This show is a cross between NPR's "How I Built This" and The New York Times' "Corner Office" series. We glean and curate usable tips from experienced cleantech leaders in a compact, rich 30 minutes.

Covering: Founder's journey, leadership lessons learned, change management, hiring & firing, advice for the next generation, and recruitment & retention.

November 4, 2025

 

Scaling Clean: Akshay Sagar on Discipline, Focus, and Leading the World’s Largest Solar O&M Company

In this episode of Scaling Clean, I sat down with Akshay...

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October 30, 2025

 

Scaling Clean: Jacob Susman on How to Successfully Sell a Clean Energy Company

In this episode of Scaling Clean, I sat down with Jacob Susman, Senior Vice...

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October 23, 2025

 

Scaling Clean: Alon Mashkovich on Tackling Solar Underperformance with Data-Driven Insight

How enSights is using AI and data integration to boost solar asset...

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September 23, 2025

 

Scaling Clean: Thomas Jam Pedersen on Building a Nuclear Startup in Europe

How Copenhagen Atomics is using recycled nuclear waste and thorium to build a new...

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September 4, 2025

 

Scaling Clean: Nextracker and Doral CEOs on Building Mammoth, America’s Largest Solar Project

From Indiana Steel to Agrivoltaics: Dan Shugar and Nick Cohen...

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July 22, 2025

 

Geronimo's Rebrand, Marketing, and the Importance of the Farmer-Founded Ethos to Winning Community Trust

My latest Scaling Clean guest is Blake Nixon, CEO of...

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July 1, 2025

 

The Clean Energy Transition Needs Builders: A Conversation with MBL Energy CEO, Robert Laubach

Clean Energy’s Skilled Labor Shortage—and One EPC Leader’s...

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May 15, 2025

 

Brandon Moss on Leadership, Growth, and Culture at Shoals Technologies Group

Brandon Moss - Shoals Technologies Group - Clean Energy Innovation

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May 14, 2025

Cleantechers - 

After more than 40 interviews with some of the clean economy’s most thoughtful leaders, I’ve recorded my last episode as host of the Scaling...

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