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Fresh Dialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com Alison van Diggelen in conversation with leaders in business, technology and the arts Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:54:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 Alison van Diggelen in conversation with leaders in business, technology and the arts - with a green focus. Martin Sheen, Guy Kawasaki, Charlie Rose, Maureen Dowd, Michael Krasny Alison van Diggelen in conversation with leaders in business, technology and the arts Alison van Diggelen http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/freshdialogues-logo-300-x-300.jpgFresh Dialogueshttp://www.freshdialogues.com fresh dialogues, green, sustainability, guy kawasaki, silicon valley, interviews, ,martin sheen, charlie rose, no Alison van Diggelen alison@freshdialogues.com Bloom Box: Affordability is Essential http://www.freshdialogues.com/2010/03/09/bloom-box-affordability-is-essential/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2010/03/09/bloom-box-affordability-is-essential/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:44:20 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=3428 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2010/03/09/bloom-box-affordability-is-essential/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://www.freshdialogues/media/">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/welcome/">Fresh Dialogues</a> <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/welcome/"></a><a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/KR-Sridhar-head-shot-.jpg"><img class="alignright" style="margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;" title="KR Sridhar, Bloom Energy - Fresh Dialogues interview" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/KR-Sridhar-head-shot--300x238.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="238" /></a> In Part III of my <a href="http://www.bloomenergy.com/">Bloom Energy</a><a href="http://www.bloomenergy.com/"> </a>interview with CEO <a href="http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?author=236">KR Sridhar</a>, we discuss the affordability of the Bloom Box and what barriers to entry make the fuel cell sector difficult to penetrate. As CNET’s Brooke Crothers emphasized in his <a href="http://news.cnet.com/business-tech/?keyword=Bloom+Energy">recent article</a> there are many fuel cell manufacturers with expensive products; Bloom has to prove itself special by making its fuel cells SIGNIFICANTLY more affordable. It’s a long road from $800,000 (Google and eBay’s beta Bloom Boxes’ price tag) to $3,000 -which KR says is the backyard-box goal). The BBC’s correspondent, Maggie Shiel underlines affordability in <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/maggieshiels/2010/02/valley_buzz_energy_nirvana_twe.html">her post</a> on Bloom’s reach for energy Nirvana; and Grist’s Todd Woody <a href="http://www.grist.org/article/2010-02-26-bloom-thinking-inside-the-box/">expounds </a>further on the challenges Bloom faces and Walmart’s role in driving down costs. This from Bloom CEO, KR Sridhar: <h3>“Our goal is clearly to make it affordable. It needs mass market adoption, … If it’s not affordable, it’ll be the niche market…it’ll be a <a href="http://www.teslamotors.com/">Tesla</a>. We need it to be a <a href="http://automobiles.honda.com/civic-sedan/">Honda Civic</a>.”</h3> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="580" height="360" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SEZa7-SvV-0&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="580" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SEZa7-SvV-0&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object> KR Sridhar on barriers to [...] By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues In Part III of my Bloom Energy interview with CEO KR Sridhar, we discuss the affordability of the Bloom Box and what barriers to entry make the fuel cell sector difficult to penetrate. As [...] alison van diggelen 2.42 bloom energy, video interview, green interview, kr, fresh dialogues, alison van diggelen, pollution, fuel cell, efficiency, gas station Bloom Energy: How to Change the World http://www.freshdialogues.com/2010/03/03/bloom-energy-how-to-change-the-world/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2010/03/03/bloom-energy-how-to-change-the-world/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 18:20:34 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=3413 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2010/03/03/bloom-energy-how-to-change-the-world/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://www.freshdialogues/media/">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/welcome/">Fresh Dialogues</a> <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/welcome/"></a><a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/KR-Sridhar-head-shot-.jpg"><img class="alignright" style="margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;" title="KR Sridhar, Bloom Energy - Fresh Dialogues interview" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/KR-Sridhar-head-shot--300x238.