Episode #24: Career Pivots with Karolina Attspodina: From digital marketing through event organizing to solar industry.
Description
This is episode 24 and my guest today is an amazing young lady - Karolina Attspodina. She started her career in the digital marketing space, then founded her first company in the events industry, sold it, and started advising and mentoring startups around the world. Today she is the CEO and co-founder of a solar tech startup, We Do Solar. The company offers a smart balcony solar solution that can help people lower their dependence on grid energy while reducing their CO2 footprint by up to 600kg (that’s 1000m2 of the forest ) and saving up to 25% of annual electricity costs. Karolina is a passionate supporter of sustainable green innovations that help fight climate change and pollution.
Here is what we spoke about:
01:50 Her early life, education, and what she dreamt of becoming when she was a teenager
05:30 The start of her work trajectory
08:02 Founding her first company
10:35 Entrepreneur vs. employee
13:02 Move to green tech
17:40 How do you start a new company
21:23 What helped her to succeed in three different industries
23:51 Financial discipline and style of life
26:40 Financing her companies
28:47 Advice for young people who want to start in green tech
30:31 Advice for mid-career professionals to move to green tech
32:29 Top three takeaways for people who wish to change their careers
36:27 Karolina talking about her company, https://we.do.solar
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