How to evaluate a climate or hard-tech company from the outside, before you take the risk of joining one.
Author
Terra Talent
Status
In production
Access
Free, no email required
Who it is for
Engineers and leaders in aerospace, defence, automotive, semiconductors and energy
Software and AI operators considering physical-world companies
Anyone weighing a first move into a venture-backed hardware company
The problem it solves
Moving into climate and hard tech usually means taking a real risk on a company whose technology you cannot fully assess and whose runway you cannot see.
The people who make this move well ask a specific set of questions early. The people who regret it usually did not know what to ask.
What is inside
01Evaluating technical credibility when you are not a specialist in the science
02Assessing founder quality, and what to look for beyond the pitch
03Runway and milestone questions, and how to ask them without seeming distrustful
04Cash and equity tradeoffs against a large-company package
05On-site, physical-world and travel expectations that software roles do not carry
