Ep. 217 - Energy Entrepreneurship and Sustainability for Women | Katie Mehnert

Katie Mehnert - If you are curious about how you can get involved with energy entrepreneurship while still being sustainable, this is your episode. Interviewed by Christi Woodworth, Vice-President of Corporate Communications, Brand and Marketing at OGE Energy Corp, Katie Mehnert is a modern architect of culture change in energy. Her focus is the intersection of equity, sustainability, environment, and economy. She gives professionals a community to find everything they need to be successful in their careers.  She gives them a place to share stories, find career advice, jobs, publish insights, and network with colleagues in an advertising-free community. Katie explains how she fell in love with energy entrepreneurship and what motivates her to keep getting better. Listen in to learn how energy can be the intersection of equality, sustainability, the environment, and the economy. You will also learn why you should fail fast and hard as an entrepreneur to learn, pivot, adapt, and move to the next level.

Key Takeaways:

How to be part of the sustainable, balanced, and accessible energy system as a woman The importance of failure for entrepreneurs to help you pivot, adapt, and move to the next level Why you should have a strong “why” as an entrepreneur to succeed or otherwise you’ll fail. The value of tuning out the noise and creating your own energy to impact others How to challenge our gender biases on how we hire and promote jobs in the energy industry

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