Off the Grid, On the Record

Off the Grid, On the Record
Podcast Description
By JPM Media Real voices. Real energy. Real transitions.Off the Grid: On the Record is where bold voices in clean energy, climate infrastructure, and sustainable tech go on the record. Hosted by Yarek Matacz, this podcast cuts through buzzwords and brings you grounded conversations with the people actually building the future — from solar CEOs and policy architects to grid innovators and cleantech financiers.Each episode explores how renewable energy systems are being rethought, funded, scaled, and implemented in real time. No fluff. No industry jargon. Just honest insight into what’s working — and what’s next.🎧 Available on all major platforms: 🔗 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7FXxTgjKq2Mw1P8OjTfhk5 🔗 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/off-the-grid-on-the-record/id1747620342 🔗 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@yarekmatacz🔗 Website: https://jpmmedia.ca/project-1/🎯 What You’ll Hear:Hard-won lessons from solar developers, climate tech founders, and infrastructure operatorsDeep dives into grid strategy, financing, and the business of decarbonizationGlobal voices — from Australia’s sub-5MW revolution to North American energy resilienceReal stories about navigating regulation, building trust, and scaling responsibly🔧 Built for: Clean energy professionals | Project developers | Investors | Sustainability teams | Grid operators | Anyone tired of surface-level green talk📩 Want to suggest a guest? Reach out at: [email protected]
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The podcast dives into topics including clean energy innovations, sustainable technology solutions, challenges in renewable energy deployment, and ethics in energy policy. Episodes examine issues like the solar industry's maintenance problems and ethical property development, highlighted by case studies such as Futureland's community-driven housing projects in Australia and Contractor Power's AI tools for efficiency in energy management.

By JPM Media Real voices. Real energy. Real transitions.
Off the Grid: On the Record is where bold voices in clean energy, climate infrastructure, sustainable tech, and emerging software go on the record. Hosted by Yarek Matacz, this podcast cuts through the buzzwords and brings you grounded conversations with the people actually building the future — from solar CEOs and grid innovators to SaaS founders, AI engineers, and cleantech financiers.
Each episode explores how renewable energy, smart infrastructure, and software systems are being rethought, funded, scaled, and implemented in real time. We dive into how technology is changing the way companies operate — from optimizing energy grids to automating back-office operations — and the challenges of scaling those solutions globally. No fluff. No jargon. Just honest insight into what’s working — and what’s next.
🎧 Available on all major platforms:
🔗 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7FXxTgjKq2Mw1P8OjTfhk5
🔗 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/off-the-grid-on-the-record/id1747620342
🔗 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@yarekmatacz
🔗 Website: https://jpmmedia.ca/project-1/
What You’ll Hear:
- Hard-won lessons from solar developers, software entrepreneurs, and infrastructure operators
- Deep dives into AI, automation, and the digital tools reshaping the clean energy sector
- Global voices — from Australia’s sub-5MW revolution to North America’s SaaS-powered energy resilience
- Real stories about navigating regulation, building trust, and scaling responsibly
Built for: Clean energy professionals | Tech founders | SaaS teams in climate & infrastructure | Project developers | Investors | Anyone tired of surface-level “green talk”
Want to suggest a guest? Reach out at: [email protected]
Solo or small team? Then you know the drill: 40 chat threads, half-finished docs, and no clear next step. In this episode, Samim Safaei, co-founder of SIIFT.AI, breaks down how their “Founder’s Compass” turns messy ideas into structured, repeatable validation — without losing speed.
We cover:
- Why generic chat tools say “yes” to everything — and how SIIFT removes the fluff
- The real blocker: information architecture (not another app)
- Guided chat plus a structured canvas: brain dump in, clean strategy out
- What beta users taught the team about UX, education, and overwhelm
- Partnerships with accelerators and mentors to scale guidance (not replace it)
- Privacy and IP: why paying for software beats paying with your data
- Go-to-market goals, pricing philosophy, and where SIIFT goes next
Guest: Samim Safaei — Co-founder, SIIFT.AITopics: Early-stage ops, validation, founder workflows, AI tooling, product UX
Learn more:siift.aiConnect with Samim: LinkedIn (search “Samim Safaei”)
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