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="238" /></a> Like most ambitious entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley <a href="http://www.bloomenergy.com/">Bloom Energy</a><a href="http://www.bloomenergy.com/"> </a>CEO <a href="http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?author=236">KR Sridhar </a>wants to change the world. Now where have we heard that line before? It’s the ubiquitous rally cry for thousands of Google/ Facebook/eBay wannabes around the world. But what makes KR Sridhar different? How about $400 Million in venture capital from the likes of Kleiner Perkins’ <a href="http://www.kpcb.com/team/doerr">John Doerr</a>; a 100-strong team of PhD. rocket scientists (like himself) and top engineers from multiple disciplines who’ve been working secretly for eight years; and a client list that includes Google, eBay, Staples and FedEx. Add to that, enthusiastic backing from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gJu53AaNmE">Arnold Schwarzenegger</a>, splashy coverage from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6DLyruTqHI&feature=related">CBS’s 60 Minutes</a>, and Time Magazine which last December dubbed him one of eight <a href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1948486_1948485_1948479,00.html">“Tech pioneers who will change your life.”</a> Yet, it does sound too good to be true. Not surprisingly, the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lOslygZKmI&feature=related">naysayers</a> are aplenty. A <a href="http://www.economist.com/business-finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15580848">skeptical article</a> in the Economist said there were many reasons for questioning the company’s “hype”, including the difficulty of shrinking the fuel cell components, and competition from the likes of <a href="http://www.ge.com/innovation/archive.html">GE</a>. In a typically British fashion, it mocked Bloom Energy’s ambitions, referring to “flower power” and “fuel’s gold” in the article. But if we look back a few years; before KR Sridhar emerged from stealth to become the Steve Jobs of Green Energy – more substantive information emerges. He was quoted in Tom Friedman’s <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/28/opinion/28friedman.html">New York Times colum</a>n as saying,“We are thrivers. Thrivers are constantly looking for new opportunities to seize and lead and be number one. That is what America is about.” In an exclusive interview at the Bloom Energy headquarters, I asked him to explain this comment, his motivations and why he believes his [...] By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Like most ambitious entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley Bloom Energy CEO KR Sridhar wants to change the world. Now where have we heard that line before? It’s the ubiquitous rally cry for thousands [...] alison van diggelen 4.20 reshdialogues, alison van diggelen, kr, kr sridhar, bloom, bloom energy, mission, fuel cell, change the world, green interview KR Sridhar: Bloom Energy Technology – Video exclusive http://www.freshdialogues.com/2010/02/23/kr-sridhar-bloom-energy-technology-video-exclusive/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2010/02/23/kr-sridhar-bloom-energy-technology-video-exclusive/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:56:30 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=3393 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2010/02/23/kr-sridhar-bloom-energy-technology-video-exclusive/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://www.freshdialogues/media/">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/welcome/">Fresh Dialogues</a> <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/welcome/"></a><a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/KR-Sridhar-head-shot-.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2670" style="margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;" title="KR Sridhar, Bloom Energy - Fresh Dialogues interview" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/KR-Sridhar-head-shot--300x238.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="238" /></a> <a href="http://www.bloomenergy.com/">Bloom Energy </a>CEO <a href="http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?author=236">KR Sridhar </a>is a man with a mission to change the world. His fuel cell company is already powering Google, so that should make any skeptic take note. A former NASA advisor who developed technologies to sustain life on Mars, this earnest scientist is now harnessing his visionary skills and a large team of engineers to solve the energy crisis. His ambitious goal? To revolutionize the energy industry, just like cell phones revolutionized the communications industry. His team is developing high efficiency fuel cells to provide a global distributed system of electricity supply at low cost and a low (and ultimately zero) carbon footprint. Clients include Google, eBay, Fedex and Walmart. Not too shabby. The company has been in stealth mode for the last eight years and <a href="http://earth2tech.com/2009/02/25/bloom-energy-worth-145b-fuel-cell-maker-seeks-150m-series-f/">industry