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(1) Facebook &amp; other big tech firms invest in subsea cables to advance global connectivity (1:08). (2) What’s Axel Springer up to with its US media acquisitions? (8:34). (3) Big Oil is ramping up investments in cleantech startups (14:27). Read this 3 Shifts Edition: https://6pag.es/nyx8hg. Sign up to receive free summaries of our deeply researched briefs: 6Pages.com.

(1) Facebook &amp; other big tech firms invest in subsea cables to advance global connectivity (1:08). (2) What’s Axel Springer up to with its US media acquisitions? (8:34). (3) Big Oil is ramping up investments in cleantech startups (14:27). Read this 3 Shifts Edition: <a href="https://6pag.es/nyx8hg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://6pag.es/nyx8hg</a>. Sign up to receive free summaries of our deeply researched briefs: <a href="https://www.6pages.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">6Pages.com</a>.

3 Shifts (Aug 20 2021): Big tech invests in subsea cable, Axel Springer’s acquisition strategy, Big Oil ramps up cleantech VC

Adam de Sola

Johnny Appleseed

A curious but orderly mind prepared to take advantage of serendipity has taken Adam de Sola Pool on a remarkable journey during his career. His father, Ithiel de Sola Pool, the brilliant political scientist (look up Six Degrees of Separation or Convergence) took young Adam to many different countries. These travels sparked in Adam an interest in geography which led to a job on Wall Street. From Salomon Brothers he went to the EBRD to restructure companies emerging from communism. This grew into setting up Central Europe’s first cleantech fund which produced excellent results. Now Adam is an investor and advisor in the Boston area; much respected for his fresh approach to building young companies. Topics covered in this charming interview include:  Adam de Sola Pool Bio From Geography Major at University of Chicago to Wall Street From Salomon Brothers to the EBRD Adam Poole Has a Chance Encounter in the Bathroom &amp; Gets a New Job Overheated Factories in Poland Adam Pool Discovers that Local Businesses Can Be Extremely Profitable How Adam de Sola Pool Got into Angel Investing Adam Pool Compares &amp; Contrasts Angel Groups in Boston Adam Pool Talks About Squadle, a Promising Startup Just Added to His Portfolio Adam Pool Looks for a Defensible Market Position in the Startups in Which He Invests Adam Pool’s Favorite Pivot Adam Pool’s Approach to “Inoculating” Startups Against Risk Adam Pool’s Poetic Statement of the Need for Founders to Give Way to Managers as the Company Grows 

A curious but orderly mind prepared to take advantage of serendipity has taken Adam de Sola Pool on a remarkable journey during his career. His father, Ithiel de Sola Pool, the brilliant political scientist (look up Six Degrees of Separation or Convergence) took young Adam to many different countries. These travels sparked in Adam an interest in geography which led to a job on Wall Street. From Salomon Brothers he went to the EBRD to restructure companies emerging from communism. This grew into setting up Central Europe’s first cleantech fund which produced excellent results. Now Adam is an investor and advisor in the Boston area; much respected for his fresh approach to building young companies. Topics covered in this charming interview include: <ul> <li>Adam de Sola Pool Bio</li> <li>From Geography Major at University of Chicago to Wall Street</li> <li>From Salomon Brothers to the EBRD</li> <li>Adam Poole Has a Chance Encounter in the Bathroom &amp; Gets a New Job</li> <li>Overheated Factories in Poland</li> <li>Adam Pool Discovers that Local Businesses Can Be Extremely Profitable</li> <li>How Adam de Sola Pool Got into Angel Investing</li> <li>Adam Pool Compares &amp; Contrasts Angel Groups in Boston</li> <li>Adam Pool Talks About Squadle, a Promising Startup Just Added to His Portfolio</li> <li>Adam Pool Looks for a Defensible Market Position in the Startups in Which He Invests</li> <li>Adam Pool’s Favorite Pivot</li> <li>Adam Pool’s Approach to “Inoculating” Startups Against Risk</li> <li>Adam Pool’s Poetic Statement of the Need for Founders to Give Way to Managers as the Company Grows</li> </ul>

Adam de Sola Pool, Cleantech VC, Advisor & Angel - "Johnny Appleseed of Cleantech" Ep. 30

Enjoy this free episode of The Interchange from GTM Squared. If you like what you hear, make sure to become a member: http://www.greentechmedia.com/squaredWe’re more than a decade on from the beginning of the cleantech gold rush -- and a lot of venture capital firms failed to strike it rich.In this week's show, we tally the boom and bust in cleantech VC, and look at how it compares with other sectors. We're joined by Varun Sivaram, a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and Ben Gaddy, the director of technology development at the Clean Energy Trust.The two recently teamed up with another colleague, Frank O’Sullivan from the MIT Sloan School of Management, to log the performance of venture investments in clean energy and materials from 2006 to 2011. They then compare it to the medical field and software.They found that the failure rate in cleantech was much higher (and the returns were much lower) than these other fields. Their conclusion: venture capital is not the right model for revolutionizing the energy industry.So if that’s true, what should take its place? We debate.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Enjoy this free episode of The Interchange from GTM Squared. If you like what you hear, make sure to become a member: <a href="http://www.greentechmedia.com/squared" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.greentechmedia.com/squared</a> We’re more than a decade on from the beginning of the cleantech gold rush -- and a lot of venture capital firms failed to strike it rich. In this week's show, we tally the boom and bust in cleantech VC, and look at how it compares with other sectors. We're joined by Varun Sivaram, a fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and Ben Gaddy, the director of technology development at the Clean Energy Trust. The two recently teamed up with another colleague, Frank O’Sullivan from the MIT Sloan School of Management, to log the performance of venture investments in clean energy and materials from 2006 to 2011. They then compare it to the medical field and software. They found that the failure rate in cleantech was much higher (and the returns were much lower) than these other fields. Their conclusion: venture capital is not the right model for revolutionizing the energy industry. So if that’s true, what should take its place? We debate. See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

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