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Sacramento’s green tech jobs, revenues up more than 25 percent in past two years
As reported by Victor A. Patton of the Sacramento Business Journal, the Sacramento region’s clean energy and green technology sector in 2016 reported all-time high numbers for revenue and jobs — and gains of more than 25 percent for both since 2014, according to a...
Clean tech industry ‘on a roll’ in the Sacramento region
As reported by Mark Glover of the Sacramento Bee, CleanStart Inc., the Sacramento-based nonprofit that works to foster the growth of clean tech companies throughout the region, said Wednesday that 94 area firms generated $3.2 billion in revenue in 2016.
What are reasonable expectations of crowdfunding?
There are lots of kinds of crowdfunding--starting with asking for donations to selling stock in your company. Clearly asking for donations is going to result in a lot less money than offering a discount for pre-ordering a product or selling shares of stock. There are...
CleanStart PowerUp! Progress Report Release!
CleanStart Progress Report Launch Party was a Success! Last week’s CleanStart Progress Report Launch was a success. Companies from all over the area attend. John Bissell talked about Micromidas becoming Origin Materials. We learned more about the sustainable...
Want to Fund Great Idea for New Tech Hardware?: Look Elsewhere than VCs
by Gary Simon -- It is tough to find capital to build a business around a new piece of hardware. VC's have lost interest. Why? Here are some conclusions from some recent studies: Products that involve new engineering and new hardware invariably take longer and...
That First Earth-Day
by Gary Simon -- April 22, 1970. A very important day in my life for sure. I was on the Quad at Indiana University in my final semester, heading to medical school. Understand that it was usually a place to avoid. Protests against the Vietnam War were nearly...
Sacramento Startup Profile: Arya Rashid Of Tenkiv
Clean water, most of us take it for granted. But 2.5 billion people across the globe lack access to clean water. In places like Afghanistan, lack of access to water sanitation leads to a 1 in 5 child mortality rate. But a local Sacramento clean tech startup has taken...
Sacramento Startup Profile: Mike Hart CEO of Sierra Energy & Founder of Area 52
Mike Hart is the President and CEO of Sierra Energy, a waste gasification and renewable energy company, as well as the CEO of the Sierra Railroad Company. He’s also playing a key part in a new heavy incubator/accelerator space in Davis called Area 52. In this podcast...
Sacramento Startup TENKIV Tackles the Global Clean Water Crisis
Sacramento Startup Tenkiv announced today that it is raising funds via its second Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to finish deployment of its revolutionary Solar Thermal Energy System. The company set out to raise $50,000 on Kickstarter to produce the first batch of...