speculation </a>has been rife about its future plans. Thanks to a <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/18/60minutes/main6221135.shtml">CBS 60 Minutes Report </a>by Lesley Stahl on February 21st, and the <a href="http://www.bloomenergy.com/about/">official Bloom Energy unveiling</a>, many more details are now available of this potentially revolutionary product. <h3>Even before opening his doors to 60 Minutes, KR agreed to discuss Bloom Energy’s progress in this exclusive and detailed Fresh Dialogues interview, recorded in 2009. To read the interview transcript <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/10/07/kr-sridhar-transcript-of-fresh-dialogues-interview-part-one/">click here</a></h3> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="580" height="360" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FrApTMCWyEw&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="580" height="360" [...] By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Bloom Energy CEO KR Sridhar is a man with a mission to change the world. His fuel cell company is already powering Google, so that should make any skeptic take note. A former NASA advisor who [...] alison van diggelen 8.24 bloom energy, video interview, green interview, kr, fresh dialogues, alison van diggelen, pollution, fuel cell, efficiency, gas station Rolf Papsdorf: Alternative Energy Brings Power to People http://www.freshdialogues.com/2010/02/17/rolf-papsdorf-alternative-energy-brings-power-to-people/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2010/02/17/rolf-papsdorf-alternative-energy-brings-power-to-people/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:54:53 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=3381 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2010/02/17/rolf-papsdorf-alternative-energy-brings-power-to-people/feed/ 0 By Alison van Diggelen, Host of Fresh Dialogues <img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3209" style="margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;" title="Rolf Papsdorf, Tech Awards on Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/rolf-papsdorf-300x168.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="168" /> <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Rolf-Tech-Awards-feb-post.mp3"></a> <a href="http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=206">Rolf Papsdorf</a>, President of the Alternative Energy Development Corporation was a recipient of the 2009 <a href="http://www.techawards.org/about/">Tech Awards</a><a href="http://www.techawards.org/about/"> </a>in Silicon Valley, for bringing renewable energy (zinc fuel cells) and empowerment to a small community in South Africa. Check out this exclusive interview with Mr. Papsdorf who discusses how to create a carbon neutral community, the advantages of zinc fuel cells (portability is a big plus) and why he wants to meet Al Gore. Read more from <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2010/01/06/rolf-papsdorf-powering-rural-africa/">the orginial post here</a> And enjoy the video of the affable Mr. Papsdorf: <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="580" height="360" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/P-qeahLZ_GI&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="580" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/P-qeahLZ_GI&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object> For more exclusive Fresh Dialogues interviews <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/post-summary/">click here</a> By Alison van Diggelen, Host of Fresh Dialogues Rolf Papsdorf, President of the Alternative Energy Development Corporation was a recipient of the 2009 Tech Awards in Silicon Valley, for bringing renewable energy (zinc fuel cells) and [...] alison van diggelen 4.19 rolf papsdorf, alison van diggelen, fresh dialogues, alternative energy, tech award, green, africa, interview, zinc, zinc-air, fuel cell, silicon valley How Can Obama Jumpstart Clean Tech? Silicon Valley Experts Respond http://www.freshdialogues.com/2010/02/10/how-can-obama-jumpstart-clean-tech-silicon-valley-experts-respond/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2010/02/10/how-can-obama-jumpstart-clean-tech-silicon-valley-experts-respond/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:14:07 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=3356 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2010/02/10/how-can-obama-jumpstart-clean-tech-silicon-valley-experts-respond/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/media">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of <a href="http://www.freshdialogues/welcome">Fresh Dialogues</a> <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Advice-for-Obama-from-clean-tech-experts.mp3"></a> <a href="http://www.freshdialogues/welcome"></a><a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/IMG_2679.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3360" style="margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;" title="Expert Panel, SV FountainBlue Clean Green Conference, Jan 2010" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/IMG_2679-300x168.