That's a Wrap on 2023! 🎉
As 2023 draws to a close, we find ourselves reflecting on the evolution of our content, community, and capital ecosystem that has guided us through the past year at MCJ. We're dedicated to breaking down knowledge silos and below are just some of the ways we accomplished this with the support of our amazing podcast guests, MCJ members, LPs, and YOU! Below we’ve compiled standout podcast episodes and key milestones within the MCJ community, along with some of the connections we've forged between cool people and our portfolio companies. And no recap is complete without some special team highlights that made this year’s journey truly exceptional.
🎙️ MY CLIMATE JOURNEY PODCAST
🎙️ Most Downloaded Episodes
Covering CDR with Peter Minor, Director of Science and Innovation at Carbon180, and Jack Andreasen, Policy Manager for Carbon Management at Breakthrough Energy
Forestry Carbon Offsets with Diego Saez Gil of Pachama and Sam Gill of Sylvera
Moving Talent into Climate Tech with Jonathan Strauss of Climate Draft
🚀 Standout Startup Series Hosted by Cody Simms
💰 Top Capital Series Convos with Jason Jacobs
🧑🏭 Standout Skilled Labor Series Hosted by Yin Lu
Empowering Women in Solar Careers with Brittany Heller, Director of Program Management at HeatSpring
Electrical Work and Entrepreneurship with Tonya Hicks, President and CEO of Power Solutions and Managing Principle of Women Do Everything, LLC
Maritime Shipping with Zach Gallant, Head of Maritime Operations at Fleetzero
✨ MCJ MEMBERSHIP COMMUNITY
🙋♂️ 22 Ask-Me-Anything sessions in the MCJ Slack. We’ve been honored to be joined by SO many inspiring leaders.
🗓️ 64 in-person events run by members, MCJ City Hosts and the MCJ team, with 4,788 participants across the globe.
👩💻 100 online events, from Idea Jams to Book Clubs, Learning Sprints to Women in Climate meetups.
💬 987 interest-based coffee chats between members via MCJ Slack coffee-chats, scoring a cool 93.77% match fit.
👋 1,580 new members joined the MCJ community this year. It’s been awesome to welcome YOU!
🤝 MCJ TALENT SYSTEM
🏆 Special shoutout to Air Company, Rheaply and Patch who rank Top 3 for ‘introductions requested’ via our talent system. Additionally, kudos to Pachama, Rheaply and Arcadia who rank Top 3 for ‘profile views’ on our public jobs board.
Keen to be part of the MCJ talent system? Complete our MCJ Talent Form to tell us more about yourself and what roles you're looking for. We'll then share your profile with our 80+ portfolio companies, who can request an email introduction to you if you could be a good fit for their team.
🌟 MCJ TEAM HIGHLIGHTS
Thanks for reading! See you next year.
With gratitude, Team MCJ
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