Upstart

[Dave Paprocki]

One who has risen suddenly, as from low life to wealth,
power, or honor; a parvenu.

[Vania]

an event, [undertaking], or [item] that seems [promising] but turns out to be nothing like what you imagined.

[Dianne]

UpStart (uhp-stahrt) n. 1. A company or organization with innovative approaches to energy use, carbon pollution, resource consumption, and/or social [equity], 2. A company or organization overcoming market barriers to build the new clean energy economy.

Coined by [Lisbeth] [Kaufman] as the title of a column on Climate Progress.

[Jessica]

An [enthusiastic] [gay] [male].

[Tracie Lynn]

a person, especially a young one, who has suddenly got power or an important position and takes advantage of this in an unpleasant way