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="168" /></a> The Obama administration ought to have sent an envoy to the <a href="http://www.fountainblue.biz">FountainBlue</a> State of Clean Green Conference on January 29, 2010. A panel of Silicon Valley clean tech experts had much to share in response to Moderator Greentech Media’s<a href="http://www.gtmresearch.com/analysts"> </a><a href="http://www.gtmresearch.com/analysts">Eric Wesoff’s</a> question…if you had Department of Energy Secretary, <a href="http://www.energy.gov/organization/dr_steven_chu.htm">Steve Chu’s</a> job, what would you do? In other words, how can Obama better jumpstart the clean tech economy? <a href="http://www.nthpower.com/team.html#">Tim Woodward</a>, Managing Director, Nth Power said the government needs to create market demand, and recommends that every government building should have solar power and be retrofitted for energy efficiency; but warned, <h3>“There’s a little too much of a ‘large check mandate’ in the Federal Government that picks technologies and stifles innovation at lower levels: figure out how to get smaller dollars into the innovation engine of smaller companies.”</h3> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="580" height="360" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XtNDUi7gyMI&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="580" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XtNDUi7gyMI&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object> <a href="http://www.gptpartners.com/our%20team/our_team_yoler.htm">Laurie Yoler</a>, Managing Director, GrowthPoint Technology Partners said, <h3>“I look at the pricing and incentivizing through market pricing. We’re still subsidizing imported oil without putting the investment into alternative energies…I think we should put a tax on [...] By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues The Obama administration ought to have sent an envoy to the FountainBlue State of Clean Green Conference on January 29, 2010. A panel of Silicon Valley clean tech experts had much to share in [...] alison van diggelen 5.00 clean tech, green, silicon valley, DoE, elise zoli, laurie yoler, carbon, price, advice, alison van Diggelen, freshdialogues Laurie Yoler: On Tesla, Venture Capital and Obama http://www.freshdialogues.com/2010/02/03/laurie-yoler-on-tesla-venture-capital-and-obama/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2010/02/03/laurie-yoler-on-tesla-venture-capital-and-obama/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 15:33:03 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=3338 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2010/02/03/laurie-yoler-on-tesla-venture-capital-and-obama/feed/ 0 By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues<a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/laurie-yoler.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-558" title="Laurie Yoler, Growth Point Technology Partners" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/laurie-yoler-214x300.jpg" alt="" width="214" height="300" /></a> <a href="http://www.gptpartners.com/our%20team/our_team_yoler.htm">Laurie Yoler</a>, a managing director of <a href="http://www.gptpartners.com/">Growth Point Technology Partners</a>, was a founding board member of <a href="http://www.teslamotors.com/">Tesla Motors</a> and currently serves on its advisory board. I met with her at the <a href="http://www.fountainblue.biz/">FountainBlue</a> Clean Green Annual Conference on Friday January 29th, the day Tesla <a href="http://www.inc.com/news/articles/2010/02/tesla-files-for-ipo.html">announced</a> its planned IPO. Needless to say, Yoler was bullish about Tesla’s prospects this year. We also discussed <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/remarks-president-state-union-address">President Obama’s State of the Union Speech </a>on January 27th and the government’s role in stimulating green technology. Good news for Green Tech Venture Capitalists in State of Union Speech? <h3>“Rather than what our president said that night, I look at what’s actually taking place, the changes I’m seeing. President Obama as a president has embraced sustainability throughout his tenure.”</h3> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="580" height="360" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/aGkhRmB-mUg&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="580" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/aGkhRmB-mUg&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object> Obama’s role: could he do more? <h3>“He wants to embrace things that have already happened at the grassroots level, instead of mandating across the board. He does have to step forward and the longer he waits to put in Federal goals, the states are going to be further and further along and it’s going to be even messier to sort out. So I think it has to continue to be a priority but so far it seems to be.”