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Adam Carver posted thisThoughts about RE+ last week (largest Renewables conference in North America) in post-BBB regulatory environment: 1. Residential programs scrambling to convert to TPO, lease and PPA structures after elimination of tax credits for direct sale 2. Failures of Sunnova, Mosaic and Posigen this summer hang over residential markets causing people to hoard capital and behave more risk-off. Hope of consolidation and better risk management 3. Fear of FEOC (anti-China ruleset) prevalent -- though no guidance from Treasury yet. The consequences could range from devastating to US clean energy or just modestly impairing. I was shocked to see how many Chinese manufacturers spent $100s thousands of dollars on exhibits when FEOC hangs like Damocles' Sword over their heads. I guess they have no choice but to keep lobbying and advertising 4. Far more new US-domestic equipment than last year; OEMs have gotten the message to Build in the USA 5. Battery+storage products are white hot partially driven by demand from data centers and partially due to changes in tax credit regime. Serving insatiable energy demand from AI is the secular talk of the industry 6. Very little discussion of crypto mining as opposed to previous years 7. Demand for ITCs from corporate buyers continues but 100% depreciation causing reduced 2025 buying pressure 8. Delays due to BBB have been cleared. Most people reporting massive spike in business and deal flow after July
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Adam Carver shared thisThere's a cliche in startups that the overnight success took 10 years to build. People chuckle yet still assume the 10,000% VC return must have been obvious in the moment. Trust me on this, the first check is ANYTHING but self-evident. And a company's journey to reach Product Market Fit -- tonsss more pain than progress, sometimes for years. Yes to keeping the faith -- AND keeping burn low, or you implode. Low burn = more iteration. And keep building, as Matthew Stotts says.
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Adam Carver shared thisBatteries, Data Centers and Zero-dollar variable energy are the picks ⛏️and shovels ⚒️ of the AI gold rush. It’s just getting started and doesn’t require a computer science degree. Every time I hear someone talk about AI, I think about the inputs and I thank my stars I’m in energy and technology 👇
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Adam Carver posted thisBeing your best at age 60? Not impossible. Last weekend I watched one of my favorite bands deliver what their millions of fans ranked as the #2 performance in their 40-year career. All four members just turned 60 this year. I've thought about this continuously since Sunday's show. After 1,700 concerts, 16 studio albums, and nearly four decades of performing together, these musicians just delivered one of their greatest shows ever. You certainly couldn't say so for Dylan and the Stones or practically any other aging rocker. What made the weekend so extraordinary wasn't nostalgia. They played harder and faster than I've ever seen them. They improvised fearlessly, injecting synths, looping and effects I'd never heard before. When they took their most famous banger and deconstructed it live, 20,000 attendees lost their minds. Sometimes I tell myself I'm past my prime and that innovation / startups are a young person's game. That could be true for the average joe but that's not who I aspire to be, so the statement depresses me. What made the band awesome was about embracing what age and experience brings, like the poise when to take calculated risks or just play it straight, the comfort in knowing they can handle a runaway solo, and listening to and trusting each other. It was the intangibles gained from their age, not just the tangibles of youth. I loved the show, obviously, but I've benefited more from having this belief reinvigorated that my peak moments can still be on my horizon rather than in the rearview mirror if I want them.
