A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure to speak with Amy Francetic, founder and managing director of a Chicago-based clean energy investing venture capital firm called Energize Ventures, and the co-founder of the Clean Energy Trust, a Midwestern-focused non-profit clean energy accelerator.
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A Review of Gulf Coast Western and Its Oil and Gas Empire
With the emergence of alternative energy sources throughout the world, the oil and gas industry has faced several challenges. Over the past few decades, most oil and gas companies, like Gulf Coast Western, have been forced to rethink their functions and organizational models due to factors such as technological advancements, economic trends and tides, and shortages of resources. Since companies, especially in the oil and gas industry, want to ensure that they continuously grow, they have to find solutions to the challenges facing the industry when it comes to energy consumption.
5 Online Businesses Created to Save your Time and Money
Since the rise of the Internet age, our way of life has evolved beyond what we formerly thought possible. These changes have been felt in every facet of human life, and businesses are no exception. Online communication and information dissemination have become not just the present but also the future. Back in the day, businesses and organizations relied on physical structures and systems for storage, planning, communication, and marketing. While the old system worked well for many, it had its own fair share of flaws. The old offline system has been replaced by the new digital era powered by avant-garde technology, which has effectively improved service delivery for many businesses. For consumer service businesses, an online presence has opened them up to the limitless potential for growth and profits. In this article, we will review 5 businesses in different industries that have adopted an online approach to service delivery, thereby helping consumers save a lot of time and money.
3 Startup Ideas for College Students
It is true that starting a business in college can take your focus from where it's needed the most, it is also valid to say that college has proven to be an ideal ecosystem for startup ideas to be born and developed.
Venture Philanthropy: Understanding The Connection Between VCs And Philanthropy
Venture philanthropy — also known as angel philanthropy or enterprise philanthropy — uses traditional venture capital strategies to achieve philanthropic goals.
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Toyota Motor Corp. and Denso Corp. announced plans on Wednesday to form a joint venture to develop the next-generation semiconductors for future connected and self-driving vehicles. Denso, one of the world's largest auto suppliers, will own 51% of the new business with Toyota to own the remaining portion.
U.K. venture capital firms aren't doing enough to diversify their workforces, according to a study sponsored by Silicon Valley Bank that was published on Thursday.
Cigna joined the parade of health insurance companies and biotech giants backing GNS Healthcare, a technology firm applying machine learning to healthcare through precision medicine.
If it seems like a week doesn't go by without news of yet another athlete investing in a new company or starting/participating in a new venture capital fund, it is because that is becoming more and more of a reality.
ADP and Paychex are the two largest payroll processing and human resource management companies. With unemployment levels in the U.S. staying around an all-time low for several months now, the larger workforce in the country has boosted the prospects for human resource-related outfits.
After a rough Q1 earnings season for many major Energy sector companies, it looks like things are slowly turning around as the next reporting period looms. However, the sector continues to sputter amid soft product prices that may reflect slowing global economic growth.
Since the S&P 500 hit a new all-time high last week, how come big-name bank stocks failed to make their new highs? In the past, economic cycles that featured lower and lower interest rates have been mostly quite bullish for financials.
Symantec Corp. signage is displayed outside of the company's headquarters in Mountain View, California, U.S., on Wednesday, July 3, 2019. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
Faced with an evolving global energy mix, practically every major player in the oil and gas business is seeking avenues to gain a competitive advantage as well as meet the obligation of a lower carbon footprint.
