨

“I don’t believe in balance, I believe in priorities” Epic mic drop moment from Stacy Brown-Philpot - thank you for joining us!

And that’s a wrap on our first-ever early-stage CEO Summit!! Incredibly proud of our Emerson Collective team for all of the work on this 💪 And we would be nowhere without our incredible founder community of 50 incredible impact-driven leaders 🚀

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These charts from the latest International Energy Agency reports are extremely telling --if grid delays continue, we will come in far short of our 1.5C target (+announced pledges), driven by slower uptake of renewables, ultimately leading to significantly higher CO2 emissions

cheat code for life: ✨ be kind to everyone you meet ✨ because, you don't know what they are going through and you don't know who they will become

I have been fortunate enough to invest in 12 $BN companies: I have never worked with a truly world class founder who needs feedback sugar coated. Not one, they crave the hardest feedback and seek it out.

Cousin living in Boston spent a week in San Francisco. I asked him to compare the two cities. “I think there are a lot of commonalities between the two cities: coastal, relatively old and historic, decent public transport, lot of youthful energy!” “Some visible differences:

It was great to be at Emerson Collective #ECDemoDay2023 to share the work we are doing to feed the world #sustainably. Listen as our CEO, Tim Schnabel (Tim Schnabel), explains how starting small🦠can have a huge impact🌏: youtu.be/qV6ImEAyYCE

Interesting data shared by The White House on Biden's climate agenda. We are far outpacing forecasts related to construction, clean energy deployment, + EV sales with real impacts to GDP Yet no mention of the 🐘 in the room (permitting)... bit.ly/3H3B6KO

Things to do when asking for an intro: -Start a fresh clean email with a relevant subject line someone can forward easily. Dont reply with a bunch of crap inline alongside other musings, questions etc -Explain who you are and why you are interesting/special. Drop some brand