How Technical Founders Can Explain Complex Climate Technology

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How Technical Founders Can Explain Complex Climate Technology

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You’re Background Is Science, Business & Engineering…Not Marketing

Most cleantech founders spent years perfecting materials, chemistry, or coding, and they are among a select few with the ability to make humanity more habitable. It’s frustrating when mere mortals don’t compute your solution, but that’s OK. Marketing doesn’t have to be your superpower.

Why Complexity Kills Trust

(Even When Correct)

Two plus two always equals four in the lab, but that’s not how the human brain works. Most of your audience’s decisions are made in their limbic (reptilian) brains that are attuned to survival and base instincts like love, hate, greed, and fear.


The harder you make the brain work, the less likely your audience will follow along.

The Translation Gap

Wooden frame of a building under construction, with a view of mountains through the openings.

Your technology is complex so if you start your story there, your audience will check out. Instead, start with a story that breadcrumbs them to your solution. Think of it like a construction project, and the story is your A Frame.

Consistency Counts

The human brain doesn’t store your information until it encounters it about seven times. That’s why you need to deliver the same story across:

Investor pitches

Websites

Confusion is the biggest enemy when trying to explain your cleantech to investors.

Social Media

Email

Sales Calls

How We Cross The Brain’s Synapse Gap

This is the narrative format climate tech founders should follow when making a presentation to investors.

Who This Is For?

  • Cleantech founders with highly technical solutions
  • Seed > Series B Companies
  • First Of It’s Kind Solutions

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