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Ice Dams, Climate Tech, and Stuck Startups ❄️

When your company hits a messaging logjam, you need need something (or someone) to create clarity, open a channel, and get ideas, marketing, and momentum moving again.

Consider Capital Energy your calcium chloride hockey puck.

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Pocket Presence

Pocket presence isn’t just an individual trait. It’s a collective capability. It’s embedded in systems, trust, and shared practices - not ego or performance.

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Poetry & Plumbing

Leadership is equal parts poetry and plumbing. Poetry is the big, audacious why. Plumbing is the tactical how. In climate tech, this balance isn’t optional - it’s existential.

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The Rhumb Line

Many founders picture their journey like a rhumb line: set a direction, stay the course, reach the destination. But building a climate tech startup isn’t a straight shot. If you rigidly hold one heading, you risk burning time, capital, and momentum.

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ACT Green Future Gala Awards Up Next

As we head to the 2025 ACT Green Future Gala Awards at the Museum of Science next week, we’re reminded that alliances are the true energy source behind meaningful climate action.

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Chiming in at the Swissnex Climate Collider Roundtable

Capital Energy attended the Swissnex Climate Collider event for their Fall 2025 cohort. Founders from climate tech startups shared their ideas, challenges, and questions about building a presence in the U.S. market.

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