With Crowdfunding Legal, Incubators Are the New VCs
Let the speculation begin! With HR 3606, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) act, officially signed into law, innovative start-ups can now leverage crowdfunding to bring their ideas to market. So what does…
The Future of Business Plan Competitions: Online Video
In the startup world we talk a lot about “the Pitch”—either to investors, team members, or potential customers about why your business/product is awesome. I’d like to propose a startup pitch competition that…
Dynamo Micropower’s Portable Generator: Road to Commercialization
[Editor's Note: Here, Dynamo Micropower co-founder Jason Ethier shares his vision for his company's micro-turbine and its role in the market, the factors that have contributed to his success to date, and advice...
Crowdsourcing for Cleantech?
These days, everything is being crowdsourced…or is it just that the definition of crowdsourcing is expanding? Is there a way for you to contract out small jobs inexpensively? Is there a way for…
Kauffman Foundation Grant Underscores Value of Competition for Cleantech Entrepreneurs
We’re really excited about a new partnership with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation that was just announced today. As you may have heard, the Clean Technology and Sustainable Industries Organization (CTSI) has partnered…
Making the Connection: Bringing Together Entrepreneurs and Utilities to Advance Clean Technologies
At National Grid, we’re committed to continuously improving the efficiency and reliability of the grid, while safeguarding the environment and keeping costs as low as possible for our customers. To support this, we’re…
US DOE Innovation Ecosystem Initiative Catalyzes Growth, VC Funding for FirstFuel Software
[This post also appears on the US Department of Energy's blog.] Through the acceleration of high-growth entrepreneurship and adoption of innovative energy efficient technologies, the Energy Department is enabling significant improvements in the…
Growing the Clean Energy Sector in 2012
In his recent column on the Massachusetts clean energy sector’s prospects for 2012, Jon Chesto gets it right: “The truth is, the green energy industry is still thriving in Massachusetts” – Mass. Market…
Augment Your Reality
If you haven’t seen this yet: get ready to see it everywhere. Augmented reality is on its way to being the new ubiquity. Presaged by the pixilated QR codes that convey web addresses,…
