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JGreenberger

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About JGreenberger

Solar for the developing world

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    I created a new managers training for our employees (via an email sequence of the best short form content I've found over the years) and thought it could be interesting to send to …

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    Comment #10007059

    Bright (YC W15) | Full Time | San Francisco Bright is hiring a Software Engineer to help bring solar to developing countries - more here: www.thinkbright.mx/jobs You’ll help build …

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    San Francisco | Full-Stack Engineer | Bright Bright is a distributed solar utility for the developing world. We're funded by YC, First Round Capital, and the founders of PayPal, Su…

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    Bright (YC W15) Is Hiring Its First Engineer

    Bright is looking for an exceptional full-stack developer in San Francisco to help create a software enabled solar utility for the developing world from the ground up. As one of ou…

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    Indeed! The customer can become the owner at some point usually between year 10 and year 20 if of interest. Also, we're fascinated by PAYG solar installations and plan on supportin…

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    Fascinating - @spiritplumber, would you be willing to email me at jonah@thinkbright.co to discuss further? We haven't encountered this problem since we're targeting safe areas but …

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    Great questions. Although there is a 100% depreciation in year one tax benefit (that's complicated to capture unfortunately), the beauty of this market is that its actually just mo…

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    Great point. Today, I'm actually the only team member not Mexican (and in Mexico) and continuing to grow this way is definitely a key part of the plan.

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    jonah@thinkbright.co

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    Great point - we often see bills for the highest electricity consumers between 1,500 and 5,000 pesos per month, which is around $100 to $350 USDs per month

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    SCTY is definitely a great model and has done amazing things in the US. The key difference with Bright is we focus just on software and finance to enable local Mexican installers t…

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    Great point about zero-down solar and we're by no means wed to any one structure to enable solar for the masses (lease, loan, PPA, etc.). Our goal is to get solar on as many houses…

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    Hey guys - I'm Jonah, the founder, and am more than happy to answer any questions you have.