Event Recap: Building a Policy Strategy Virtual Webinar
Unfiltered insights on how we support our founders.
On Tuesday, we hosted 22 SFF/Collab Fund founders for a policy strategy discussion led by Annie Gilleo, of the Ad Hoc Group.
Companies: Scope Zero, Verne, ImaginDairy, Endolith, Paces, Electric Air, Carba, Bidirectional Energy, Impossible Metals, Cella Mineral Storage, Aquarry, Birch Biosciences and others!
Given we had 34 RSVPs, we were pleased with the attendance.
The Collab team felt like the presentation was crisp, appropriate for the audience and offered some low-hanging actionable items (i.e. explore your local and/or national trade groups!).
Key metrics:
- Quality of speaker: 4
- Quality of material: 4
- Would attend again: 100% yes
Aspects folks enjoyed the most:
- Useful meeting, I enjoyed how Annie laid out potential spend over time for a policy function within a business.
- Great to hear her feedback on how to make the right internal hire and what professional profile to look for.
- Appreciated the online resources Annie and Keely provided to track policy.
Areas we could improve:
- None
Overall, we think we’re getting better at these. We had enough space for Q&A and the content/materials felt very relevant for pre-seed/seed-stage climate tech companies.
I’m planning on repurposing the presentation into a lead-in for the next SFF newsletter (Dispatch Vol 5), which will be sent out mid-July.
Please let me know if you have any follow-up questions/feedback.
Thanks, Keely!