E22: Creating Green Jobs and Building Up Skilled Trade w/ Sam Steyer
Guest Highlight:
Sam Steyer is the Co-Founder and CEO of GreenWork (https://www.joingreenwork.com/), a software company that helps climate companies hire the best construction contractors.
Sam came up with the idea of Greenwork on the campaign trail with his father Tom Steyer, who ran for President of the United States for the 2020 Democratic nomination.
On the trail, Sam saw that blue-collar workers would lead the clean energy transition, and that helping people in the skilled trades thrive would be the key to clean energy's success in the US.
Episode Timestamp:
Episode Timestamp:
(00:19) Introduction
(00:43) The idea of Greenwork comes from the 2020 Presidential Campaign
(02:43) Connecting to rural America and lessons learned from the campaign trail
(07:46) Is climate tech and clean tech cyclical in nature?
(13:02) Electric Vehicles vs. Hydrogen, which one is better?
(14:35) Cleantech and politics: how to keep out distractions and keep on building
(18:08) How to find common grounds with people who disagree with you on climate
(20:28) How Greenwork create clean jobs
(24:35) OpenAI’s ChatGPT and thoughts from Sam, Scott and George
Connect with Sam:
- Greenwork: https://www.joingreenwork.com/
- Sam’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sam-steyer/
Connect with Scott and George:
- Scott’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottatomlinson/
- George’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/george-p-2211011b6/
- George’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/thegeorgepu
