The Idea Is Only the Beginning
Innovation can change an industry. Turning that innovation into a successful business takes something more.
That’s a challenge Christina Lampe-Önnerud knows well. The Swedish-born entrepreneur and battery technology pioneer has built a career bringing new ideas to market, including through Cadenza Innovation, where her work is helping address one of the country’s biggest energy challenges: creating a more resilient electrical grid.
Ahead of her appearance at Rebellion Group’s Forum@535, Lampe-Önnerud sat down with FOX61’s Brendan Mackey to talk about her technology, her entrepreneurial journey, and what she’s learned building companies and teams along the way.
Her experience is exactly the kind of perspective Forum@535 was created to bring to Connecticut’s business community. The event goes beyond traditional networking by putting accomplished entrepreneurs and leaders in the same room for conversations about what they’ve built, what they’ve learned, and where they see opportunity next.
For Lampe-Önnerud , one lesson stands above the rest: breakthrough technology alone doesn’t build a successful company. People do.
“My secret power is bringing together teams that are just unbelievably courageous, friendly, generous,” she told FOX61, describing teamwork as her company’s “secret chemistry.”
It’s a fitting message for Forum@535. Big ideas matter. But bringing together the right people is often what gives those ideas the chance to become something bigger.