Discover Emerging Climate Startups - The Impact
Interested in starting your own entrepreneurial journey but unsure what to expect? Then read up on our interview with Swarnav Pujari, founder of The Impact, located in the USA.
What's your business, and who are your customers?
The Impact is the leading source for discovering emerging climate startups. Climate investors, founders, and passionate professionals read our free newsletter weekly to discover the most promising climate startups and opportunities before everyone else. People who read our newsletter find new investment opportunities, learn what it takes to build a successful climate startup, and find job opportunities. The Impact is written by founders, subject matter experts, and investors with decades across the climate-tech space.
Tell us about yourself
I started The Impact during the start of the pandemic as a medium for me to share opinions, frustrations, and celebrations of the things I was experiencing while working as a climate founder and working in climate policy.
The motivation was to get more operators in the climate sector to share their opinions, as one of the best sources of information is from an insider. My now co-founder Daniel Kriozere saw what I was working on and joined me. As the pandemic progressed, more and more people started reading what we were writing. Today, we have a large staff of writers, each with specialties in different niches within the broad climate ecosystem.
What's your biggest accomplishment as a business owner?
Consistency. Showing up every single week with the entire team has been the greatest key to success for us.
What's one of the hardest things that come with being a business owner?
Morale. Businesses have highs and lows and periods of slow growth on paper. However, keeping the team motivated on the broader vision while still caring for each individual's personal life is extremely difficult.
What are the top tips you'd give to anyone looking to start, run and grow a business today?
- The customer is the most important: Do not ever skimp on building a deep relationship with each of your customers. Learn what pains they have and find every way to solve it in the best way possible.
- Your business is the people that work there with you...treat them as such, understand their goals and aspirations and find ways to help them--that way, they'll help you on your mission.
- Lead with kindness: Even when things are going wrong, find ways to use kindness and compassion to share (+ or -) feedback with your team.
Is there anything else you'd like to share?
We're always looking for climate startups to feature in The Impact -- feel free to reach out (hello@readtheimpact.com) if you're working on a business that is in the climate sector.
Where can people find you and your business?
Website: https://readtheimpact.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/readtheimpact/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/readtheimpact
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/readtheimpact/
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