Sparrho Blog Clean Tech v2: How to build an energy venture (Part 2)

-Nadine Upton, PhD, Sparrho Community ManagerHighlights from the second session of the Opportunity Series held by Deep Science Ventures, a partner of SparrhoDeep Science Ventures (DSV) is an exciting venture builder that supports early career scientists and engineers to build companies from scratch at the interface of science and engineering.Continued from Part 1To end a very insightful discussion, each of our panellists; experts in Clean Tech provided the audience with great words of encouragement and advice in response to the final question for the evening:Mark Hammond: "What are your key learning's from Clean Tech and what would you have done differently if you could?"Alistair -· Face your Fears!Arnab -· Things fly when you've got a great team· Build and create together· Keep momentum and pace going, work in a unified fashion with good team dynamicsJohn -· Speak to the customers - understand unmet needs· Always hire people who are smarter than you· My mistake was bringing in commercial interests in too earlyNed - was in agreement with John about timing of investments:· Don't take too much capital too early on - think carefully before taking VCs.· Be aware of what could happen within peculiar markershttps://twitter.com/sparrho/status/827242992641667072Jessica -· Select your investors carefully - pick the best and make sure they have done their homework too. · Build an NPV, then go from there· Focus on and develop your business accruement· Don't just invest time into the technology alone, determine the right timing to launch.· Do your homework, understand the markets, attend events and keep up to date with Key research papers! http://sparrho.com/p/155976/And here at @Sparrho we are here to help you do just that! Follow our pin boards for the latest publications prior, during and following each DSV panel event here http://sparrho.com/p/155944/.