Spark Club Podcast
Spark Club brings entrepreneurs in the energy field together with a common objective, to build energy businesses. We draw on each others experience to support, learn and grow energy businesses. The podcasts are hosted by Grant McDowell and are recordings of our Fireside chat with leaders in the energy transition.
- Update frequency
- every 23 days
- Average duration
- 46 minutes
- Episodes
- 58
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
Enosi - Steve Hoy - Export Series
Welcome to the Spark Club Export Podcast series. In this export series Grant McDowell will be interviewing founders and leaders from seven energy tech companies based in Australia. We’ll hear the bac…
SwitchDin - Andrew Mears - Export Series
Welcome to the Spark Club Export Podcast series. In this export series Grant McDowell will be interviewing founders and leaders from seven energy tech companies based in Australia. We’ll hear the bac…
Mega Trends & Big Levers - Andrew Birch - OpenSolar
In mid-March this year, just days before lockdown in Australia, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Birchy, as he's known, to talk about what he's been building at OpenSolar and SolarApp. In o…
5 Minute Settlement Event Podcast
How our world has changed in a simple matter of weeks. On the 4th March 2020 the Spark Club community came together at EnergyLab in Sydney to hear a panel discussion on the biggest rule change in the…
Raising Capital Masterclass - Fiona Waterhouse - Utilitas
We sat down for a live Fireside chat with Fiona Waterhouse, founder and CEO of Utilitas, to learn about what it takes to be a startup founder in the energy sector. We discuss Fiona’s early life and t…
Let's Raise $1 Billion - Glenn Platt - CSIRO
At Spark Club we believe Australia can take our natural advantage in Energy Tech and do the same.
Glenn Platt from CSIRO joins us for the Fireside Chat and then the panel shares the stage. Glenn s…
Raising Money in Energy Tech
Energy Tech startup funding
Raising investment for a Startup in the energy tech sector is challenging and demands a dynamic approach. Kyle Bolto brings a fresh perspective to the energy sector and w…
100% Renewables - Is California Dreaming
California has set a bold target of powering its electricity grid with 100% renewables. The Californian Assembly passed the historic SB100 bill in August last year setting the Golden State on an amb…
Battle of the Batteries - Dr Lachlan Blackhall & Colin Gillam
The Battle of the Batteries event was recorded on the 26th September 2018, just ten months after the Tesla big battery was installed at Hornsdale in South Australia.
Spark Club thought it timely to h…
Taking our Energy Tech Global - Murray Hogarth
Today we're with Murray Hogarth from Wattwatchers sharing his experience competing in two European Energy Tech competitions, Free Electrons in Lisbon and Start up Energy Transition in Berlin.
Murray …
Communications for Start-ups - Jonathan Englert
Jonathan Englert was inspired by the founders journey and how critical communications is in shaping the start-up destiny. The lines between marketing and communications can be blurred which is why I …
ClimateLaunchPad - Chris Lee from ClimateKIC
ClimateKIC are running the ClimateLaunchPad program, deadline is the end of May 2018. In this short podcast Chris Lee introduces the program, how Australia fits into the global context and provides …
Sales and Marketing - Jo Stevens Kramer and Sidney Minassian
Our Sales and Marketing podcast brings two leading lights to the stage for our Fireside Chat in March 2018. Both speakers draw on deep experience during the tech boom in Silicon Valley and are applyi…
Matt Hale - Blockchain in Energy
Blockchain is coming to energy at hyper speed. In the podcast Grant McDowell interviews Matt Hale as he unpacks the fundamentals of blockchain specific to energy. The podcast is a great entry point f…
Danny Kennedy - Startup Ecosystems
Danny Kennedy is Managing Director at California Clean Energy Fund and is at the centre of energy disruption. Grant McDowell has 'hallway' discussion with Danny about the clean tech startup scene in…
Ulric Ferner - Right Click Capital Ep 3
In our third Fireside Chat Grant McDowell interviews Ulric Ferner. Ulric shares his own journey from entrepreneur at MIT in Boston to VC with Right Click Capital here in Sydney. Ulric sees energy t…
Paul Fox - Silicon Valley to New Energy Ep 2
In the second episode of the Spark Club podcast series, Spark Club co-founder Grant McDowell interviews Paul Fox, investor, strategist, business builder, technologist.
Paul offers great insight throu…
Stefan Jarnason - Solar Analytics Ep 1
In the first episode of the Spark Club podcast series, Spark Club co-founder Grant McDowell interviews CEO of Solar Analytics, Stefan Jarnason. Grant asks the questions that every entrepreneur ponder…