Technology

What is Renewable Green Energy: The Facts, Fiction Behind Its Success.

Craig Shields discusses green, renewable energy, the facts and fiction behind its success. There are five basic technologies in renewable, clean energy: solar, wind, bio mass, geothermal and hydro-kinetics or hydrology. Craig Shields, co-founder of 2GreenEnergy.com, combines his 30 years…

Fight Extreme Poverty: Outsource Data and IT Enabled Services

Outsourcing data and IT Enabled Services can fight extreme poverty by educating and employing youth from impoverished areas of developing countries. Jeremy Hockenstein of Digital Data Divide (DDD) shares how they have successfully educated and lifted over 1500 youth in…

Solar Renewable Energy Saves Nonprofits, Provides Investment Tax Credit

Megan Birney of Community Environmental Council (CEC) shares the secrets of how to provide nonprofits with the benefits of solar energy and save money while providing investors with Investment Tax Credits (ITC) and tax equity. The Community Environmental Council (CEC)…

MIT Enterprise Forum: Education, Connections to Business Mentors, Incubator, Accelerator

Peter Hartman, director of the MIT Enterprise Forum Central Coast, shares the events and resources available to entrepreneurs and businesses on the Central Coast California. The MIT Enterprise Forum has 28 chapters worldwide. Over $2 trillion and 26,000 companies have…

Smart Phone Birding App Makes Birdwatching/Bird Identification Easy.

Jeff Simeon shares his smart phone bird alerts system and app that will make wild birds identification easy and revolutionize birdwatching. A recent graduate from UCSB’s Bren School, Jeff Simeon earned a Master’s degree in Environmental Science and Management with…

Startup America Spawns Local Successful Entrepreneurship

Startup America shares how local empowerment for small business and entrepreneurs is successful. Startup America got its roots when, in January 2011, President Obama called on both the federal government and the private sector to dramatically increase the prevalence and…