Ocean MBA 2025 - Depth, breadth, and why the hell we study the Grateful Dead in a Business class?
“Why are we studying the Grateful Dead in the context of the Ocean MBA?” Asked Brian Halligan, cofounder of HubSpot and GP at Propeller to a room full of early stage climate-tech founders.
Reece Pacheco
NYCW Surf Adventure
Our inboxes are brimming with thanks for putting on "the best event of all climate week!" It seriously makes my heart so full. …But we can't take credit for creating the "best event." All we do is set the table. What...
Reece Pacheco
The Weighing Machine: earth’s physical shifting realities are shifting markets
When I was 13, my dad gave me Benjamin Graham’s The Intelligent Investor (nerd alert in the Fox household). Ostensibly this is one of Warren Buffet’s favorite books and was to be the undergirding for sound financial...
Steven Fox
Diving In - What A Summer in Climate Venture Really Teaches
Venture-backable climate startups span everything from alternative plastics and water filtration to building materials and green chemicals. Over the past few months, I’ve helped Propeller recruit and screen founders for...
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Eliza Harrison
Ocean Innovation is All Over the Climate Market Map
Each year, our friends at CTVC release the iconic “climate market map”—a crisp snapshot of where innovation and capital are flowing across seven key sectors: Energy, Transportation, Food and Ag, Industry, Built...
Eliza Harrison
Rethinking Ocean Energy, Part 2: Where the Energy Goes
In part one of this series, I explored how we're rethinking sources of ocean energy — from thermal gradients to nuclear SMRs to currents. But understanding energy in the ocean means looking at both sides of the...
Steven Fox
Rethinking Ocean Energy, Part 1: A New Way of Looking at How the Energy Transition will be Powered
When most people think of energy from the ocean, four primary sources typically come to mind: offshore wind, offshore oil and gas, wave, and tidal power. And for good reason — these are the legacy sectors that have...
Steven Fox