Capitalize Your Green Business At the Investors Circle
Calling all ecopreneurs, Investors Circle wants to hear about you. The Fall 2008 Venture Circle will be held on November 11th in Boston and you just may want to attend.
The Investors Circle network has invested over $130 million to date in small companies dedicated to creating a more sustainable future. The Fall Venture Circle brings together angel investors, professional venture capitalists, philanthropic investors, and entrepreneurs and offers the opportunity for green businesses to present their ideas.
A select few companies will be given the opportunity to present at the conference and network with investors. To apply visit Investors Circle.net. and apply by August 1st.
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I happen to deeply agree with the wisdom of Tom Friedman (that we cannot consume of way out of this mess and “Have you ever been to a revolution where nobody gets hurt?”). The fact is that the current economic conditions will cause a lot of companies to close their doors (websites too), and will die off altogether due to lack of understanding the competitive landscape. Those that will fight to stay alive will need to figure out — What’s Next?
I believe that the New Green Economy will include the Rise of Green Real Estate Markets paired with the continued success of Cleantech, Clean Energy Markets, and large scale shifts toward Clean Transportation, and the Greening of the IT Industries (plus a fourth quarter of record investment!!), which will lead to a boom in “American Made” Green Collar Jobs and the creation of new wealth. The trick is: “who will get it right??” Execution makes all the difference for most of these opportunities and green investors need to pay more attention to the items that management claim they can achieve.
mcmilker, have you ever heard of the Eco Investment Club before? The Club has hosted several high impact, educational meetings that cover these “newly hot topics” such as: “The Economic State of Green Building” with Guest Speaker Harvey Bernstein, Vice President of Industry Analytics, Alliances and Strategic Initiatives for McGraw-Hill Construction and Hosted by Citi Smith Barney’s Bruce Kahn, and the First Annual “Green Leaders Week”, which was a week-long buffet of events for investors, who were interested in getting face-to-face time with the Green Business Leaders of Southern California. The events of this highly successful week were designed to give Accredited and Institutional Investors, who were interested in getting a first-hand look inside the minds of Cleantech leaders, the opportunity to witness operations of some of the fastest growing companies by attending a series of “open houses”, starting with Envirepel Energy, Inc., a clean energy (BioMass) company in Vista, CA.
And as a special surprise: Ask Oren Jaffe, Co-Founder of EcoTuesday.com, your toughest questions on Nov 5th, 2008, as the Eco Investment Club attempts to provide direction and positive outlook for green investors and business leaders seeking answers before creating more Green Collar Jobs! The event is called, “What’s Next For The Green Economy??” Submit your questions at ecoinvestors@gmail.com and join the webinar at:https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/124526391 (Click here to register or learn more)