by Michael Grossman | May 4, 2022 | Branding, Cleantech, Comedy, Green Marketing, Marketing Strategy
What’s Redefining A Category? The banjo wasn't a new instrument when comedian Steve Martin started playing it as a kid. It had been around for 100 years. Players in the genre became virtuosos, and you can hear it in everything from bluegrass and country to pop/rock....
by Michael Grossman | Apr 26, 2022 | Brand Stories, Cleantech, Marketing Strategy, Storytelling
Websites Demonstrate The Friction Between Climate Science and Marketing The creativity manifested through science and engineering in the climate sector is truly remarkable. Yet, the creative inputs of these solutions often stifle the success of all of that work when...
by Michael Grossman | Feb 14, 2021 | Cleantech, Delivering Your Message, Startups
On the FX television show "What We Do In The Shadows," the audience meets a familiar character: the energy vampire. His name is Colin Robinson, an unassuming, spectacled man whose incessant droning small talk slowly sap those around him of their life force....
by Michael Grossman | Dec 1, 2020 | Cleantech, Delivering Your Message, Startups
The Battle for Cleantech Funding A recent spate of stories in green media suggests a second climate funding boom is in the offing for startups in the cleantech sector. It’s a nice change of pace after funding dried up for almost a decade after the first...
by Michael Grossman | Feb 15, 2020 | Branding, Cleantech, Climate Change
The Cleantech Brand Is A Failure If No One Knows What It Means Invariably, it happens. I'm out at an event with professionals. Maybe it's a business awards dinner like last week or at a convention. Someone will ask me what I do for a living, and I explain, "I'm a...
by Michael Grossman | Oct 19, 2019 | Brand Stories, Cleantech, Green Marketing, Marketing Strategy, Startups
Part 1--Research This column is the first of a five-part series on the critical elements necessary for a cleantech company to successfully market itself, regardless of the budget. Do I Have To Pay For Marketing? One of the most frequent questions I hear...
