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Top 5 Things Cleantech Entrepreneurs Fail to Understand About Raising Venture Capital

By David Gold on September 30, 2011 2 Comments advisory board, business plan, cleantech entrepreneur, cleantech finance, cleantech startup, cleantech venture capital, David Gold, green startup, Green venture capital, VC, venture capital

Points out five mistakes cleantech startups often make that impede their ability to raise venture capital. Amongst other things it points out that having a great technology by itself is not enough; a company needs to be able to build a business based on it. This point alone makes this article a must read for cleantech entrepreneurs trying to launch the next big thing.

Early Stage Cleantech Venture and the Next Billion Dollar Businesses

By Peg Zokowski on September 9, 2011 Comments Off on Early Stage Cleantech Venture and the Next Billion Dollar Businesses clean energy, cleantech, cleantech finance, cleantech startup, cleantech venture capital, CNSE, CO, College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, Colorado, Denver, E2TAC, Energy and Environmental Technology Applications Center, entrepreneurial ecosystems, George Powch, green economy, green finance, Green venture capital, Industry Growth Forum, Karina Edmonds, New Energy Symposium, NREL, Peg Zokowski, Phase Change Energy Solutions, QuarTek, Rentricity, Reyad Sawafta, venture capital, Versatilis

Looks at how cleantech has the potential to produce the next billion dollar companies and become the engine of growth for the US; and goes on to look at how the entrepreneurial ecosystem can be encouraged, especially in the critical early stage phase.