Being an entrepreneur was always Dickson’s aim, and he started young. After spending two-and-a-half years living in Africa, the Texan founded an energy-meter installation company while studying business management and public relations at Brigham Young University, Utah.

In its first 12 months, that company, Meter Solutions, hauled in over $1m in revenues. “I remember sitting in finance classes being frustrated as teachers talked about managing a balance sheet, and I was in the back of the class working on our balance sheet,” he tells Recharge.

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