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Cleantech Open Northeast 2021

Feld Thoughts

Its mission is well aligned with ours, as Cleantech Open is focused on combating climate change, growing the green economy, and improving Environmental Justice through innovation and entrepreneurship. Cleantech Open is like a mini MBA for startups.

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How to Make Profits Serve a Purpose With Your Startup

Up and Running

The University of Alabama at Birmingham points to the healthcare industry as being ripe for disruption through technology. One of these fields is green energy. Recently, Bill Gates established a $1 billion dollar fund called Breakthrough Energy Ventures , expressly for the purpose of investing in green energy startups.

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Smells Like Money: The Business of Waste Management

Up and Running

The movement continues, with more conscientious consumers taking note of a company’s carbon footprint, and supporting brands that exhibit a concerted effort to “being green.” “We’re able to tell people we separate out the water, we turn the solids into compost, and the water that we discharge to the city [.]

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10 Entrepreneurs Share What Their Favorite Part of Running a Business Is

Hearpreneur

Thanks to Joe Robison, Green Flag Digital. #7 My company was started as a gift for an eight year old Alabama fan who was struck by a car. It can be overwhelming to keep tabs on everything, but if you hire the right people to help you out, things go much smoother. 7 – Growth. Photo Credit: Fradel Barber. He is an Auburn fan.

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Out of the Crisis #16: Robert Schooley on why we weren't prepared, long-term thinking, and how to make decisions for the greater good.

Startup Lessons Learned

We have a large number of American citizens, American green card holders who have gotten sick in Mexico and are coming back to the US for care. I'd grown up in Alabama and had really very little insight into the MSM population. Montgomery, Alabama was nearly out of respirators 10 days ago.