Watch this Kauffman Foundation/National Governors Association Center for Best Practices Event to be Web cast live from the Kauffman Foundation
"Spurring Business Startups and Innovation in Clean Technology"
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. EST
To view webcast go to: www.kauffman.org/NGA
Governors across the country are looking for ways to build their economy by supporting new businesses and spurring entrepreneurship. At the same time, they are looking for ways to build opportunities in emerging industries such as clean energy. This webcast will feature three ways in which states can use existing scientific and business talent to spur the creation of new clean energy companies:
- By providing scientists and engineers with the skills and knowledge they need to start companies. - Andrew Hargadon, Center for Entrepreneurship, University of California, Davis, will discuss the Green Technology Entrepreneurship Academy, a one-week business development intensive that teaches science and engineering students and faculty how to commercialize research and start new ventures.
- By transitioning entrepreneurs and executives from other high-tech sectors into the green energy sector. - Peter Rothstein, New England Clean Energy Council, will discuss the Clean Energy Fellowship Program, an entrepreneurial development program that rapidly transitions experienced entrepreneurs and executives into the region's clean energy sector.
- By working across states to take existing small businesses to scale. - Kimberly Loui, Arizona State University, will present the soon-to-be launched Energy Innovation Network, which aims to catalyze interaction between states and other stakeholders to create the conditions necessary for the growth of existing startups in clean energy.
