I had a real eye-opening meeting the other day with Mike Miller, an extremely accomplished entrepreneur and angel investor in Los Angeles. Frankly, I had come to think of angels as generally too small to make an investment of the …
Many Angel Investors Love Cleantech — Though Most Play Their Cards Close To Their Vests Read More »
Here’s an interesting (albeit disappointing) article predicting a slowing in cleantech investment in 2013. On the bright side, it points to a number of areas of growth, for example, agriculture: Big ag steps up and cleans up: …. after evaluating …
Investments in Cleantech May Slow, But Many Bright Spots Remain Read More »
Native Slovakian Robin Babicek writes on the 2GreenEnergy Facebook page on my post concerning the geothermal breakthrough coming out of homeland: As long as we’re on the subject of Slovakia, have you heard about project GreenWay? I go away …
Are you in the process of raising capital from investors? Cutting key deals with flagship customers? Forging relationships with strategic partners? Now let me ask you this: how clear and compelling is your presentation? How well can you make a …
Late this morning, I made my 100th call to the 100 top financial planners in the United States. Now I can say that at least one person in each of these organizations knows who 2GreenEnergy is, and the value proposition …
“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 »
Yesterday started with a drive south to visit my friend, WindStream CEO Dan Bates. WindStream is one of the very few micro-wind products that I favor, in that it appears that they have come across one of the very few …
Micro-wind, the Water-Energy Nexus, and High-efficiency Electric Motors Read More »
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 »
I began to write a private email to my colleague Stephan Williams who is helping out with our “Corporate Role Models” blog, when I realized there is really nothing private about it at all. Here are notes on the industries …
On my piece about ARPA-E and government funding for the development of new, speculative technology, Larry Lemmert asks: Why should the taxpayer be funding speculative projects? Why should the taxpayer be the first to take a hit when the speculative …
Should Government Provide Subsidies for Clean Energy? Read More »
