Nov 7, 2017

Nov 7, 2017

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Andrew Birch

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Sungevity

Sungevity

Sungevity

Sungevity

In this episode: Emily’s conversation with Andrew Birch, the co-founder of Sungevity. Sungevity was an early success story in residential solar.

In this episode: Emily’s conversation with Andrew Birch, the co-founder of Sungevity. Sungevity was an early success story in residential solar.

In this episode: Emily’s conversation with Andrew Birch, the co-founder of Sungevity. Sungevity was an early success story in residential solar.

In this episode: Emily’s conversation with Andrew Birch, the co-founder of Sungevity. Sungevity was an early success story in residential solar.

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After 10 years in business, Sungevity went bankrupt in 2017. In this interview, recorded five months after the company’s collapse, Birch joined us on stage to talk about what happened. His story tells us a lot about the turbulence that defines the solar industry. 

Andrew is currently the co-founder and CEO of OpenSolar, the the world’s first free, end-to-end, solar design and sales application. Prior to OpenSolar, he was the co-founder and CEO of Sungevity, the Oakland-based residential solar developer, before its bankruptcy in 2017. Before co-founding Sungevity, Andrew was a Business Development Manager for BP Solar and a Vice President at Bear Stearns.

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