Renewable Energy Mergers/Acquisitions and Technology Licensing

My blog at Renewable Energy World is, ironically, more visible that this one at my own site. Yet this is understandable; after all, they’ve been at it for 11 years, and boast the human bandwidth to cover the subject of clean energy at great depth. That is why, I think, my first post there created such a large influx of new readers back here – many of whom have existing or imminent businesses in the clean tech sector, and are looking for helping in establishing and expanding those businesses.

This has necessitated our expanding our range of thinking regarding the services that new clear energy business need. In particular, many of my recent conversations with entrepreneurs in this space concern breakthrough ideas that need to be developed. Typically, I’ve noticed that inventors have visions of owning billion-dollar manufacturing facilities on five continents – yet perhaps that’s not what’s best for them at all. Often, the best thing for a hot new idea is a buyer of that idea – or perhaps a licensee of that idea. Great inventors are not necessarily great manufacturers, marketers, or distributors.

To this end, we are in the process of building out our capability of helping entrpreneurs monetize their ideas – not by carrying them all the way to fruition, but my making solid, win-win deals with others who can do so for them. Soon, you’ll be seeing more 2GreenAssociates in business development, technology licensing, and mergers/acquisitions.