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Sustainable Investing & The ESG Criteria: Reasons to Become an ESG Investor

Becoming an ESG Investor - growing your money

Should you be considering the ESG criteria when investing in companies? If you aren’t already, you might want to start. Companies focused on sustainability may not be at the top of the corporate food chain at the moment, but—thanks in part to how fast consumer bias can change with the post of a Tweet—investors need to be taking a serious look at the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) criteria of their investments. Continue reading “Sustainable Investing & The ESG Criteria: Reasons to Become an ESG Investor”

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4 Points to Keep in Mind for Cleantech Startup Investments

Agricultural CleanTech Investments

For several years now, cleantech investing has been stuck in a rut—still perceived as too risky by some, too slow to grow by others. However, there’s no doubt that we need VC investors in cleantech startups. Whether it’s two years from now or ten, the future is written in our growing population, growing climate change, and growing demand for energy—all of which combats our decreasing safe drinking water, decreasing agricultural abilities and global financial instability.

If you’re going to invest in cleantech startups, here are a few points to remember: Continue reading “4 Points to Keep in Mind for Cleantech Startup Investments”

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How to Be a Good Leader at Home and At the Office

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by Guest Blogger

In almost every aspect of life, there is opportunity to lead. As a spouse, a parent, a boss, or a citizen, applying leadership practices can make everyday duties and interactions more pleasurable and valuable. The challenge is that leadership is often misunderstood, and most would like to be a better leader, but don’t know where to start. Continue reading “How to Be a Good Leader at Home and At the Office”

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Most Business Opportunities are Over-Complicated; How to Simplify to Reach Your Business Goals

Making business opportunities with startups

By Guest Blogger

Over 50% of start-ups fail within the first four years, and for the most part it’s due to incompetence. Usually this is not because the leadership is incompetent (although that does happen), but rather a group of competent people are trying to do too much with their product or service, over-complicating a solution that is simple at its core. Continue reading “Most Business Opportunities are Over-Complicated; How to Simplify to Reach Your Business Goals”

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The Business Plan Investors Like to See – The 4 Key Elements

Diagram Business Plan for a Startups

When investors talk about their need to see a real business plan, what they mean is this:  we want to understand the fundamental strategy, logic and assumptions of how a business is going to invest capital and generate cash or value at a rate of return that will be consistent with the investor’s objective. We want to see the words and not just the numbers. Continue reading “The Business Plan Investors Like to See – The 4 Key Elements”

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First it was Climate Change, Now It’s Food: The World Agriculture Crisis

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A billion people will be starving within ten years if we continue to ignore the growing agricultural challenges that we now face. This is based on research and facts reported by the World Economic Forum, the Rockefeller Foundation, and other eminent authorities.  So, why aren’t we talking more about it? Continue reading “First it was Climate Change, Now It’s Food: The World Agriculture Crisis”