Green Business Community

Comment by Joy Montgomery on June 10, 2008 at 10:16am

Thanks for the invite! I was "lean" and "agile" when I was still lean and agile and that's where green starts. If you streamline and eliminate waste, you don't have to deal with the high costs of waste later.

Comment by Dave Becker on June 13, 2008 at 4:35pm

I am on the Board of Directors of a startup mixing social networking and eco-activism by the masses with Green commercial sponsors/vendors.

Comment by Jack G. Alan on June 15, 2008 at 9:31am

My busines is pre-owned office furniture:
we do recycling inventories

Comment by Joy Montgomery on June 16, 2008 at 2:26pm

SVASE presents the East Bay Series: Real-life Stories of Entrepreneurial Success

Sponsors:
RoseRyan (www.roseryan.com)
Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal (www.sonnenschein.com)
Claremont Creek Ventures (www.claremontvc.com)

An event:

VCs and Green: What You Need to Know

Venture capitalists have been pouring money into "clean technology" companies - $2.2 billion in 2007, an increase of 46% over 2006. Why are VCs making so many long-term, capital-intensive bets? Which technologies will be world-changing, and which will be duds? Is this just the next investment bubble getting ready to burst? Our expert panel will answer these questions and many more to help you figure out the best way you can ride the green wave.

Wednesday, June 18, 2008
6-6:30 pm: Networking
6:30-8:00 pm: Panel discussion and Q/A

Register on the website (http://www.svase.org) - click on Events, then go to June 18 and click on EBS.
Online pre-registration closes at 9 am on the day of the event.

Cost (includes buffet dinner, coffee and tea; cash bar available):
Members - $25
Affiliates who advertise this event - $25
General Public - $35
Walk-ins: Add $10 to rates above

LOCATION: Crow Canyon Country Club, 711 Silver Lake Drive, Danville, CA 94526 - 925-735-5700
DIRECTIONS: Exit I680 at Crow Canyon Road. Take Crow Canyon east approximately one mile. Turn left at El Capitan, then take the first right to the guard gate. After checking in at the gate, take the third left turn (just past the tennis courts) into the clubhouse parking lot.
DRESS: Business casual or business attire, please - no jeans or shorts.

Comment by Ronald P. Lopes on November 7, 2008 at 1:59pm

I have attended a number of networking and informative event focused on green high-tech/green tech and alternative energy business sectors. Investor enthusiasm is undiminished, even in the current soft economy.

While companies that foster larger projects ie. bio-deisel equipment is experiencing more difficulty in finding financing, there has been some success reported. Greenline Energy has just reported a successful capital raise. I forsee increased activity in the form of grant money for new innovative product development projects.

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