Emily Reichert, Greentown Labs 58

Published: July 8, 2020, 4 a.m.

b'Since first expanding the Hyperion Executive Search activities into the US over the last three years, I\\u2019ve been very aware of the awesome job Greentown Labs do at supporting, nurturing and releasing into the world some amazing cleantech companies. Some of which have gone on to be our clients. So with the announcement of their expansion to Houston, I though it would be a great opportunity to hear the story from CEO Emily ReichertAbout EMILY REICHERTDr. Emily Reichert serves as Chief Executive Officer of Greentown Labs, the largest clean technology startup incubator in North America. As the company's first employee, Emily has spearheaded the rapid growth of Greentown Labs into a global center for clean technology innovation, attracting visitors and partners from around the world.\\xa0Emily started her career at Arthur D. Little as a Ph.D. scientist and progressed into R&D, business development and general management roles. Prior to Greentown Labs, she was the Director of Business Operations at the Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry where she helped grow the angel-funded startup into a sustainable contract R&D business with a mission to minimize environmental impact of chemical products.\\xa0Emily has been appointed to leadership positions on innovation, economic development, entrepreneurship and clean technology commercialization at the city, state, and federal level including the City of Somerville\\u2019s Chamber of Commerce, the Massachusetts Governor\\u2019s Economic Development Planning Council and the U.S. Secretary of Commerce\\u2019s National Advisory Council on Innovation and Entrepreneurship.\\xa0She holds a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and earned her MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management.About Greentown LabsGreentown Labs aims to be a supportive, collaborative, and inspiring community for early-stage entrepreneurs to grow their businesses. In light of that mission, we don\\u2019t take any equity in our member companies. Instead, members pay monthly fees based on their lab and office space. We bring in revenue from other sources, including partnerships and grants, in order to keep membership fees low for our startups.Membership fees are approximately market rate, but include so much more than desk and lab space\\u2014members also gain access to more than $1 million worth of resources, equipment, programming, staff support, and more.Social linksEMILY REICHERT on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilylreichert/Greentown Labs Website: https://greentownlabs.com/Greentown Labs on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GreentownLabsEMILY REICHERT on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EmilyLReichertEPISODE LINKS Greentown Labs Announces Expansion to Houston https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/greentown-labs-announces-expansion-to-houston-301077767.htmlFollow us online, write a review (please) or subscribeI'm very keen to hear feedback on the podcast and my guests, and to hear your suggestions for future guests or topics. Contact via the website, or Twitter. If you do enjoy the podcast, please write a review on iTunes, or your usual podcast platform, and tell your cleantech friends about us. That would be much appreciated.Twitter https://twitter.com/CleantechleaderFacebook https://www.facebook.com/DavidHuntCleantechGuideInstagram https://www.instagram.com/davidhuntcleantech/'