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Rusty Tweed Explores How Sustainability is Impacting the Construction Industry

The Startup Magazine

To this end, a number of commercial green buildings have been designed with features that promote workplace productivity and ambiance. With advances in technology, green buildings can also be built at fairly competitive prices. In California, regulators have forwarded a measure to have buildings achieve zero net energy consumption.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

9- How my life and finances came to be. It’s about my life and how I managed my finances , and now I want to help other people that happen to be in the same shoes. As all green pandas, funky apples, and similar domain names were taken, I have settled on White Horse. Thanks to Lisa Sigman, intheknowlegal ! #9-

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How This Entrepreneur Raised $28,000 Using Airbnb to Fund Her Startup

Both Sides of the Table

And she didn’t start her company in Northern California. And further, Tracy felt the calling to try to build something “green.” She found non-traditional financing. Without this money she wouldn’t have been able to finance operations. She’s a painter and a self-proclaimed Bohemian.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Top 10 Tech Trends To Watch

ReadWriteStart

Today, the company produces low carbon footprint fruits and vegetables and sells to distributors in California, Nevada and Arizona. However, Deborah is looking for ways to sell her low carbon footprint green house technology to producers, and is in conversations with producers in Senegal and India.

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The LeanLaunch Pad at Stanford – Class 8: Key Resources, Activities and Expense Model

Steve Blank

Davis , a German applied Laser research group, a California organic farm er who wanted to be an Earlyvangelist , four service partners and three weed/pest management consultants. The Agora Cloud Services team was now making a tool set for managing Amazon Web Services cloud compute usage. Veritas turbines.

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Building a Great Startup Board Pt. 2

Reid Hoffman

In many cases, the CEO is the only member of management who serves on the board. As an entrepreneur, the basic question you must ask yourself is whether the prospective board member can help you achieve the upside – and also manage the downside. You can listen to the podcast here, or search for Greymatter Podcast in your podcatcher.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

I learned how to maintain relationships with the client be a good manager who respects work-life boundaries from previous work experiences. Our founders were tired of being lied to and ripped off by overpriced, green-washed brands filled with unnecessary chemicals. I knew I had it in me to run my own ship. Photo Credit: Ben Bozzay. #22-