In January 2024, the Cork-based sustainability skills business Change by Degrees began efforts to raise seed capital. The round closed last September, with €700,000 raised, but the company founded by Tara Shine and Madeleine Murray in 2018 only made it public this week. Chief executive Shine, who contributes to The Currency as Climate Columnist, shared a number of lessons from the experience.  “When a CEO engages in a funding round, it really pulls you away from the business,” she said – especially sales. As a seasoned public speaker used to addressing rooms full of hundreds of people, she also found…

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