(don’t) Waste Water! | Water Tech to Solve the World
with 🎙ï¸� Reinhard Hübner, CEO of SKion Water, 2021's Water Company of the YearÂ
💧 SKion Water is an international water technology platform, that aims to empower water technology companies to make a difference.Â
What we covered:Â
📈 How SKion Water was built from scratch in a decade, to reach about 750 M€ yearly turnover Â
🛣ï¸� How building a successful water company all starts with choosing your path (and what the options are) Â
🤑 How cheap money comes with drawbacks and how this can be problematic for water entrepreneursÂ
🤪 How water market capitalizations totally go through the roof these days (and what to think about it)Â
☠ï¸� How there's no magical way to skip steps and how it is dangerous to even tryÂ
💧 How the water industry is segmented, and how important it is to target the right section of the food chainÂ
🤯 How it might be tempting to see yourself as much more clever than everyone before, and how that can lead to terrible mistakes as a water entrepreneurÂ
🌳 How trees don't grow up to the sky, and how being reasonable on your business expectations is the best way to really deliverÂ
ðŸ¤� How it might be tempting to see tremendous synergies between various branches of the water industry... and how those rarely (if ever) existÂ
ðŸ�� How what matters at the end of the day is less the plan than the way you execute it (and how you might have to go in the trenches)Â
🧱 All in all, how Reinhard built the 2021 "Water Company of the Year"Â
💧  How Reinhart almost fell into investing by accidentÂ
ðŸ�� The two reasons why one would want to invest in Water (despite all the challenges)Â
ðŸ�Ž How SKion's success was born in early, rapid, and spectacular failuresÂ
ðŸ�� How the focus is not to acquire companies but to serve the real customer needs (and the foolproof trick to always keep that market pulse)Â
ðŸ‘� How the Water Sector's structure is quite unique in terms of company sizes and how a certain one doesn't exist at allÂ
💰 What's the best way to invest in water companies and whyÂ
ðŸ§� Who are the best water entrepreneur profiles, why, and how they have to take risksÂ
💸 Water Industry's consolidation frenzy, too much money potentially killing companies, crazy valuations, learning from history, giving atypical companies a chance... and much more!Â
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âž¡ï¸� Come say hi to Reinhard on LinkedInÂ
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