Growing a market-leading business while spawning start-ups depends on the freedom to fail and a culture of caring modeled from the top down.
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Building the dream team
It takes a mission-driven team that actually cares about what problem we are solving ...”
We started Climeworks in 2009 with a small laboratory device and a bit of stubbornness ....”
“It always starts with sharing and reminding people all the time what this is all about ....”
President and CFO, Carsome
Juliet Zhu
CEO and cofounder, Climeworks
Jan Wurzbacher
CEO and cofounder, Eat Just
Josh Tetrick
It always starts with sharing and reminding people all the time what this is all about. The meaning behind this company is that the food we eat doesn’t represent our values, and we should change that, because it really matters.”
—Josh Tetrick, CEO and cofounder, Eat Just
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We started Climeworks in 2009 with a small laboratory device and a bit of stubbornness. But we wanted to build up a company that really has an influence—that makes something big—and climate change is one of the biggest, if not the biggest, topic humanity is currently dealing with. We really wanted to take the hard way and the long way and build up and enter a new industry over the next 30 years.”
—Jan Wurzbacher, CEO and cofounder, Climeworks
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It takes a mission-driven team that actually cares about what problem we are solving and that is constantly motivated, empowered, and fulfilled by every bit of progress we make toward that goal. We need to thoughtfully verbalize and consciously build that culture as the company scales from a team to an organization.”
—Juliet Zhu, president and CFO, Carsome
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