Will 2020 Be a Year You Want to Remember or Forget Keith Cronin Look around you. What do you see? Despair? Hope? This experience you are facing is going to move you in one direction or another. In the short term, you are going to be concerned. Just like the rest of us. You will be thinking about your family. Your community. Your solar ambitions. You might also be thinking, “When will things get back to normal?” The one question that I want you to also think about: “Will you be ready to leap on the opportunities when they present themselves?” If we look at history as any gauge for events like this, there are few. Staying home has become our civic duty. Spending time with people we care about. Re-evaluating what is important. One thing we’ve all learned. With the decrease in human activities from driving and flying, the air is cleaner. We need clean air in order to live on this planet. And the planet is getting smaller with each passing year. This is a result of the increase in our inhabitants that live on it. With knowing this, the world does need you now. It needs you to continue your efforts to be involved in sustainability. A climate warrior. Helping others. The decisions you make, impact the people on the other side of this globe, as much as the people in your community. Renewable energy and all of its supporting industries will continue to grow. People have had time to evaluate their own impact, as when you are home now. It has finally allowed you and the rest of us to truly understand the simple idea of “cause and effect”. We need hope right now and we also need action. And before we have action, we need planning. We need strategies and tactics to go “all in” on what we do, and how we do it. Solar and storage is here to stay and you want to be a part of it. We invite you to come join us in the next Solar Executive MBA Training class. Just as you are looking for renewal and direction with your solar career ambitions, so have Chris and I for you. We’ve spent the last few months revisiting and reimagining the course with you in mind. The course is more interactive and rebuilt from the ground up. We’re inviting you to join us on April 20th for 6-weeks of deep engagement and planning out your 2020 and beyond. Our Friday live calls with you help you get your questions answered. Could be about the course or how you approach your market. How to navigate through the changes in front of you. What to pivot towards. You want this to be a year you are proud of. Many people are counting on you. Taking steps to improve your skills, knowledge, and experience so that you’re prepared for the weeks and months to come. You are ready to join us and make changes. We’ll see you inside the course. And on the first call on the first Friday, April 24th. Sign up today Let’s begin to create something together. Keith Cronin Solar Business Growth Solar Finance Solar Sales & Marketing Originally posted on April 14, 2020 Written by Keith Cronin Keith Cronin is an in-demand business consultant. He has helped solar companies achieve their goals through his perspective, recruiting, coaching sessions and products. After his company was acquired by SunEdison, he decided to help people and serve others in Hawaii and across the globe. After his tenure with SunEdison, he founded SunHedge. SunHedge assists small to medium size businesses to increase profitability by developing systems which streamline the workflow from sales to operations. He's also involved in solar farm development, and works with hedge funds, venture groups, high net worth individuals and land owners to bring together both parties to structure financial instruments for their projects development and ongoing operations with bilateral agreements, FIT and negotiated PPA's. More posts by Keith