</h3> Government’s Role in Green Tech? Demand Side <h3>“The government can be a huge customer for many of these technologies… In the advanced transportation, advanced vehicle sector the DoE stepped in where the VCs stepped out. The DoE provided $8.5 Billion in funding in the [...] By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Laurie Yoler, a managing director of Growth Point Technology Partners, was a founding board member of Tesla Motors and currently serves on its advisory board. I met with her at the FountainBlue Clean [...] Robert Ballard: Titanic Explorer Talks Climate Change http://www.freshdialogues.com/2010/01/27/robert-ballard-titanic-explorer-talks-climate-change/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2010/01/27/robert-ballard-titanic-explorer-talks-climate-change/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:57:59 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=3298 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2010/01/27/robert-ballard-titanic-explorer-talks-climate-change/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/media/">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/welcome/">Fresh Dialogues</a><a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/robert-ballard.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-3301" title="Robert Ballard, Green interview on Fresh Dialogues " src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/robert-ballard.jpg" alt="" width="104" height="104" /></a> <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/welcome/"></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ballard">Robert Ballard</a>, the ocean explorer of <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/11/25/60minutes/main5773673.shtml">Titanic fame </a>sat down with me in Silicon Valley to discuss his expeditions, global warming, and alternative energy. This respected <a href="http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/more-deep-thoughts-from-robert-ballard">scientist</a> spoke candidly about global warming -”I’ll be honest, it’s too late, all the ice is going to melt.” READ the <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2010/01/26/robert-ballard-transcipt-titanic-explorer-talks-global-warming/ ">TRANSCRIPT</a> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="580" height="360" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Tm2qPUHCsVo&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="580" height="360" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Tm2qPUHCsVo&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&border=1" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object> On the global warming controversy: Natural cycle or Human impact? <h3>“Hey folks: it’s both. Whenever you have a tremendous controversy both sides tend to be right and wrong. You do have the natural interglacial warming that we’re experiencing, but you are increasing the severity of it with the human footprint. The concern most people have is that we can’t do much about the natural cycle, but we can do a lot about the human cycle. ..if you steepen it too much, evolution can’t keep up and you get extinction.”</h3> On being Politically Correct <h3>“Sometimes I see this tombstone that says, “the human race came and went but it was politically correct.” As a scientist I am not politically correct. My job is not to be politically correct. My job is to call it as I see it. And I see that the biggest problem the human race has is that there are too many of us.”</h3> On the need to reduce our carbon footprint <h3>“Everyone wants to be an American and that would be the worst thing in the world – if everyone emulated us – because we’re so consumptive. An important thing for Americans to do [...] By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Robert Ballard, the ocean explorer of Titanic fame sat down with me in Silicon Valley to discuss his expeditions, global warming, and alternative energy. This respected scientist spoke candidly about [...] Emmett Carson: How To Create a Green Jobs Mecca http://www.freshdialogues.com/2010/01/20/emmett-carson-how-to-create-a-green-jobs-mecca/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2010/01/20/emmett-carson-how-to-create-a-green-jobs-mecca/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 18:02:10 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=3270 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2010/01/20/emmett-carson-how-to-create-a-green-jobs-mecca/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://freshdialogues/media/">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of Fresh Dialogues<a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/ecarson-hi-res.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3295" style="margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;" title="Emmett Carson, Fresh Dialogues Interview - Green Jobs" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/ecarson-hi-res-200x300.