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In the declining years of the Soviet Union, disenfranchised economists in Moscow used to joke that “the U.S.S.R. will invade every country in the world, except New Zealand.”  When a curious observer asked, “Why New Zealand?” the Muscovite economist replied, “so we can find out the market price of goods.” Even in the United States, [...]

Raphael Rosen, co-founder of cleantech startup Carbon Lighthouse, offers his insights on growing a company in Silicon Valley during the recession.  Carbon Lighthouse’s energy efficiency blog can be found here: http://www.carbonlighthouse.com/blog/ As a cleantech entrepreneur, I’m often asked what it’s been like starting businesses the past three years.  In those three years alone we’ve gone [...]

The current tensions in the Middle East underscore the need for boosting a cleantech sector that can serve not necessarily as a substitute for petroleum, but as a way to satisfy increases in energy demand while hedging against similar political scares that will inevitably impact future global oil supply.