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Why Climate Tech Startups Prefer Scientist CEOs to Serial Entrepreneurs
The best climate-tech startups surround a scientist or engineer chief executive with established business talent, venture capitalist Katie Rae says on this week’s Zero podcast.
Katie Rae, chief executive officer of venture-capital firm The Engine, says scientists are often ideal corporate leaders.
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Investors pay careful attention to who heads up climate-tech startups, and for good reason. The challenges of running a company are similar across industries — hiring, fundraising, supply-chain management — but they are arguably novel to many of the science minds behind the innovations.