-Nov 2022; updated periodically.
The climate tech industry offers thousands of job opportunities as it transitions our economy to sustainable operation (within planetary boundaries).
Will Reynolds spun this page up in partnership with Energy Terminal to share with friends interested in enterring the industry.
Ultra Simple Process
- Read 12-20 of the CTVC.co newsletters from the past two years â it will give you a wide perspective on varied sub-industries
- and every startup that raised funding
- Note the companies/products you find interesting
- Scroll through the websites below to create a list of 10-20
- Email them asking for a job (1, seek mutual connections on LinkedIn. Else, 2, find conferences they will speak at soon. Else 3, get their emails on RocketReach.co)
- For #3, cold emails. Look up â best practice cold emailâ and âfollowing up to emailsâ advice.
- Feel free to ping me a draft ( my_first_name @wreynolds.nz )
- Google Energy & Climate industry events â in your local area, San Francisco, NYC, or Boston.
- attend and meet relevant founders (who will find it much easier to find or talk to someone they met personally)
- Repeat
Sources of exceptional climate opportunities
- Scroll through these newsletters for exceptional fundraising news or startups. Working for a company that recently raised $5-$15M is less risky than youâd think, and will teach you varied &tangible skills:
- Climate Tech VC
- Innovate Climate
- Subscribe to ClimateBaseâs job board or the newsletters of Greentown Labs and Third Derivative (below)
- Scroll through positions in startups at these âAccelerators.â Both have ~30 companies they support.
- https://greentownlabs.com/careers/
- https://www.third-derivative.org/
- Or through these job Boards
- Listen to different career paths or exceptional entrepreneurs on these podcasts
- My Climate Journey
- Energy Terminal (Duke students x Energy experts)
- Will Reynoldsâ personal favorites: Podcasts [list, favorites, best]
How do you help them?
For students/early-career folks: In so many ways! If youâre willing to learn, work hard, and solve problems with Google/AIâs support, companies can use your passion in multiple ways:
- Technical? Many startups need chemical or engineering talents. Hundreds of startups require people with software engineering, design, or biology/research-based backgrounds too.
- Generalist or peoples-person? Most companies also need support in operations (a broad catch all term for solving problems), partnerships/customer relations, or marketing. These skills are learnable on the job!
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