Jack Oslan: Diamond Age
🌱 Vertical Farming⚙️Construction Automation,💡Innovative Disruption and 💥 More
Fellow Climate Warriors, welcome to another episode of Climate Tech Cocktails!
Joining Matt and his Athenaeum Whiskey today is the man, the myth, the legend - and Matt’s dear friend and mentor - Jack Oslan. This fantastically successful co-founder of the two blockbuster start-ups, Plenty and Diamond Age, comes armed with some Maker's Mark Reserve to discuss both his personal and professional life. From growing up next to a corn field in small town Illinois to being a two-time Silicon Valley tech founder to building shelters for war torn Ukraine, Jack leads a nobly purposeful existence helping out those most in need, and you get to share in his extensive experience and wisdom here today.
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“If you are purpose-driven, you will never lose your way.”
Jack Oslan Co-founder and Executive Chair of Diamond Age, and Co-founder of Plenty
What we drank during the episode: 🥃Maker's Mark Reserve and 🥃Athenaeum Whiskey
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Companies/Startups mentioned during the show:
🌱National Renewable Energy Lab
People/places/things mentioned during the show:
🧑💻President Volodymyr Zelensky
🧑💻Bob Iger
📖Inc.
📖The Hard Thing About Hard Things
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[0:00] Introduction
[4:12] What we’re drinking
[6:55] Founder trials and tribulations
[12:45] Jack’s wife
[15:06] Childhood
[18:57] NorCal in the 80s and 90s
[21:11] The “entrepreneurship ecosystem”
[23:04] From printing to vertical farming
[26:45] The Plenty ‘light bulb’ moment
[31:10] Meeting Dr. Nate and founding Plenty
[36:44] Being a Founder
[40:48] Russell Varone and starting Diamond Age
[48:43] The Diamond Age
[51:24] Concrete and Lumber: The Climate Impact
[56:21] The Underdog
[1:01:14] Building shelters for Ukraine
[1:03:29] Following your purpose
[1:08:24] Rapid Questions
[1:17:38] Outro