Kleiner Perkins sets aside $100 million to invest in “Green Technologies”, Top Venture Investor Goes Green – Los Angeles Times.� Does this mean the tides will now turn in favor of investing in this critical area?� Oil at almost $69 a barrel today still does not by itself support most of the acclaimed alternative energy…
Coping with the retirement of critical experience
During the next few years, western countries will face a more intense labor shortage than last felt in the first two years of this century. Very few companies are prepared for this with hardly any looking to utilize the aging workforce to fill this shortage. Initially, offshore workers will be able to handle some of…
Capital needs for web-startups in question
In Web start-ups snub the big money, the International Herald Tribune suggests web start-ups will continue to use less capital. This is a trend that should be expected to continue for a few if not spread to many companies in the space.”By then, Meebo was being courted by venture capitalists, but it decided to take…