Welcome to Episode 13, in this episode I chat with Tsung Xu, the founder of Materially Better and a serial entrepreneur. Tsung is passionate about exploring new performance materials that will play a big role in unlocking innovation and help solve big problems on a global scale. 

Show Notes

As you’ll hear Tsung is very positive about our future, he believes that now is the best time in history for a startup to build products made of atoms and to leverage todays incredible technology's including new materials, synthetic biology, batteries, real-world AI and more. 

Here are a few things we discuss in this great chat

• The speed at which our global economies are charging toward a renewable energy future.
• Carbon and its use in materials.
• How cheap energy can drive growth in multiple industries.
• What are the pillars that are driving renewable energy globally. 
• The growth in batteries. 
• Profitability and margins for companies producing products in the new energy shift vs historical big tech companies.

Relevant Links 

• A Guide To The Energy Transition
• How Solar Energy Became So Cheap By Gregory Nemet
• Energy: A Human History By Richard Rhodes
• Energy Transitions: History, Requirements, Prospects by Vaclav Smil
• Slack Groups; My Climate Journey, Work On Climate, My Climate Journey - Visit this link to find more. 
• Distributed Energy Resources. 

Tsung Top 3 Green MBA Topics

1. Assess emerging technologies, what is the current landscape, how have they scaled, what are the costs curves as they double capacity. 
2. Acknowledge the history of other energy transitions and that of your sector, having a birds eye view can lead to more innovative thinking and insights others may not be able to see. 
3. Critical thinking, be willing to look widely at resources and various sources of data including experts and then try and snythisis look at where data and ideas conflict and think through why they might conflict and what insights you might be able to get from that information. 

How to connect with Tsung

• Website

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