{"id":25,"date":"2023-05-06T06:14:07","date_gmt":"2023-05-06T06:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.climafix.in\/blog\/?p=25"},"modified":"2023-06-05T05:28:50","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T05:28:50","slug":"ask-the-startup-jayesh-jain-of-thermelgy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.climafix.in\/blog\/ask-the-startup-jayesh-jain-of-thermelgy\/","title":{"rendered":"Jayesh Jain of Thermelgy &#8211; Ask The Climate Startup"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.climafix.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/jayesh-233x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26\" width=\"372\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.climafix.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/jayesh-233x300.png 233w, https:\/\/www.climafix.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/jayesh.png 651w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 372px) 100vw, 372px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color\"><br><strong>Ask the Climate Startup<\/strong>&nbsp;is an interactive series we run at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/climafix.in\/\" target=\"_blank\">CLIMAFIX<\/a> that derives key insights from innovative climate startup founders on many different aspects of their startup journey.&nbsp;(See all posts at&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.climafix.in\/blog\/index.php\/category\/ask-the-startup\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ask the Climate Startup<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This series is done as part of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.climafix.in\/summit\/2023\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLIMAFIX Summit 2023<\/a>, India&#8217;s largest climate startup summit, organized by <a href=\"http:\/\/climafix.in\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLIMAFIX<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energyconsortium.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Energy Consortium &#8211; IIT Madras<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this post, we have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/jayeshprofile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jayesh Jain<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thermelgy.ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thermelgy<\/a> sharing his perspectives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-green-cyan-color has-text-color\"><strong>CLIMAFIX thanks Jayesh Jain  for his valuable inputs.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-large-font-size\"><strong>Basics<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1. Are you a first, second,<\/strong> <strong>or later-generation entrepreneur?<\/strong><br><br>First&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2. What has been your previous work or professional experience?<\/strong><br><br>Have spent a decade with conglomerates such as GE, Wabtec, and Lenoox mostly designing\/analyzing next-generation industrial products for the world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3. Were there any special or specific reasons for you becoming an entrepreneur?<\/strong><br><br>Would like to quote someone \u201cEntrepreneurship involves living a few years of your life in a way that most people do not, and then spending the rest of your life in a way that most people can only dream of.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4. How did you meet your co-founder\/s?<\/strong><br><br>During corporate work relationship&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-large-font-size\"><strong>Highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>5. Was there anything noteworthy you wish to talk about from your first year or the first<\/strong> <strong>couple of years of your startup?<\/strong>&nbsp;<br><br>Continue till converge&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>6. Was there an Aha moment\/s during your startup journey that made a dramatic difference (positive or negative difference)?<\/strong><br><br>Its all about people<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<strong>7. Were there any memorable, amazing, or funny memories from your journey?<\/strong><br><br>Saving 42% of energy with just basics that were taught in class 11th.&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-large-font-size\"><strong>Perspectives<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>8. What was your biggest mistake in the startup journey? Something that you would like<\/strong> <strong>other startups to avoid?<\/strong><br><br>Network on a continuous basis&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>9. Looking back, what would you have tried to do differently if you were to start again?<\/strong><br><br>Do not ignore a gut feeling.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>10. Is there a question you would like startup founders to ask before they start?<\/strong><br><br>What is your plan B for the product\/market\/yourself?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>11. What keeps you awake at night?<\/strong><br><br>Ability to take care of my team\/family\/clients&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color has-large-font-size\"><strong>Others<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>12. What do you think are your biggest strengths that are especially helping you in your<\/strong> <strong>journey?<\/strong><br><br>Perseverance&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>13. How were you able to find &#8211; and retain good talent &#8211; given the vast, lucrative<\/strong> <strong>opportunities such talent has today?<\/strong><br><br>Being transparent and offering a challenging work environment&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>14. Was there some support or help you received in your startup journey that proved critical?<\/strong> <strong>Who would you like to thank?<\/strong>&nbsp;<br><br>My family, My co-founder, My 1st client<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"514\" height=\"98\" src=\"https:\/\/www.climafix.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/thermelgy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.climafix.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/thermelgy.png 514w, https:\/\/www.climafix.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/thermelgy-300x57.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ask the Climate Startup&nbsp;is an interactive series we run at CLIMAFIX that derives key insights from innovative climate startup founders on many different aspects of their startup journey.&nbsp;(See all posts at&nbsp;Ask the Climate Startup) This series is done as part of the&nbsp;CLIMAFIX Summit 2023, India&#8217;s largest climate startup summit, organized by CLIMAFIX &amp; Energy Consortium [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ask-the-startup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.climafix.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.climafix.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.climafix.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.climafix.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.climafix.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.climafix.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":209,"href":"https:\/\/www.climafix.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions\/209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.climafix.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.climafix.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.climafix.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}