The Entrepreneur Podcast · Eric Janssen and Eric Morse

62. Charging up a revolution with Christopher Misch

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A million-dollar DC fast-charging site changes how Misch talks about capital, scale, and investor expectations.

Christopher Misch starts with surprise. He tells the host he never knew entrepreneurship was where he would end up, even if something in his DNA seemed to be waiting for the right opportunity and passion. ChargerQuest gives the conversation its working example. Electric vehicle charging does not come off as a glossy trend here. It sounds like a company built through hiring, timing, stubborn adjustments, and a lot of practical problem solving. The host keeps entrepreneurship plain: find a business model that works, then accept that the model may keep changing as the market changes. Misch's 13 years in the business make that point without much dressing up. Sustainability gives the episode its larger pressure. Misch says the pandemic changed attention around climate change, moving it from a non-priority to a top two or top three concern for governments around the world. That brings policy into the room: electrification, emission-free commitments, incentives, and sustainability programs all start to shape the market. Still, the hard parts are on the ground. Misch sees a major 10-year window ahead, and the 80-hour weeks he mentions make more sense once the conversation gets into utility limits, infrastructure gaps, rate structures, and an underserved region where ChargerQuest built a super charging site. The founder lessons are direct: build the team, test the model, raise money once the model is clearer, and expect the ground to keep moving. Warm episode, but not soft. It treats a sustainability mission as daily work.

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A grounded founder story about turning EV charging into a real business.

Christopher Misch's late start in entrepreneurship gives the episode its shape, and ChargerQuest becomes more than a company name. It reads as a grounded business case: finding a model that works, building the right team, and trying to raise money while the market keeps…

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A founder story about Christopher Misch, CEO of ChargerQuest, and his late start in entrepreneurship as EV charging and sustainability keep evolving in Canada.

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