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#120 Serial Entrepreneur Fundraising, the IRA & Home Electrification, IRA-Dependent Business Models, & More w/ Jeff Chapin (Haven Energy)

Sep 6, 2023
59:28

In this episode, Silas Mahner (@silasmahner) & Somil Aggarwal (@somil_agg) speak with Jeff Chapin, the Co-Founder of Haven Energy. We heard how he raised the funding for Haven with 2 pitches. He taught us how the IRA aids home electrification. His thoughts on building IRA-dependent businesses. We finish up with his advice to founders.

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Topics:
**1:03 Intro & Journey into Climate
**5:41 Hiring an outsider
**12:18 Advice to get going as a founder-to-be
**15:09 What Haven does
**26:40 Blue Collar Workers in Climate
**30:11 The Raising Process
**35:45 The IRA and Home Electrification
**48:34 Advice to Founders

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Links:
**Connect with Jeff: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-chapin-a4b63758/
**Haven Energy: https://havenenergy.com/
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**HMU on Twitter: @silasmahner

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