By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues
Last Friday, I met with Linda Holroyd, CEO of Mountain View based FountainBlue to discuss her views on the resiliency of green tech in today’s economy. Given that the oil price has now tumbled to under $50 a barrel and gas prices are half of last summer’s high of $4+ a gallon in Silicon Valley, is there still a pressing case for clean energy and green tech investment? We discuss:
The mood of FountainBlue’s clean energy group
Her expectations for President Elect, Barack Obama’s stimulus package and her advice to our next president.
What local VCs like John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and authors like Thomas Friedman are doing to green the minds of Washington DC
The California CleanTech Open and how it stimulates clean tech development
Why failure is a badge of success in Silicon Valley
Why the downturn can create fertile ground for new startups
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