Helping Cleantech Entrepreneurs Find Investment Capital: Watch Out for Circles
I continue to refine my role in helping entrepreneurs find investment capital. The flow of deals, of course, takes care of itself; I get dozens each month. The investor side, understandably, takes more work. Some find us through the site, but in most cases I’ve developed relationships proactively, reaching out to friends of friends of friends…; in several cases I’m already three or four generations deep – and still going.
I find this whole thing a very interesting challenge, for reasons that have been obvious to everyone for thousands of years: mainly, that investors want lots of reward with a minimum of risk. It’s the old truism: banks happily lend money to those who can prove that they don’t need it. (more…)
I got a call shortly after dinner last night from a radio host in Denver, explaining that due to a last-minute cancellation, he had an hour-long opening on his show. He asked if he could call me for the interview – at 1 AM!
A friend asked for my comment on 
Every chance I get, I bang the drum for 
Based on the title of the post, you’re probably expecting me to point out that the rich are getting richer, the poor are getting poorer, and that our society is served very badly by the erosion of the middle class. All that is, by the way, quite true — and I’m hardly alone in my concern here, whether it’s on moral or practical grounds. Anyone with a heart — or a brain — objects to the ever-expanding discrepancy between the rich and the poor. According to a recent study, 
Every few months I try to write a short piece about what I consider the mother of all threats to the quality of life here in the United States: 
