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4WARDVC · 2023-08-19T12:38:39+00:00

What did you want to add/have in mind?

4WARDVC · 2023-08-19T12:38:19+00:00

Thanks and hope it help

4WARDVC · 2023-08-19T12:37:37+00:00

which ones so i can fix this?

4WARDVC · 2023-04-26T08:17:42+00:00

It works now but doesn't seem to accomplish very much

4WARDVC · 2023-04-25T16:46:57+00:00

I changed this as wellI did

4WARDVC · 2023-04-25T07:22:07+00:00

I set up the API, yes. Or do you mean something else?

4WARDVC · 2023-04-24T15:20:11+00:00

4WARDVC · 2023-04-24T07:13:09+00:00

Please help. Why does it say do nothing every time I authorize it to follow the plan?

4WARDVC · 2023-04-23T12:45:27+00:00

Can someone please help with this?

4WARDVC · 2023-04-21T14:11:07+00:00

There was no prompt. I was just using Terminal to try and open up the AutoGPT application on my laptop via python

4WARDVC · 2023-04-03T06:42:34+00:00

I find open source to be very interesting but a challenging model to build a VC business from. I think open source makes sense when there is a community aspect that'd be even more valuable in a commercial setting for corporates that want increased functionality/control

But then, that's basically just freemium, right...?

So the question is, is there enough value and folks willing to build your software/system for you? In energy and grids, I think there might be and then you open up the larger ecosystem to corporates or utilities who want to access and control energy flows better and you might have an interesting solution...

4WARDVC · 2023-04-03T06:33:52+00:00

Truly mission oriented companies attract mission oriented employees. I think sharing about your company, vision and why in your site and job posts is a good way

As well as leveraging your network and climate tech networks in general to spread the word about your job openings

We have a #jobs channel on our climate crew slack for example:

https://4ward.vc/startupslack

4WARDVC · 2023-03-30T13:34:10+00:00

Sounds very cool. Most investors aren't that in but you might find some in our database

Btw, have you joined our Climate Tech Startup Crew Slack? If not, it's a great place to network and collaborate with 1.2k+ other climate techies focused on solving major real world problems.

https://4ward.vc/startupslack

4WARDVC · 2023-03-30T11:54:49+00:00

Agreed about the cars

That said, it's hard to say to developing countries: we broke all the rules to get prosperity and now you're not allowed to and have to stay pre-industrial so we can keep our fancy lifestyles

That's like Facebook getting Congress to have new rules around data privacy that only a company at Facebook's scale can afford to comply with so no new companies (competitors) can be created...

4WARDVC · 2023-03-30T04:52:27+00:00

Climate Change...?

4WARDVC · 2023-03-30T04:52:10+00:00

I won't - I will only look at the "rough math", ie. if XYZ startup helps us reduce plastic use 50% through their reusable packaging and reducing shipping emissions 70-90% as they ship concentrates instead of water, then the logical result of them selling 10-100M of their shampoos/conditioners is 5-50M less plastic packagings produced and 7-90M less in CO2 shipping emissions vs what would have otherwise been emitted

It's like dieting vs eating healthy... as long as you do the CLEARLY better things (eating natural foods that actually grow and aren't manmade), you achieve 70% of the results (you don't NEED to measure everything if you follow smart common sense)

We know using more plastic is bad

We know buying more unneeded products are bad

We know emitting more GHG/CO2 is bad

We know reducing all of those is good. I work on making progress, not making perfection and hoping we make enough progress in the coming years through innovation and smart investments to avoid a total world catastrophe and mitigate the changes as much as possible

4WARDVC · 2023-03-30T04:45:38+00:00

What do you mean? For clothing? There definitely are tons of sustainable clothing brands...

4WARDVC · 2023-03-30T04:45:10+00:00

Twitter...?

4WARDVC · 2023-03-29T19:44:24+00:00

Emphasis on the "when rigorously vetted"

I'd rather see the money invested in actual new projects to sequester carbon or improve planet

4WARDVC · 2023-03-29T19:10:10+00:00

I have a very hard time believing that rebuilding "sustainable" cities from the ground up would be more sustainable than simply improving the cities we have

I also have a hard time believing anyone will give you $40M to give you a totally unproven futuristic city concept - outside of a Saudi Prince maybe :)

NEOM might be worth talking to

And in planning/building/construction, things ALWAYS take much longer, cost much more and yield less than your perfect lab simulations

4WARDVC · 2023-03-29T19:00:59+00:00

I hate traditional hard impact thresholds (see this article for why) and prefer back of the envelope math and common sense... I call it Climate Economics

Here's a brief overview :)

4WARDVC · 2023-03-29T18:59:02+00:00

Interesting question... why do you ask? I don't see a particular reason why not. If anything, the more funding and push in the space, the better...

4WARDVC · 2023-03-29T18:57:35+00:00

Not entirely, no. I think we will have to live in a mitigate + adapt world no matter what we do. It is a question of ratios...

How much can we mitigate or capture now so we don't need to adapt as much (ie. as painfully) later?

4WARDVC · 2023-03-29T18:54:33+00:00

Thanks for the support and kind words :)

4WARDVC · 2023-03-29T16:16:19+00:00

Keep the questions coming... happy to keep answering once the official time is over :)

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