A dear friend invited me to go wine tasting this weekend with some of his buddies, and I accepted, even though I’m anything but a connoisseur. Some of the people in the group asked me a few times during our …
Green Energy Goes Looking for an Angle, Without Apparent Success Read More »
I’m constantly reminding readers that I’m willing to review their business plans for free, and, if I like them, do what I can to help them raise the investment capital they need. Historically, however, most of these concepts have been …
Some Clean Energy Business Plans Are "Non-Starters" Read More »
“We should look inward and think about the meaning of our life and its purposes, lest we do it in 20 or 30 years and it’s too late.” – Robert Coles As a professional, a husband, a father, and a …
Cleantech Investors Meet Entrepreneurs at 2GreenEnergy Read More »
Here’s an extremely well-crafted video from Goldman Sachs promoting their Clean Technology and Renewables Group in their Investment Banking Division. Tomorrow morning, I’ll begin an effort to engineer a conversation with Stuart Bernstein, the global head of the group, with …
Goldman Sachs' Clean Technology and Renewables Group Read More »
People often ask me to tell them what’s happening in the energy world in an abbreviated form. That’s not particularly easy, as there are many forces at work right now that are pushing in two different directions at the same …
Powerful Forces Are Both Pushing and Pulling Renewable Energy Read More »
Sunny Florida has sufficient sunshine to power 20 million homes. Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) when campaigning vowed to create 700,000 jobs. Upon election, he axed programs that centered on renewable energy. The Sunshine State now ranks dead last in …
From Guest Blogger Walter Feuchs: Clean Energy and Job Growth Read More »
I try to minimize the number of completely off-topic posts, but here’s one I can’t avoid. It’s almost comical how Microsoft, three decades after its rise to prominence in distributed computing, is still turning out products that frustrate the living …
A colleague wrote a few minutes ago to tell me that the government of Bonaire may want our advice re: sustainability. I wrote back: That is terrific news. Obviously there are other aspects to sustainability, but to boil this down …
Eric McAfee is an entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and philanthropist, founding and funding companies in renewable energy, oil and gas, agriculture, networking devices and enterprise software. Given that level of success, I tried to absorb every word of his talk at …
When I tell people that I’ve reviewed over 1100 cleantech business plans/concepts, I can see that some of them are impressed. They really shouldn’t be. I spend only a few seconds on most of them. Here’s one that’s expressed in …
Some Cleantech Business Plans Make Outrageous Claims Read More »
