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A bit more money for the greentech ventures

CALPERS (California Public Employees’ Retirement System) just announced it will put $60 million into Khosla Ventures' greentech fund. Khosla's fund already has about 70 investments in the green tech sector and has raised over a quarter billion dollars. Past investments by Khosla have ranged from biofuel to solar to...

Tags: CalPERS, Khosla, Investment, Finance, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-15

Khosla: Don't Save the Dinosaurs

Khosla: Don't Save the DinosaursFacts, schmacts who needs themHere's an interesting articlehttp://freep.com/article/20081205/COL14/812050400Love them pollsI note there isn't an "I disagree" response that doesn't disparage the proponent. Maybe something like: "I disagree because helping the automakers is better than letting them fail", or maybe, "I disagree, but the automakers shouldn't...

Tags: Manufacturing, automobile company, Khosla, Dinosaur, New Car

Discussion threads 2008-12-05

Bulls in the corn field, beware! Ethanol from corn? Mooooo.

Those are market bulls of the two-legged sort similar to the ones currently jacking up crude oil futures. The next great investment bubble may focus on the fields of Iowa. Today's Department of Agriculture numbers on the American corn crop (the world's largest) are not encouraging for corn...

Tags: Biofuel, Corn, Corn Production, Current Estimate, Khosla, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-06-10

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There's still VC juice out there for greentech firms

A Washington State solar power company just got over three million dollars in additional funding. Earlier Infinia had investments from both Vinod Khosla and Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft. That's another little tech company based in Washington State. Infinia uses parabolic dishes to focus...

Tags: Solar Energy, Infinia Website, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-26

What powers the richest Americans?

Right now there are no greentech billionaires on Forbes' list of the 400 richest Americans. That could change. But there are over two dozen billionaires who depend directly on the fossil fuel industry for their wealth. That is just one reason it'll be very hard to reform...

Tags: Billionaire, Fossil Fuel, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-01

The outlook for cleantech: bright green

That's green as in money. There are even predictions now of several big-time cleantech IPOs in the coming year. And some VCs report it's now easy to raise money for their green-colored venture funds. Despite the overall American economic malaise. Recently Vinod Khosla recently announced he'd...

Tags: Clean Technology, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-09-11

Here's one reporter who sees greentech VC cranking up

A Reuters reporter thinks greentech is back on a roll. He cites the major CALPERS greentech fund poured in Khosla Ventures. by Harry Fuller

Tags: Reporter, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-19

Biofuel fraud exposes some big names

A court has awarded over $10-million in damages for fraud perpetrated by Cello, a biofuel company. If you've read Anthony Trollope's THE WAY WE LIVE NOW you could have predicted something like this. Scams are as old as the stock market. If you follow any current headlines you...

Tags: Biofuel, Fraud, Biofuel Fraud, Scams, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-07-04

Silicon Valley VCs proposed a plan to save newspapers in 1996

At the recent SDForum 2009 Visionary Awards, Vinod Khosla, one of Silicon Valley's top VCs, gave an inspiring and very humble speech. How To Succeed In Silicon Valley By Bumbling And Failing... Afterwards, I...

Tags: Silicon Valley, Business Model, Vinod Khosla, Foremski, Internet, Strategy, Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-07-01

Visionary 2009: Jim Clark on the importance of Stanford university to Silicon Valley

Jim Clark, co-founder of Silicon Graphics and Netscape was one of four winners of the SDForum 2009 Visionary Awards. He spoke about his earlier life and how he was trying to get out of Texas, then trying to get out of the navy. He also spoke about the importance...

Tags: Silicon Valley, Stanford University, Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-07-01

Visionary 2009: Judy Estrin says innovation is in trouble

Judy Estrin, one of Silicon Valley's top entrepreneurs, she continues to sound warnings that innovation is in danger because of fundamental structural problems. She spoke at the SDForum Visionary Awards 2009. She was one of four recepients of the annual awards. p>"What I've been struck by, and concerned...

Tags: Innovation, Leadership, Government, Strategy, Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-06-30

Bumbling around and failing every which way . . . lessons for success

Vinod Khosla is one of Silicon Valley's most successful VCs. I was at the recent SDForum Visionary Awards where Mr Khosla was one of four winners of the 2009 awards. His acceptance speech was short and very good. Excellent advice for entrepreneurs. Also, he talks about failure, which...

Tags: Silicon Valley, Vision, Vinod Khosla, Strategy, Management, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2009-06-28

Churchill Club: 11th annual top 10 tech trends

In this episode of the Churchill Club podcast series a panel of experts debate the top technology trends. This members only event included the following speakers: Steve Jurvetson, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson  Vinod Khosla, Founder, Khosla Ventures  Joe Schoendorf, Partner, Accel...

Tags: Founder, Podcasts, Internet, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-21

U.S. battery company tries to power up

We all know Micihigan leads the country in unemployment and in dinosaur car companies. Amidst the nostalgia for days go by, some entrepreneurs are pushing for a re-birth. An Ann Arbor start-up is wanting to a big in the world of batteries. Sakti3 has backing...

Tags: Battery, Department Of Energy, Sakti3, Sakti, Engineering, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-05-11

Window company sees future clearly, shhhhhh

Soladigm not only has a clear vision of its future, but it's keeping it a secret. It believes in transparency, of a sort. It's very much in the window business. Literal, physical windows. The 2-year old California start-up just got another round of funding from Vinod...

Tags: Window, Soladigm, Construction, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-04-24

Bi-partisan conflab on carbon controls in U.S.

A former British Prime Minister, a bunch of corporate CEOs and a quartet of Senators from the two parties...alll talking global warming. Tony Blair, GE, Vinod Khosla, let's do something was the concensus. John Chambers was there on behalf of Cisco. Certainly Cisco and GE...

Tags: General Electric Co., Cisco Systems Inc., Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-03-03

Greenest billionaires? Guess who's on top...

#1 eco-billionaire according to the "Sunday Times" in Britain: Warren Buffett, the money man of Omaha. He is listed as major player in wind energy. The "Times" just published its annual "Green Rich List." It's necessary to note that this newspaper is owned by Rupert Murdoch, but of course...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Healthcare, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-03-02

More precious than platinum

A few days with no water and we humans get our priorities straight. We're about to witness what happens when one of the largest farm economies in the world runs out of water. California looks to be headed to its worst drought since agri-business became big business in...

Tags: California, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-02-04

Recession lowers all boats

In the solar industry the recession is pushing one player from operator to vendor. Ausra, based in Silicon Valley, is giving up its plans to build huge solar generating plants. Instead the firm will focus on selling components and solar facilities to existing utilities. Ausra is abandoning for...

Tags: Recession, Ausra, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-01-29

Green Tech Bubble Deflation--Matches General Economy?

A couple American ethanol plants are being shutdown, at least for now. One is in Indiana, the other in Ohio. AltraBiofuels gives its official reason for the closures: "market conditions." Read that as much lower gasoline prices. If gasoline prices continue to stay at this level or...

Tags: Green Technology, Deflation, Alternative Fuel, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-12-10