Julia Collins (Planet FWD) - Opportunities in Climate Tech

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL)

Stanford eCorner

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4.4 • 739 Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Julia Collins is the founder and CEO of Planet FWD, which is empowering the next generation of sustainable consumer companies with its climate management platform. Planet FWD is focused on decarbonizing global supply chains with the belief that all organizations can achieve Net Zero. The platform is inspired by Planet FWD’s own snack brand, Moonshot, which launched in 2020 as the first climate-friendly snack brand. In this conversation with Mo-Yun Lei Fong, executive director of STVP, the Stanford Engineering Entrepreneurship Center, Collins explains the growing climate tech market — especially the areas of decarbonization and climate accounting — and shares advice for founders based on her experience as a serial entrepreneur.

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0:00.0	Who you are defines how you build.
0:05.0	This is the Entrepreneurals Thought Leader series.
0:09.0	Brought to you by Stanford E-Corner.
0:13.0	Hi, I am Mo Fong and I'm the Executive Director for SDVP,
0:18.0	the Stanford Engineering Entrepreneurship Center, and I'm here to welcome you to the entrepreneurial thought leader series.
0:24.6	And it's wonderful to see you.
0:26.6	This series is sponsored by STVP and Basis, which is the Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurs students.
0:33.6	Today I am delighted to be joined by Julia Collins for ETL. And I have a wonderful bio for her. She is amazing.
0:43.3	Julia is the founder and CEO of Planet Ford, the leading climate management platform for consumer companies.
0:50.3	Empowering the next generation of sustainable brands through its proprietary data and software, Planet Ford reduces the cost and complexity of creating sustainable products.
1:01.0	The platform provides consumer companies with the tools to understand and reduce their carbon footprint to align with the Paris Agreement.
1:09.0	The platform is inspired by Planet for its own snack brand,
1:12.6	Moonshot, which launched in 2020 as the first climate-friendly snack brand.
1:17.6	Moonshot was recently acquired by Patagonia provisions,
1:20.6	a first for Patagonia in more than 20 years.
1:24.6	A serial entrepreneur, Julia, previously co-founded Zoom Pizza, where she became the first
1:31.0	black woman unicorn when she created a venture-back tech company valued at over a billion dollars.
1:37.9	Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, she served as vice president and chief operating officer at
1:42.6	Harlem Jazz Enterprises, which holds the Cecil,
1:46.2	an Afro, Asian, Brossary, and Minton's,
1:49.5	a historic Jazz Supper Club.
1:51.8	While there, the Cecil won best new restaurant of the year.
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