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Adam Carver shared thisThe AI job-pocalypse has people scared of their own shadow at work. But the opportunities to gain an edge are RIFE -- *if you are willing to have a beginner's mind and learn. I don't care what your current level of competency is. You can easily become the person everybody else goes to for answers -- thus making yourself INDISPENSABLE in the workplace. Especially ENTRY LEVEL job seekers -- you are young, tech native and hungry. AI can enable you to leapfrog the calcified conventional and corporate ladder, which is growing extinct by the day. My friend Jenny Fielding has a few brilliant insights below 👇Adam Carver shared thisIf you’re a recent grad, the current job market feels tough. Headlines from The Wall Street Journal article yesterday confirm that traditional entry-level jobs are harder to come by, largely due to shifts in AI and the economy. It’s easy to feel like you’ve graduated at the exact wrong time. I have an entirely different perspective: you may have graduated at the most opportune moment in history. I see this firsthand with the founders I back and the ambitious young people I meet. The old, safe corporate ladder is disappearing, but in its place, AI is providing the tools to build your own future. The friction of the current market may be creating a golden era of entrepreneurship and many young people are perfectly positioned to take advantage of it. Here’s how you can leverage this unique moment to build your career: 🚀 Become an "AI-Powered Generalist." Instead of aiming for a narrow job title, focus on becoming a "one-person business" by mastering AI tools. Use ChatGPT for marketing copy, Midjourney for design assets, and AI coding assistants to build a simple website or app. This skill set and the ability to execute across multiple business functions with AI as your leverage is way more valuable than any single specialization and makes you a critical hire for a startup (or the perfect founder for your own startup!) 🚀 Find a "Long-Tail" Problem to Solve. Big companies are built to solve big, generic problems. Your advantage is that you can see the "long-tail" problems in niche communities you're a part of, whether it’s for a specific video game, a running club, or a creative hobby. Use your understanding of a niche, combined with AI tools, to build a micro-solution. You can build a small, profitable business before a big company even realizes the market exists. 🚀 Choose "Learning Velocity" Over Starting Salary. When evaluating an opportunity, optimize for the role that will force you to learn the fastest. The best first job out of college isn't the one with the highest pay or the most prestige - it's the one that gives you a front-row seat to building a business from the ground up. The skills you gain in two years at an early-stage startup are equivalent to a decade on a traditional corporate path. The path isn't as clear as it was for past generations, but the potential upside is exponentially greater. Don't wait for a legacy company to give you permission to start your career. The tools are here. The problems are waiting. It's go time 🙌🏼 https://lnkd.in/emumdMsEAI Is Wrecking an Already Fragile Job Market for College GraduatesAI Is Wrecking an Already Fragile Job Market for College Graduates
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Adam Carver shared thisTom Cruise is superhuman. I watched MI7 this weekend and in one scene he sprinted across Venice for a full minute to save the life of a doomed romantic interest. He arrived seconds late neither sweating nor panting — which I couldn’t say for myself sitting on the couch. That's superhuman and it’s pure cinematic fantasy, but it's also inspirational once I thought more about it. The long-distance sprint is a classic Hollywood motif. I only see people sprinting in real-life in airports to catch flights. Sprints are a brutal workout. I've added sprints to my training for the past year and at 40 it has forced me to concede that I’m no longer 18, nor even 30. Watching those impossible feats on screen this weekend made me wonder how much further could I go when my lungs are burning, or when I want to ride the escalator instead of take the stairs. MI7 gave me a reason to be inspired, and even imagine what would happen if I had to sprint across Venice to fetch someone I loved. I may never be superhuman like Tom Cruise. In fact, I won’t be, because there’s only one TC. I can creep closer to that idealized version of myself though by using movies like MI7 as inspiration to find the line between my normal effort and my next, Super-me version.
