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Posted by TonyJohnston_CNi under Management
From http://blog.tonyjohnston.biz 5474 days ago
Made Hot by: smallbiztrends on November 28, 2009 4:10 am

It seems clear that Clean Tech is a really 'hot' sector today. But how much growth potential is there for companies with mid-sized or better ambitions? And can such companies get financing?

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Written by ShawnHessinger
5473 days ago

Definitely agree with you here, Tony, and I'm guessing the increased interest by both investors and consumers will lead to better and better business models. The demand for a better way to do things leads to a desire to satisfy that demand hence the perfect stage has been set from a purely entrepreneurial perspective.

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Written by ShawnHessinger
5474 days ago

At the risk of sounding like one of those free market radicals you're complaining about (I'm definitely not far-right), I'd like to suggest that the issue with clean tech, green energy and all the rest may be less about poor support and more about lack of a good business model. Right now asking for support it's the equivalent of asking your kid to eat his/her vegetables.

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Written by TonyJohnston_CNi
5473 days ago

Clean Tech, etc cannot and should not be about charity, i.e. gratuitous support. Rather it should be about delivering vital, value-add products and services that meet pressing societal or consumer needs. As an MBA, for whatever that's worth, I'm enough of a capitalist to say: if these types of companies can't do break-even or better business after a reasonable amount of investor-sponsored time, let them die. The point I sought to make in the article, however, was that it seems like a positive confluence of factors has gathered which has brought a critical mass of both investor and consumer support together to back environmental businesses. If this has truly happened or is happening, we will all win because it will help make our planet a more life supporting place.

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