This week: coronavirus is rewriting the cleantech startup survival guide.The implosion for early-stage companies has been swift. According to a New York Times analysis, 6,000 people at 50 startups have lost their jobs since the middle of March. Once fast-growing companies are losing their revenue overnight, laying off or furloughing up to 50 percent of their ... Show More
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Re-release: Flexibility as a service: Can Octopus's acquisition of Uplight finally make US residential VPPs work?
Millions of enrolled devices, 60 utilities, and the participation rate gap that's been embarrassing the US market for a decade. US residential virtual power plants have been a promising idea that's consistently underdelivered — participation rates below 5%, fragmented apps, siloe ... Show More
45m 14s
Oct 6
Re-release: Building the plane while it’s flying: data centers, utilities, and the new rules of power
After more than a decade of flat demand, the US power sector is now facing explosive growth, arriving faster than grids, generation, and transmission can be built. In this episode, Interim host of Interchange Recharged Bridget van Dorsten is joined by Chris Seiple, Vice Chairman ... Show More
44m 6s
Nov 2022
E103: Tech layoffs surge, big tech freezes hiring, optimizing for profits, election preview & more
(0:00) Jason's new brand deal (1:18) Bestie updates (9:12) "Ligma/Johnson" blunder outside of Twitter HQ (15:38) Surge of tech layoffs at Twitter, Stripe, Lyft, Opendoor, Chime and others; preparing for a longer downturn than originally anticipated (35:28) Macro trends, big tech ... Show More
1h 28m
Feb 2023
E114: Markets update: whipsaw macro picture, big tech, startup mass extinction event, VC reckoning
(0:00) Bestie intro! (1:15) Macro picture update: 0.25% raise, jobs rip up, wage growth continues to slow (17:52) Interest rates impact on mega-cap company creation (33:58) Mass extinction event coming to startups, reckoning for VCs, venture debt issues (1:02:33) Adani's potentia ... Show More
1h 12m
Apr 2020
Square Working With Government to Speed Up Small Business Payments
Jim McKelvey, co-Founder of Square and author of THE INNOVATION STACK, discusses the impact of coronavirus on small businesses, and the role of tech companies right now. Maura Murphy, Vice President and co-portfolio manager of the Loomis Sayles Inflation Protected Securities Fund ... Show More
28m 15s