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Adam Carver shared thisSeth Godin wrote this piece on Sunday: “A useful metaphor from juggling: When you find yourself lunging for a ball or club, let it drop. Lunging will always lead to a drop sooner or later, and it pays to skip the lunge and simply begin again, on better terms.” There's wisdom here. I've chased a thousand dead leads, poured good money after bad and been on the wrong side of relationships where I’m the only one trying 😕 But here's where the juggling metaphor breaks down because life isn't juggling and relationships follow other rules besides only physics. Sometimes the LUNGE is what learning is all about. When you drop a lead, quit a friendship, bail on an experience, give up on a breakthrough partnership or whatever — you can't just pick up another identical ball. The most valuable things are frequently scarce things. The breakthrough moments often require the lunge. COUNTLESS LUNGES. They demand stretching beyond your comfort zone and risk looking foolish, probably a bunch of times. They also require you to show up when you least want to. That’s kind of the point. Eventually, you lunge and catch the ball. The real skill isn't avoiding the lunge but the wisdom in knowing which balls are worth lunging for. For me—my lunge is posting on LinkedIn more frequently. What's worth your lunge right now? Leave a comment below. 👇
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Adam Carver shared thisTax credit changes in the BBB for individuals. The Big Beautiful Bill passed on July 4 and introduced significant changes to clean energy tax credits for HNW taxpayers. I've fielded a dozen calls to explain the implications, so here's the summary. First the GREAT news: Accelerated depreciation increased to 100% from 40%. That means Tax Equity investors can depreciate the FULL PROJECT COST in Year 1. Wow! That's an unbelievable windfall. Solar and wind developers must begin substantial construction of their projects by July 4, 2026 or else complete them no later than December 31, 2027 to receive ITCs. This narrow window of only 11 months exerts massive pressure on commercial developers — possibly prohibitive. I believe most will fail to meet this deadline. Conversely, Residential Solar providers such as SunSaver using PPA models are less affected, as our projects can easily meet those deadlines. Our finish-line date is Dec 31, 2027. The criteria for domestic content adders and energy community were sustained to achieve upwards of 50% tax credits per project and we are happy about that. Equally encouraging is energy storage projects were spared from any modification and will continue to generate credits until 2033. With such policy stability, I'd expect a substantial reallocation of capital earmarked for clean generation to find its new place in battery storage — particularly grid-tied and behind-the-meter battery systems. Summary illustration below. If you want to talk about tax credits or tax equity, reach out to me in the comments or dm.
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Adam Carver liked thisAdam Carver liked thisHappiest when helping. I’m thrilled to share that I am officially a certified coach! I’ve always felt drawn to helping others be their best selves. The Co-Active Training Institute (CTI) courses and certification process to become a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) challenged and taught me a whole new dimension; one I am and will continue to use with purpose and meaning. Today I am celebrating and reflecting on well over 300 hours of combined work over the past 18 months, along with earning my International Coaching Federation (ICF) recognition as an Associate Certified Coach (ACC). A special thank you to my dedicated CTI teachers, incredibly open and supportive fellow coaching student colleagues, the Gold Stars, my Mentor coach, husband, family, friends, colleagues, coaches I networked with who generously shared their experiences, and especially to my coaching clients. I’m inspired by each of our own stories, and by the daily opportunity we all have to pause, reflect, discover what is most important at this moment, and try(!) our best to live in that way. “If only” is now. This is my current mantra. What is yours?
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Adam Carver liked thisAdam Carver liked thisYesterday reminded me why the NYC tech community is so special. We hosted our annual Everywhere Ventures Women in AI Summit and the room was electric 🔥 We covered a lot of ground in just a few hours... → Who actually survives as AI consolidates? → What are frontier AI research projects that we should be thinking about? → What do our agentic lives look like in the future? But honestly, the best moments are always between the content, catching up with so many friends and colleagues building and investing across AI. Thank you to our amazing partners Yashreeka Huq at Perkins Coie, Tai Hutchinson at JPMorganChase, Ava Shell at Carta, Hazel Mathieu at Justworks and the Sapienne and Women Defining AI communities for supporting this event 🙏 I'm especially grateful to my Everywhere Ventures partners Scott Hartley, Anna Barber and Michael Barone for making the day so special. Already thinking about a west coast expansion...
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Adam Carver liked thisAdam Carver liked thisProbably one of the "oddest" (if you know me) assignments in my career, has been to serve, for the last 3 years, as the (public) Board Representative on the Cybersecurity Steering Committee. IT and tech is definitely not my cup of tea but corporate governance and intersection of tech has certainly become one. 3 years later (and hopefully a few more) and I definitely continue to feel more confident in my ability to understand the technological challenges facing public companies today! One of those "learning a new language" experiences. I guess my one main take away, and from my CFO chair, there are a lot more state and private bad actor threats out there than most of us are aware of.
