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Foundation of our green future

I recently got to speak with Steve Vassallo, an exec at Foundation Capital. They're an investment firm firmly in the greentech camp. They've been in the VC business for 14 years. They don't just talk the talk, Foundation's putting their money where the matter is. The firm's...

Tags: Foundation Capital, Florida Power & Light, Construction, Strategy, Management, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-10

What is LEED?

"Going green" is becoming commonplace in the corporate world. Paul Holland, general partner at Foundation Capital, explains LEED, the metrics used to certify the "green-ness" of a construction project.

Tags: Construction, Metrics, Green Technology, clean technology, Adam Grosser, Foundation Capital, LEED

Whiteboards 2008-03-31

Green Tech 101

Adam Grosser, general partner of Foundation Capital, describes the different categories of green technology and the challenges they face.

Tags: Green Technology, clean technology, Adam Grosser, Foundation Capital

Sponsored whiteboards 2007-11-21

Additional Resources

Open source be not proud

microsoft over java???hardly.Ellison should use GPL v3 for mysqland commit 1 billion dollars to it.This deal will sail through and everyone will be happy.It is a pyramid schemeFor a long time open source companies were only "profitable" because their perceived value.MySQL is a very good example of this. They sold...

Tags: Databases, open source, MySQL

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

Could you green the world brick by brick?

One California-based company is going to try. And they're going to make those "green" bricks in Wisconsin, not ship them in from China. The new-fangled brick has been pioneered by CalStar Products. A basic ingredient of the CalStar brick is coal ash, residue from burning coal. There...

Tags: Brick, CalStar Products, Coal Ash, Michael Kane, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-19

VA now loves its VistA software

In a VA hospital recently and watched VistA at workThe VA hospital in Omaha Nebraska handles about ten times the load of a normal hospital and every single bit of the load is possible because of their software. My sister had a big glitch show up in her medical...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), HEALTHCARE, Vista Software, Yes Vista, VA Hospital, MUMPS, hospital, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

Open source living on VC time

The acquisition of SpringSource by VMWare, combined with Friendfeed's acquisition by Facebook, clears the decks for Benchmark Capital to make new investments. Kudos to the venture capital VC firm's general partner Peter Fenton, who shepherded both success stories through the venture capital process. The...

Tags: Open Source, Attention, Venture Capital, Investment, Finance, Financing Startups, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2009-08-11

Are health IT vendors trying to pull a fast one?

Not sure about your last question, i guess he would be the best person...to ask.I think that sage, GE, siemans and mckesson do have the experience necessary to make good decisions, but these are also the guys who make software for the healthcare field.Maybe their vested interest also includes self...

Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Quality, HIT Standards Committee, Kibbe, health care

Discussion threads 2009-08-10

A Linux credit card

A Linux credit cardHmmmI don't think CCs are open source - not even a little :)RE: A Linux credit cardIf I didn't already have two affinity cards, I'd get this one. Can only support so many worthy causes :(will M$ rush with a windoze credit card?Just imagine the M$...

Tags: Sales channel, Financial services, UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, UMB, Affinity Cards, credit card, Linux credit card, Linux, affinity card

Discussion threads 2009-07-31

The Movers & Shakers Conference...

I tend to think of Fortune Brainstorm Tech, which happened last week in Pasadena, as a conference for industry titans. Last year's event was held amid tight security and featured the likes of Rupert Murdoch News International , Philippe Daulman Viacom and Jeff Bezos Amazon in...

Tags: Conversation, Conference, Twitter, Business Structures, Corporate Communications, Leadership, Intellectual Property, Strategy, Finance, Marketing, Management, Research & Development, Business Operations, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-07-27

bizSessions 1.0, FTW or WTF funding models for startups

Hosted by Wildcog, and the creators of geekSessions, tonight was the first bizSessions. Jonathan Abrams, founder of Friendster and now Socializr, was the first to speak. The Lean Startup Low burn rate, the use things that are cheap...

Tags: Start-up, Money, Data Centers, Social Networking, Entrepreneurship, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Management, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-07-14

Smart People: Paul Holland, General Partner, Foundation Capital

What will smart homes look like in the future? Venture capitalist Paul Holland and his wife Linda Yates are in the throes of construction on the greenest home in the United States. They're using environmentally regenerative materials such as FSC certified woods and recycled steel for the structure. And the...

Tags: Home, Venture Capital, Telecom & Utilities, Investment, Finance, Financing Startups, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-18

Hearing the Call: A Promethean Encounter in Copenhagen?

[caption id="attachment_634" align="aligncenter" width="396" caption="Cate Blanchett: A Promethean Encounter with CEOs in Copenhagen?"][/caption] The great and the good of global business got together in Copenhagen last week to try to reach consensus on what the private sector message should be to the UN...

Tags: Greenhouse Gas, Copenhagen, Climate, Deforestation, Intellectual Property, Research & Development, Business Operations, James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-06-03

Microsoft Office still owns the desktop, future of StarOffice unclear

Microsoft Office still owns the desktop, future of StarOffice unclearMakes you wonderStarOffice/OpenOffice is so far behind MS Office that it isn't even funny. They are lagging in performance, usability, innovation, features, programmability. It looks like Office 97. featurewise and quite literally.It is the cheapo free/cheap alternative you only accept because...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, desktop, StarOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., OpenOffice

Discussion threads 2009-05-26

How IT can help save the global financial system

The ongoing global economic downturn, or "Great Recession" as it has been billed, exposed weaknesses in the U.S. financial system and the widespread interdependence of global financial markets. But what about the weaknesses in the information technology infrastructure that makes the global financial system what it is...

Tags: Financial, Information Technology, Data, Financial System, Financial Accounting, Financial Planning, Finance, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-05-26

Donate to Anti-RIAA expert witness fund

The Free Software Foundation's Expert Witness Defense Fund, created in conjunction with Recording Industry v The People, is in dire need of additional funds. Ray Beckerman says the fund has provided critical expert reports in both UMG v Lindor and Capital v Thomas. ...

Tags: Fund, Ray Beckerman, Internet, Productivity, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-03-24

Obama rolls out help for green tech

President Barack Obama put $1.2 billion where his mouth has been on green technology. At a Monday morning event at the White House Obama announced the availability of $1.2 billion in basic research dollars at Energy Department labs, News.com's Martin LaMonica reported. That money will fund research...

Tags: Green Technology, Barack Obama, Taxes, Free Trade, Personal Finance, Research & Development, Financial Planning, Finance, Business Operations, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2009-03-23

All that Jive: Putting the 'social' into business software

Jive Software announced the latest iteration of their Clearspace product today, and it has expanded significantly in size and scope. From origins as a forums and instant messenger vendor, Jive in 2006 launched 'Clearspace', a single application with wikis, blogs, discussions, instant messaging,...

Tags: Software, Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, Collaboration, Business Software, SBS 3.0, Jive SBS 3.0, Tools & Techniques, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-03-09

Green crusaders to cross Pacific in a plastic bottle

Well, not just a single plastic bottle, thousands of plastic bottles. Filled with dry ice to keep them afloat. And the crew thinks they're going to make it all the way to Australia? I know that plastic trash is indestructible, but.... Funded by a...

Tags: Bottle, Beverage, Crew, Pacific, Atlantic, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-03-03

Is the call center finally coming onshore?

Is the call center finally coming onshore?Excellent articleI hate talking to people overseas when I have a problem or need a loan. I would pay extra to talk to an American. We definitely need to stop all our jobs from going overseas. Buy American people - put someone back to...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Call centers, job, E-Verify, call-center

Discussion threads 2009-02-28