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@matthewnordan Posts are Always Eagerly Anticipated
Great new post by Matthew Nordan of Venrock on why human’s need to suspend disbelief because, guess what, we do not have the natural world all figured out.
On a side note, I learned about suspension of disbelief in a Music in Film course that I once took. Suspension of disbelief is what creators expect of someone watching a musical b/c, you know what, you have to believe it is normal to break out into song while at a gala event full of swanky people. Kind of like how you have to believe that the world can be saved by green algal gunk.
My Fair Lady was the epic example; I like Matthew’s nod to Doc Brown much better.
Big News As Inerjys Adds Some Serious Bench Strength
Innovative cleantech fund Inerjys added Jigar Shah and Russell Pullan to an already impressive bench. Shouldn’t hurt with the fundraising process…
What Happened to the Future?
The Founders Fund Manifesto. A wonderful read on the past / future of venture capital and why it pays to invest in smart people.
The first time I used WTF in a presentation…
Charts and charts and charts.
Biofuels commercialization by oil majors courtesy of Pike Research.
*I hate ugly charts but this one was interesting enough I had to post.
Charts and charts and charts and charts.
Great (although somewhat data heavy) table showing the estimated LCOE of new generation heading to 2016.
Hilights
NatGas continues to kick Coal’s butt, Hydro is cheap, clean and green and Wind and Solar make huge strides in terms of price parity especially Wind vis a vis Coal.
Good to see cleaner energy catching up, and in some cases surpassing our less favorable forms of dirty fuel. Once the proverbial wimp getting sand kicked in its face, renewables have muscled up in a big way.
If You Give Me Money, I Will Run Fast
Be the hero that makes me a hero which makes the David Suzuki Foundation a hero which makes you a hero. Sponsor me to run the Bluenose 10k and I promise to do it very very quickly.
Multiple Winners in @NSCleantech Open
Finding the wonderful @SABRTech was a tremendous prize for us. The broader impact of the Nova Scotia Cleantech Open is yet to play out…
[#StarWarsDay references continue]
“There’s Too Many of Them!” Thinking about population growth and impact on resources and, it being May the 4th, this came to mind.
@rankinthomas Of the 342 cleantech IPOs since 2006, 116 (34%) are venture-backed, and 226 (66%) are not (tks to Hans Chen our data guru)
Courtesy @cleantechgroup
Almost forgot to share this on Tumblr. Lots of opportunities coming up to get involved in Cleanweb. Check out our new site for updates and tour schedule. (via Why Cleanweb Will Beat Cleantech)
Blake Burris: Spreading the cleanweb meme
It seems like just yesterday that we were in the final stretch of planning the second Cleanweb Hackathon in New York. It was a great event that brought people together from the Cleantech community along with investors, city officials, entrepreneurs and a spattering of students. It exceeded my…