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Adam Carver liked thisI couldn't be more excited to share that I've joined Nielsen, the global leader in audience measurement, data and media intelligence, as Global Head of Sports. Very much looking forward to collaborating with this all-star team, our sports partners and the industry at large to innovate together, grow and win! Onward!Adam Carver liked thisBest things come in three. We're thrilled to announce we are welcoming Seth Ladetsky and Trevor Fellows, while promoting Matthew Devitt to supercharge how we serve sports, advertising, and national publishing clients. All three reporting to Chief Revenue Officer Amilcar Perez. Seth Ladetsky, Head of Global Sports, joins after nearly 30 years at Turner Sports and Warner Bros. Discovery. $2 billion in advertising and sponsorship revenue managed across NBA Digital, March Madness Live, and Bleacher Report. Now he's bringing that firepower to Nielsen's sports measurement business. Trevor Fellows, Head of Advertiser/Agency. A career built at the intersection of media and money at Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, and NBCUniversal. He joins as Nielsen's buy-side momentum hits full stride, with fresh integrations alongside WPP Media, Horizon Media, Acxiom, Realeyes, and Adelaide all landing in the last year alone. And finally Matt Devitt, Head of National. He grew and strategised Nielsen's agency business from the inside, locking in long-term partnerships with seven of the world's largest agencies. Now he takes the helm of Nielsen's national publisher relationships. Big things ahead. Stay tuned. 🗞️ https://lnkd.in/eC6MhpSW
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Adam Carver liked thisAdam Carver liked thisYesterday, I joined dozens of small business advocates at a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol with Congressman Brad Finstad (R-MN) to support his bipartisan bill authorizing a White House Conference on Small Business (H.R. 6855). The last time our nation convened such a conference was in 1995—well before today’s challenges for small businesses took shape. I was proud to speak on behalf of Independent Electrical Contractors, Inc. - IEC, a #construction trade association representing more than 4,000 merit shop electrical contractors and 50 chapters across the country (and a great Government Affairs Solutions, LLC client). IEC’s members—like much of the construction industry and members of my four construction trade association clients—are overwhelmingly small businesses, and it’s long past time their voices are elevated in shaping federal policy. The numbers from the U.S. Small Business Administration - Office of Advocacy tell the construction industry’s story: - Nearly 81% of the construction workforce is employed by small businesses. - 99% of construction firms have fewer than 100 employees. - 82% of construction firms have fewer than 10 employees. Construction IS small business. These brave entrepreneurs are building and electrifying America every day. With 22,000 registered apprentices in IEC's #apprenticeship programs, small businesses are also building tomorrow's #workforce by providing a pipeline for #electricians to pursue a rewarding career in the skilled trades and future small business entrepreneurship. Yet bad government policy favors well-connected special interests and large businesses while strangling small business growth with red tape. A White House Conference on Small Business would provide a long-overdue platform to elevate small business priorities, inform policymakers, and ensure that federal policies support growth, workforce development, and economic opportunity. Proud to advocate for IEC small businesses and other #smallbusiness stakeholders in support of this legislation. Shoutouts to John Byrd for organizing this excellent event and Chris Vaughan for the photo. Also kudos to Danny Shaw with Kato Roofing for his excellent remarks as a Minnesota constituent and member of Associated Builders and Contractors.
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Adam Carver liked thisAdam Carver liked thisAn early employee joins a promising startup. Works hard, takes below-market salary, vests their equity over four years. The company grows from seed to Series D and hits a $2B valuation. On paper, their shares are worth life-changing money. They can't sell. No IPO in sight. Not because anything went wrong. Not because the company is failing. The regulatory architecture governing private securities resales was built for a different era. One where companies either went public within a few years or stayed small. That world no longer exists. In 2019 I proposed a rulemaking to the SEC for stage-appropriate liquidity, a self-executing resale safe harbor I called a "Qualifying Private Sale." The core problem hasn't changed. If anything, it's gotten worse. The SEC's Spring 2025 Unified Agenda puts Rule 144 reform on the docket for April 2026. The timing is right. The roadmap exists. New piece on what the fix actually looks like:Stage-Appropriate Liquidity: Fixing Section 4(a)(7)Stage-Appropriate Liquidity: Fixing Section 4(a)(7)
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Adam Carver liked thisAdam Carver liked thisabout a year ago, i realized i didn't know what i wanted to do. but I knew who I wanted to be.... willy wonka. i mean....the irreverence. the mastery of his craft. the unhinged pursuit of childlike joy -- he mixes it with love and makes the world taste good. have been busy formulating ever since....
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Karthee Madasamy
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