Crowdfunding and the Cleantech Entrepreneur
I can’t count how many times I’ve been asked about crowdfunding. Is it effective for cleantech start-ups? Precisely how does it work? Is it worth the hassle of having a large number of small investors? How has the JOBS act, i.e., the SEC’s recent lifting of the ban on general solicitation, affected all this?
Though I’m certainly not an expert on any of this, I have run across people who have greatly impressed me: CrowdFunder.com.
If you’re at all interested in the subject – one which has driven incredible amounts of investment capital to exciting early-stage companies, please check them out via the link above.
In a comment to a recent post, guest blogger Cameron Atwood reminds us of something Socrates told us: 
We in the U.S. and Europe do business all the time with people we really don’t like. If we have a legally binding contract with a person or business entity whose character we abhor, we normally tell ourselves, “His money is just as green as anyone’s.”
According to a presentation i just watched here at the 
When my wife and kids are otherwise occupied on the weekend and I’m on my own for the evening without the obligation to cook dinner, I’ve been known to walk uptown to a place with a fabulous Happy Hour, have a drink or two, and strike up a conversation or two with strangers. Tonight I met a very bright guy from London and his wife, a writer of historic novels (great find!); we talked for some time about the trajectory of the human species on planet Earth (great topic!). How was I possibly lucky enough to come across these people? 
I just got off the phone with a fellow trying to raise investment capital for 
What the Sierra Club has done with its “Beyond Coal” campaign is pretty impressive, making a huge swath of the American public aware of the health and environmental issues associated with coal-fired power plants – not only their CO2 emissions, but also their heavy metals, SOx, NOx, etc. It’s really one of the most effective public education efforts I can remember.
“As the nation continues to suffer from rising energy prices, businesses with high energy needs are being put under even greater pressure by their ever-increasing energy overheads. Thankfully, renewable energy solutions are helping these businesses fight back in the battle on fuel bills,” says 
The climate on planet Earth is changing; there is no denying this fact. It might remain up for debate the extent to which human actions have accelerated the changes occurring in the climate today, but it is clear that actions can be taken by societies around the globe to help slow down or reverse the course of change.
