The Battery Insight Hailey Dropped on Me (2026)
- Chino Lex
- Mar 30
- 2 min read
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I talked to Hailey Hunt from Mosaic a while back and one thing stuck with me: how to actually model degradation curves properly. That's not something you read in a report. It's the kind of thing you only learn from someone who's been in the trenches. Hailey's been at this long enough to know what actually matters versus what sounds good in a pitch deck. The conversation reminded me why I make time for these calls - the insights compound. What stuck with me most was the emphasis on execution. Everyone has ideas. The operators who win are the ones who nail the details.
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