Book · 2021 · Business & Economics
Speed & Scale
An Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now
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What we'd like to contribute is a plan. It's a kind of blueprint. It's a field manual.
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- Discusses climate crisis plan“tackling the climate crisis”2
- Features book research and details“research for the book”2
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John Doerr has a new book out on tackling the climate crisis called Speed and Scale. We talked to him and his co-author together.
Jason Calacanis This Week in Startups · Feb 2022 Along with co-author Anjali Grover, you have written a new book on tackling taking John, of course, your legendary OKR methodology and bringing that to the climate crisis in a new book called Speed & Scale.
One of the recommendations we make in the book is if you can afford it, right now is the time to switch. Do not buy another fossil fuel vehicle that stays on the road.
The message we try to push in the book is that we both need the now and the new, right? So, to cut emissions in half by 2030, deploy all the solar, all the wind, all the EVs.
Nuclear is the only carbon-free energy source that can reliably deliver power day and night through every season, almost anywhere on Earth. It's been proven to work at large scale.
Jason Calacanis This Week in Startups · Feb 2022 I love the closing quote of the book, which is an interview with Laurene Powell Jobs.
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Why people recommend it
Speed & Scale by John Doerr is a comprehensive blueprint and field manual designed to tackle the global climate crisis through measurable action and accountability. The book was featured extensively on an episode of This Week in Startups, where hosts Molly Wood and Jason Calacanis interviewed John Doerr and co-author Ryan Panchadsaram about the project. The discussion covered how the authors applied the legendary OKR methodology to climate initiatives, with Panchadsaram explaining that recent advancements in clean technology made the book's outlook much more viable than it would have been years prior. Doerr described the volume as a practical contribution that offers a clear plan for addressing environmental challenges, while Panchadsaram highlighted specific guidance, such as the recommendation for individuals to transition to electric vehicles. Jason Calacanis urged listeners to purchase and share copies of the book, framing it as an essential contribution to the climate movement.
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Jason Calacanis Load that Amazon, which John helped put on this planet with uh Jeff. Wouldn't have been here, you know, cap… 6
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“John Doerr has a new book out on tackling the climate crisis called Speed and Scale. We talked to him and his co-author together”
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“From page 248 of the book, "Nuclear is the only carbon-free energy source that can reliably deliver power day and night through every season, almost anywhere on Earth. It's been proven to work at large scale."”
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“I didn't know until I read the book that your one billion dollars in investments were worth three billion dollars because the narrative in Silicon Valley became clean tech was a bust.”
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“You know, this actually I got to pause on the book and the whole climate change thing and just ask you investor, you know, 10-year investor to legend.”
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“That's how people rich people lose their money is making movies, car companies, you know, and sports teams. Like, it's I mean, it's literally in this book. Venture capitalists never invest in something that has wheels.”
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“Load that Amazon, which John helped put on this planet with uh Jeff. Wouldn't have been here, you know, capital allocators and entrepreneurs work together. You go do a search for Speed and Scale right now”
John Doerr And when we set out to write the book, we said what we'd like to contribute is a plan. It's a kind of bluep… 6
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“And when we set out to write the book, we said what we'd like to contribute is a plan. It's a kind of blueprint. It's a field manual.”
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“He's now built a company that's more valuable than the next 10 automobile companies in the world. And so, not only did he make one of the most valuable companies in the world”
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“Uh the book highlights work being done not only in safe nuclear fission, but also nuclear fusion that we generate heat and therefore electricity in the same way that the sun does.”
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“John, you you have a story from solar, call them the solar wars. Well, um two two two stories from the solar wars that are in this book.”
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“You know, one of the things that really struck me as we did the research for the book and I I I dive deeper again into the field is the whole notion of uh climate justice.”
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“And so, we've got to get them their fair share of the good paying jobs. In other In other words, I love the closing quote of the book, which is an interview with Laurene Powell Jobs.”
Ryan Panchadsaram One of the recommendations we make in the book is if you can afford it, right now is the time to switch. Do… 4
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“If we tried to write Speed & Scale 3 years ago, so many things wouldn't be true, right? We are, Jason, in this environment where you've got incredible publicly traded companies”
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“One of the recommendations we make in the book is if you can afford it, right now is the time to switch. Do not buy another fossil fuel vehicle that stays on the road.”
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“The the message we try to push in the book is that we both need the now and the new, right? So, to cut emissions in half by 2030, deploy all the solar, all the wind, all the EVs”
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“But, there's also a um a graphic we have in the book, it's on 241, which shows the technical quests that the Breakthrough Energy Coalition, this is the group behind Breakthrough Energy Ventures.”
Molly Wood VC legend John Doerr is back on This Week in Startups for his second appearance and he joins us with his co… 2
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“VC legend John Doerr is back on This Week in Startups for his second appearance and he joins us with his co-author Ryan to talk about their new book Speed and Scale.”
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“along with co-author Anjali Grover, you have written a new book on tackling taking John, of course, your legendary OKR methodology and bringing that to the climate crisis in a new book called Speed & Scale.”