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New study looks at implications of Bay Area entrepreneurship

An exciting new study soon be released will benchmark the entrepreneurship policies of the Bay Area and provide a detailed review of entrepreneurship and its potential implications over the next one to five years. The San …

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The good in the evil SOX narrative

I’ve been working in corporate governance, SOX compliance, for almost four years now and the most difficult task for any company has been the development of the SOX narrative. The narrative is the framework for under…

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Cleantech leaders under the radar

For the past two years I have received plenty of feedback regarding the Top 25 in Cleantech list. As you can imagine, the list is difficult to make (see my earlier post) and always generates a lot of buzz. Since the list w…

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Insights from ‘Winners and Whiners’ book align with company values

I just finished reading Keith Cameron Smith’s book, The Top 10 Distinctions Between Winners and Whiners (Wiley, 2010). It’s an amusing list with some profound underlying truths. Some of my favorites: Winners can have w…

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Cleantech Top 25: the sausage-making behind the list

Creating the list of 2010 cleantech leaders was difficult due to the incredible diversity of industries within cleantech and the compelling stories that are developing. Although businesses in the sector— and certainly ve…

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