Leadership Style

Hi Everyone,

The foundation of my leadership style is to lead by example. I've been exposed to many leaders and I've learned from their styles and actions and in my opinion, what they could have done better. I know its difficult to follow someone who doesn't "practice what they preach" so it's important to me to always display a reputable style of work ethic to set the tone for my peers.

I'm also incredibly data driven. I don't like shooting in the dark, taking educated guesses or making approximations. I think this is how errors come about. From a mechanical design standpoint and a people management standpoint, precision, clarity and focus is the key to success. Being able to see the bigger picture and keeping people focused on that goal, even if they don't yet realize what the goal is, is my strongest leadership qualities.

-Brendan

Solar: The Bigger Picture

Hi Everyone,

For the presentation on Gove Solar's Tri-Tier system, we focused on the development of the Tri-Tier system for commercial applications - Home Depot sized roofs. In order to really do the solar development justice, I wanted to explain some other phases of the solar development.

I mentioned how Blair Builders is a customer that I have on board and eager to get the Tri-Tier system on roof tops they own. Blair is also a substantially large land owner in Massachusetts. I'm currently in litigation with Blair to help them develop 6mW (=6,000,000 watts) solar farms on some plots of land that they have available and are un able to install houses on. I couldn't go into this aspect of the solar development in detail because its a business proposal in itself. I chose to stick with the Tri Tier system because it was something that I had least development on, from a business stand point.

So, for a compelling story, I hope to be breaking ground with Blair in early 2013. I alluding to installing conventional solar systems to serve as revenue generation for the Tri-Tier system. The solar farm installations is the revenue. This is what REALLY allows me to pay back a $155,000 to $205,000 loan in under 1 year.

For the Tri-Tier system, I'm finalizing a second loan to get the first freemium project installed by March. The idea is to develop the Tri-Tier system and use it to enhance the energy performance of solar farms as well. Essentially, I came out of the class with 3 business proposal documents, the second of the 3rd which I focused the class on and the 3rd of which I haven't written yet.

-Brendan