Comments on: Venture Capital Meets Slow Money at Investors’ Circle Conference http://ecopreneurist.com/2008/05/14/venture-capital-meets-slow-money-at-investors-circle-conference/ Green & Sustainable Business Ventures: For Entrepreneurs & Investors Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:59:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Leif Knutsen http://ecopreneurist.com/2008/05/14/venture-capital-meets-slow-money-at-investors-circle-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-17434 Leif Knutsen Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:18:29 +0000 http://ecopreneurist.com/2008/05/14/venture-capital-meets-slow-money-at-investors-circle-conference/#comment-17434 I sympathize with Alberto Gonzalez. I have the same problem in a different field. I have developed a vessel that is based on traditional hull forms that were used during the time of sail and hand power. Fuel efficiency compared to many vessels built after WWII is one third or even less. Admittedly these vessels do not travel as fast as their modern counter parts, although there are exceptions, speed is not necessarily as high a priority as one might think in many situations. Inshore fisheries where distance to productive grounds are close is one example of many. On the other hand the fuel savings alone can mean the difference between a profitable day with a third of the product or traveling much further to better grounds only to give money to the oil companies. The problem is how to reach the right people with the information and technology that is available to help them and convince them of the viability. I have built a number of prototypes but out reach is limited. I sympathize with Alberto Gonzalez. I have the same problem in a different field. I have developed a vessel that is based on traditional hull forms that were used during the time of sail and hand power. Fuel efficiency compared to many vessels built after WWII is one third or even less. Admittedly these vessels do not travel as fast as their modern counter parts, although there are exceptions, speed is not necessarily as high a priority as one might think in many situations. Inshore fisheries where distance to productive grounds are close is one example of many. On the other hand the fuel savings alone can mean the difference between a profitable day with a third of the product or traveling much further to better grounds only to give money to the oil companies.
The problem is how to reach the right people with the information and technology that is available to help them and convince them of the viability. I have built a number of prototypes but out reach is limited.

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]]> By: Alberto Gonzalez http://ecopreneurist.com/2008/05/14/venture-capital-meets-slow-money-at-investors-circle-conference/comment-page-1/#comment-16651 Alberto Gonzalez Mon, 09 Mar 2009 03:13:37 +0000 http://ecopreneurist.com/2008/05/14/venture-capital-meets-slow-money-at-investors-circle-conference/#comment-16651 Hi there, I love the article. I know there are different investor's interested in investing on sustainable initiatives with multiple bottom line busines models, but I really do not know how to find them. I'm the founder and CEO of GustOrganics, the first certified organic restaurant in New York, the first restaurant in the country to use 100% USDA certified organic ingredients, and one of the greenest restaurants in the world, etc, etc.. Please check www.gustorganics.com/change (to see how much can be changed with a simply meal) We became profitable after 10 months of operation in the worse economic crisis in the last 75 years, and I can not find investors that are really interested in this kind of investments. When I first started I tried The Investor's Circle way through their website, but the process was for me so impersonal that did not work. If you know how to get in touch with slow money investors, I would really appreciate your help. Thanks. Best regards, Alberto Gonzalez 646 772 4205 Hi there,

I love the article.

I know there are different investor’s interested in investing on sustainable initiatives with multiple bottom line busines models, but I really do not know how to find them.

I’m the founder and CEO of GustOrganics, the first certified organic restaurant in New York, the first restaurant in the country to use 100% USDA certified organic ingredients, and one of the greenest restaurants in the world, etc, etc..

Please check http://www.gustorganics.com/change (to see how much can be changed with a simply meal)

We became profitable after 10 months of operation in the worse economic crisis in the last 75 years, and I can not find investors that are really interested in this kind of investments.

When I first started I tried The Investor’s Circle way through their website, but the process was for me so impersonal that did not work.

If you know how to get in touch with slow money investors, I would really appreciate your help.

Thanks.
Best regards,
Alberto Gonzalez
646 772 4205

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