XChange’s 2nd market trading evolves from liquidity crisis

Matt Bowman’s post at AlwaysOn explains how the IPO market is in a drought due in part to an overinflated regulatory system. This is important to get, especially if you’ve been raised in the Silicon Valley (SV) way. Things are changing and this means we’ve got to realize that the previous formula is not working, at least right now. The ability for thought leaders to adapt and innovate new ways out of these constraints placed on Venture Capitalists (VC) is very SV. Let’s keep our eyes on them and hopefully learn some new rules, especially the part about VCs being a 2nd market customer. In addition, check out Matt’s video interview with Tim Draper and Thomas Foley on the birth of XChange… more@source

Entrepreneur vs Intraprenuer

A distinction between the two as outlined in Pathways to High-tech Valleys and Research Triangles are that entrepreneurs are considered to be self employed and intrapreneurs are corporate entrepreneurs. The myth of entrepreneur is recognizable as the charismatic and revolutionary visionary, but this is the exception and not the rule. Most of the time the entrepreneur is building the venture at a slow pace and s/he probably is a relatively ordinary person working long and hard on the business. The authors define of entrepreneurship is

“Entrepreneurship is the ability to create and build something from practically nothing. It is initiating, doing, achieving and building an enterprise or organization, rather than just watching, analysing, or describing one.”

Week Ending July 17

A call for an internationally accepted measure for green-ness to be able to compare products based in their sustainability rating is a great idea and it must be on the table somewhere. Who’s working on the “Greenies”? more@source

Week Ending July 10

Tech IPOs and M&A are down by more than half compared to last year. And, only 11 US companies backed by VCs have gone public in the last year and half … more@source

Week Ending July 3rd

Getting through the DOA stimulus funding will be challenging for applicants as well as the decision makers; however, recent complaints in low caps for Smart Grid funding resulted in a turn around to increase the $20m cap to as much as $200m more@source

Week Ending June 25th

Amsterdam is leading the pack with smart city innovation which will include hundreds of households using a smart metering system developed by Cisco Systems and IBM. This involves installing energy display panels in residential homes that will convert power consumption data into meaningful information so that customers can monitor their targets more@source

Week Ending June 19th

Net-metering means that you can sell the electricity that you didn’t use back to the electrical company. However, there is a cap on how much can be sold back, as too much sold back power could make the grid unstable more@source

Week Ending 12 June

Smart Grid is a communication network and therefore can leverage from previous solutions in the networking space dominated by companies such as Cisco Systems. Grid Net is betting that the open standard design of their operating system will offer a distinct advantage more@source

The stimulus package reporting requirements are forcing tech companies who want to benefit from ARRA funding to beef up their data management and reporting capabilities more@source

Week Ending June 5th

The Transatlantic Green Platform 2009 being held this week in France brings together European and American stakeholders on the subject of green technologies. Cool Energy will have the opportunity to present their low-temperature Stirling engine technology more@source

Laser technology is helping to manufacture solar cells more efficiently. In addition, lasers are being used to improve the costs associated with thin film solar cells and renewable energy in general more@source

Gunther’s top 10 count down from Intersolar 2009 in Munich includes Best Demo and Spokesperson awarded to Solar Magic and a tie for Best Start-up more@source

BTU International was presented with  prestigious industry award at Intersolar Munich for thier MERIDIAN system. BTU manufactures equipment for processing silicon and thin film photovoltaics  more@source

Week Ending May 28th

Oracle takes a seat at the table with Smart Grid software for meter data management and other business related functionality. Data management in the Smart Grid is heating up for a quite a ride more@source

Silver Springs networks expects to be profitable with their Smart Grid products and have discussed the possibility of an IPO more@source

IBM is going after inefficiencies on power consumption with their data driven solutions so that customers can monitor their consumption more accurately. IBM’s responding to a global sense of urgency with about 50 Smart Grid projects underway more@source