BridgetteBorstOmbres

B2B PR Pro & Mom. #Cleantech #Blockchain #Tech #Renewables Pittsburgh Transplant. Charleston Native. Former Journo. Christian.

[BridgetteBorstOmbres @BridgetteBorst]

Come August, my little munchkin is off to school (cue the happy dance + ugly cry!). So, if any of you fabulous humans need comms support, let's chat. If we've recently connected, let me intro myself: 

I'm Bridgette👋, a former TV reporter turned global/nat'l PR consultant 🧵

[Allie Garfinkle @agarfinks]

Anndddd here's the real link: https://t.co/K6IaqnI63h

Term Sheet Podcast is out, episode 1! Check it out!

[BridgetteBorstOmbres @BridgetteBorst]

@agarfinks Sooooo excited about this!!!

[BridgetteBorstOmbres @BridgetteBorst]

@allisonbraley @bayareawriter Ha! Say less, @allisonbraley 😂🙌 Wise words from you, Mary Ann 🙏 For those of us in #PR who are former journalists or have been doing this awhile - we're PREACHING this to founders/execs on the backend but are often met with resistence/pushback for a # of reasons.

[Georg Rute @GeorgRute]

Legacy DLR approaches either (A) rely on hardware, which is expensive and slow, or (B) use weather models that do not have the required resolution and are not safe for use in line ratings - and engineers know it.

Gridraven has fixed it. Our AI wind prediction is accurate exactly where power lines are. It's already being switched on across all of Finland in the world's largest application of DLR.

Up to a third more grid capacity is available right away, to support load growth and reduce prices. It's a no-brainer.

Thank you @politicalham for a very professional and smooth recording experience. Great questions and pacing!

https://t.co/gg4ObzjwM9

[Alex Konrad @alexrkonrad]

Exclusive: In a "brutal" fundraising environment, emerging manager face an uphill battle.

For Amanda Robson, known as Robby, the answer was two-fold: the power of community 🤝 and a relentlessly high-energy approach ⚡️

Now she's raised a $22M debut fund for her VC firm MTF.

[BridgetteBorstOmbres @BridgetteBorst]

@amandalanchu @politico @FT Congrats, Amanda - exciting stuff. Looking forward to following you over there!

[BridgetteBorstOmbres @BridgetteBorst]

@SkyeSherman There's no excuse for that. Surprised they still have a job. If any of these "establishments" start shopping around - tell 'em you know a damn good publicist who will hustle for them 😉

[BridgetteBorstOmbres @BridgetteBorst]

@bayareawriter Best wishes to you in this next chapter, Mary Ann. Looking forward to seeing what's next for you! Enjoyed reading your stories at TC for the past few years.

[Alex Konrad @alexrkonrad]

Excited to be hosting our first event at #NYTechWeek on June 2!

Early-stage founders, join me for a tactical lunch convo with investors @jefielding, @nchirls and @mattharrigan on raising your first VC round. Apply below 👇

Looking forward to seeing all the startups there!

[katie brigham @katie_brigham]

historically risk averse utilities are starting to turn to tools like AI-based platforms that can give insight into climate-related risks to utility infrastructure. rhizome just raised $6.5 million to further build out its grid analysis platform https://t.co/1Jtgvairh0

[Alex Konrad @alexrkonrad]

For our first @UpstartsMediaCo newsletter, I dug into Granola, the AI meeting notes app that's become a favorite tool of VCs and founders, growing 10% weekly.

CEO Chris Pedregal spoke to me about his plans for a "tool for thought" and the crowded AI note-taking startup field.

[Umair Irfan @umairfan]

Kinda funny how they landed on the line that cutting greenhouse gas emissions is good without mentioning climate change.

[Umair Irfan @umairfan]

Line goes up

[BridgetteBorstOmbres @BridgetteBorst]

@kyliebytes Congrats! Looking forward to hearing more.

[Andrew Freedman @afreedma]

Eliminating NOAA climate and weather research labs could seriously erode US forecast accuracy, in addition to cutting off the US' ability to monitor/research climate change. Labs like AOML, for ex., have direct forecast applications. https://t.co/UtLr4LvtGf

[Doug Lewin @douglewinenergy]

The Texas grid is facing something we’ve never seen before:

ERCOT projects a 50% increase in demand by 2029.

That’s a jump from 85 GW in 2023 to 129 GW in just four years.

What’s driving it? 1/🧵

[Edward Hirs @edhirs]

A few comments on the tariffs—https://t.co/33GfbCdUvF @HoustonChron @KHOU @UHouston @UH_News @YaleEconomics @YaleSOM

[Andrew Freedman @afreedma]

Slew of NOAA websites set to go dark at midnight tonight due to a canceled cloud services contract. NOAA under pressure to cut its IT costs by 50%... https://t.co/dctPAtSOah

[Doug Lewin @douglewinenergy]

Utility-backed distributed energy resource (DER) bill faces opposition; PUC staff recommend against an interconnection allowance for DERs; utilities' 2026 efficiency plans show little or no growth.
https://t.co/5uXq8gT9zQ