A reader brings up the ongoing squabble of the size of the subsidies the US taxpayer bestows upon the fossil fuel companies each year. Not surprisingly, those sympathetic to Big Oil like to dispute the numbers proffered by clean energy …
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One of my best friends, and certainly one of the smartest people I’ve ever met, sent me this: Hi Craig, When we last talked, I mentioned this amazing book on strategy, Strategic Intuition, written by a professor at Columbia. He explains that all strategy …
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At the suggestion of a colleague, I checked out an episode of “Shark Tank” with my daughter last night. I don’t watch too much commercial TV, but this was actually better than I had imagined. I agree with most of …
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My trip to New Bedford, MA the other day to visit a client was my first time in this charming little fishing village, which, 150 years ago, was the whaling capital of the U.S. I got up early and walked …
I thought readers might be interested in my “notes to self” from the ARPA-E show the other day: A representative from Électricité de France (logo pictured) says that the company is going full bore with EPRs (European pressurized water reactors).
The annual Department of Energy “ARPA-E” show (Advanced Research Projects Administration-Energy) ranks among the very best events of the year for us here in the U.S. who are interested in the forward progress of cleantech, and for several reasons: 1) …
Hello from New Bedford, Massachussets; it really is wonderful to be in such an authentic fishing village. Over breakfast I noticed an article in the Wall Street Journal to the effect that retail sales really were terrible last December, resulting …
Headed out tonight for New York City; New Bedford, MA (ex-whaling capital of the US — pictured); Syracuse, NY; and Washington, DC. All are exciting appointments, including a kick-off meeting with a new client (New Bedford). I try never …
In the economy today, there is an increased focus in increasing the amount of renewable energy that is used in the world. The good news is that the manufacturing industry has a huge opportunity in this area. Any business leader …
Next week features four meeting in Manhattan followed by motor trips to Eastern Massachusetts, Syracuse NY, and Washington DC for the annual ARPA-E show. Here, the Department of Energy gets to show off its many investments in clean energy—a conference …
