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I help leaders tell better stories, make smarter decisions, and cut through the noise—so…
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The other side of climate change
The other side of climate change
When thinking about the climate change issue it is hard for me to understand how many people don’t care and even those…
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How We Helped 1800 Branches Digitally Transform and Put 5 Million Customers A Month On The Path To OmniChannel
How We Helped 1800 Branches Digitally Transform and Put 5 Million Customers A Month On The Path To OmniChannel
This may seem like a “how-to” series title, but it is in fact the real story of how we sold banking software to a…
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How To Set Up An Instant Lead Response System
How To Set Up An Instant Lead Response System
When it comes to online leads, time really is of the essence. Responding quickly to leads can be the difference between…
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Sales Prospecting Tips From Industry Experts
Sales Prospecting Tips From Industry Experts
One of the things we do to add value to this blog is to let sales experts do the talking on key issues that are…
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Does Your Website Need A Doctor?
Does Your Website Need A Doctor?
Earlier I posted about Lucep's new website grading tool. For those who did not check it out, this is a handy tool that…
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Lowering Your Marketing Cost By Understanding CAC and LTV
Lowering Your Marketing Cost By Understanding CAC and LTV
For any company that does business on-line or uses the Internet and their website as a funnel for leads (so basically…
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LUCEP CLIENT STUDY – ENGAGING CONTENT GENERATES MORE LEADS AND SALES ONLINE
LUCEP CLIENT STUDY – ENGAGING CONTENT GENERATES MORE LEADS AND SALES ONLINE
In this article, I would like to share some valuable data-driven insight on the effectiveness and ROI of your lead…
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Use Sales Acceleration To Transform Your B2B Sales
Use Sales Acceleration To Transform Your B2B Sales
One thing that B2B marketers lose a lot of sleep over is the need to generate more leads. It's hard to focus on the…
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Motivation Monday: This ad by Gillette was pulled because we, men, are scared. But there is hope. There is a world beyond patriarchy! We don’t often…
Motivation Monday: This ad by Gillette was pulled because we, men, are scared. But there is hope. There is a world beyond patriarchy! We don’t often…
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How Can Technology Empower Agents to Support SMEs Better? The way insurance is delivered to micro and small businesses is undergoing a significant…
How Can Technology Empower Agents to Support SMEs Better? The way insurance is delivered to micro and small businesses is undergoing a significant…
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A few days ago, I was cycling to meet my cousin for lunch. I passed an unhoused man, clearly having a rough morning, swaying dangerously close to a…
A few days ago, I was cycling to meet my cousin for lunch. I passed an unhoused man, clearly having a rough morning, swaying dangerously close to a…
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Startup Mentor
Climate Salad
- Present 3 years 10 months
An online community of climate tech entrepreneurs, scientists, investors and mentors. Bringing like minded people together to solve the biggest issues facing the climate and humanity.
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Mentor
WWF
- 1 year
Environment
Mentor for the WWF - We Got This youth sustainability incubator. Helping teams of college students create and develop social media campaigns around sustainability causes that are important to them.
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Mentor
Tech in Asia
- 1 year
Working with up and coming founders to help guide them through the process of sales, marketing and go-to-market strategy.
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Sustainability and Climate Action Guest Judge Innovation Competition
Harvard Global Education Movement (HGEM)
- 1 month
Education
On the judging panel for HGEM Sotuh East Asia 2021. The focus of the 19 different groups were to come up with innovate ideas for sustainability and climate action.
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Volunteer
Climate Fellows [climatefellows.org]
- Present 4 years
Environment
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Startup Mentor
muru-D
- 11 months
Was one of the mentors for Muru-D Cohort-3 working with the startups to help refine their go-to-market and sales strategies. Helping the startups design how they should reach out to enterprise customers and pitch their product for maximum value.
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Startup Mentor
National University of Singapore
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Was a mentor and a judge for NUS Youth Entrepreneurship Symposium 2017
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Social Change: What Is It, How Does It Happen & How Can It Apply to Climate Change?
Grow Ensemble
See publicationAn article I wrote for Grow Ensemble on the power of people and peaceful protest to enact large scale social change and how that is relevant for the current climate crisis. Thought it might be of interest to this group as a way of inspiring change.
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Impact at Scale Podcast Ep 88 – Steve Hoy & Grant McDowell – Co-Founders of Enosi – Clean Energy + Lower Cost + Consistency of Supply is the goal
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Impact at Scale had a great conversation with Steve Hoy and Grant McDowell the founders of Enosi.
Enosi is an energy traceability solution enabling households and businesses to buy energy directly from solar and wind farms. Technology that will become more important as consumers start to demand their energy comes from renewable sources.
Steve and Grant are both at the forefront of the energy transition and we talk about how that is progressing and how much longer we have on the…Impact at Scale had a great conversation with Steve Hoy and Grant McDowell the founders of Enosi.
Enosi is an energy traceability solution enabling households and businesses to buy energy directly from solar and wind farms. Technology that will become more important as consumers start to demand their energy comes from renewable sources.
Steve and Grant are both at the forefront of the energy transition and we talk about how that is progressing and how much longer we have on the journey to 100% clean and renewable energy.
They are strong advocates for giving the consumer the option to choose where their energy comes from and their PowerTracer software gives customers that ability.Other creators -
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Impact at Scale Podcast EP87 - Simon Schillebeeckx - Co-Founder Global Mangrove Trust and Handprint
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Impact at Scale Podcast - EP 89 – Jonah Goldman – Founder North Cascade Venture – Solve Problems that are Solvable
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Have you ever wondered what it's like to work closely with Bill Gates for over a decade? Or what the future of energy looks like? In this week's episode of The Impact at Scale Podcast, we go deep with Jonah Goldman, the ex-Managing Director at Breakthrough Energy, One of Bill Gates's investment companies to discuss all of this and more.
Jonah shares his insights on the current state of venture investing, the technologies that are exciting him at the moment, and the changes he…Have you ever wondered what it's like to work closely with Bill Gates for over a decade? Or what the future of energy looks like? In this week's episode of The Impact at Scale Podcast, we go deep with Jonah Goldman, the ex-Managing Director at Breakthrough Energy, One of Bill Gates's investment companies to discuss all of this and more.
Jonah shares his insights on the current state of venture investing, the technologies that are exciting him at the moment, and the changes he would like to see in order to solve the climate crisis. He also provides a unique perspective on global climate events and the levers that move power.Other creators -
Honors & Awards
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NTT Data Open Innovation Contest 9.0 - South East Asia Winner
NTT Data
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Metlife Collab 3.0 Innovation Challenge - Winner
Metlife
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Silicone India Startup of the Year 2017
Silicone India
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Infosys Finacle FinTech Connect - Winner
Infosys
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