Innovation takes longer

What this short covers

Claes Fredriksson, founder and CEO of Liquid Wind, discusses his journey building a pioneering company for carbon-neutral eFuels, emphasizing the importance of adaptability, grit, and persistence in the face of delays in clean tech. He shares lessons learned from his international upbringing and corporate experience, highlighting the power of human relationships and a shared mission for success.

Transcript

was in Canada with Tetropac and and I found myself one day sitting again sort of opposite my boss and he says I don't think we need you here anymore and then it's like whoops what do I do then well we can see if we can find you a job somewhere else in Tetropac or you can take this package and and after that I took the package I mean it was a long package it was quite generous but it was it was basically okay now now you start sort of in another in another place where you hadn't n't really anticipated that you needed to snatch, but that's where really what I

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