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="300" /></a> Check out this audio-only version which captures Emmett Carson’s off-camera exuberance and humor. Last week, I sat down with <a href="http://www.siliconvalleycf.org/bios/ecarson.html">Emmett Carson</a>, President and CEO of the <a href="http://www.siliconvalleycf.org/about.html">Silicon Valley Community Foundation</a>. In a wide ranging conversation on green jobs, the Obama White House, education and financial literacy, we focused in on the role of the $1.7 Billion Foundation in addressing the immediate job crisis in Silicon Valley. How should coalitions of green minded people come together to create a green jobs mecca in the Bay Area? How do you jump start a green jobs explosion? According to Emmett, it’s all about forging informed dialogues between powerful coalitions. <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="873" height="525" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ktHu2oo4NFU&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&hd=1&border=1" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="873" height="525" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ktHu2oo4NFU&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00&hd=1&border=1" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object> On Creating a Green Jobs Mecca “There has to be a group of people who are going to make some strategic investments…There are coalitions of green folk who are already meeting… where government officials can help, where foundations folk can help and be attuned and listen to what they say they need and where there opportunities will be. So that you start to say to the community colleges, ‘here are the kinds of jobs to train people for.’ What are the jobs that are going to stay around for a ten year cycle? This is the more thoughtful, longer term thinking that we need all of our public leaders to engage in…if we’re really going to have that green jobs explosion.” On Mayor Chuck Reed’s <a href="http://www.sanjoseca.gov/mayor/goals/environment/GreenVision/GreenVision.asp">Green Vision</a> “I know this is high on Mayor Reed’s priority list and as you said, he points to a number of initiatives (<a href="http://www.sanjoseca.gov/mayor/goals/environment/GreenVision/GreenVision.asp">Green Vision</a>). He wants this to be the (green jobs) center but he can’t do it [...] By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Check out this audio-only version which captures Emmett Carson’s off-camera exuberance and humor. Last week, I sat down with Emmett Carson, President and CEO of the Silicon Valley Community [...] alison van diggelen 7.03 emmett carson, silicon valley, community foundation, green jobs, green interview, chuck reed, fresh dialogues Elise Zoli: In Defense of Nuclear Power http://www.freshdialogues.com/2010/01/13/elise-zoli-in-defense-of-nuclear-power/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2010/01/13/elise-zoli-in-defense-of-nuclear-power/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 12:31:29 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=3248 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2010/01/13/elise-zoli-in-defense-of-nuclear-power/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://freshdialogues/media/">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of <a href="http://freshdialogues/welcome/">Fresh Dialogues</a> <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/elise-zoli-part-2-nuclear.mp3"></a> <a href="http://freshdialogues/welcome/"> </a><a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/elise-zoli.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2362" style="margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;" title="Elise Zoli, exclusive green interview on Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/elise-zoli-225x300.jpg" alt="" width="225" height="300" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodwinprocter.com/People/Z/Zoli-Elise.aspx">Elise Zol</a><a href="http://www.goodwinprocter.com/People/Z/Zoli-Elise.aspx">i</a>, a partner with Goodwin Procter, is a specialist in energy and clean tech law; and teaches at MIT. I caught up with her at a <a href="http://www.fountainblue.biz/">Fountain Blue</a> Green Transport Event where we discussed two hot areas in clean tech: energy storage and nuclear power. Elise explains the important role of energy storage in making solar and wind energy more reliable; and why she’d like to redefine energy storage to make it sexy. She’s coining a new phrase: “dispatchable renewable power.” <h3>On making energy storage sexy</h3> <h3>“Energy storage sounds like something that you don’t want to talk about, something that belongs in the closet. But the idea is to enable renewables (solar and wind) to have a greater chunk of the American demand…integrated storage flattens out the intermittency issues.”</h3> <h3>On nuclear power</h3> <h3>“The N word is difficult in the context of renewable …but most experts who look at climate change and energy security believe there is a significant role for nuclear. “</h3> <h3>On nuclear waste and other impacts</h3> <h3>“Nuclear has a favorable balance of environmental impacts. Every technology, even solar and wind, have their externalities. On balance, does it advance our climate change goals? The technology deserves to be considered.”</h3> <h3>On the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traveling_wave_reactor">traveling wave reactor</a> or TWR</h3> <h3>“For the traveling wave reactor they actually consume waste as fuel. The promise of the technology is to reduce waste…The material will be managed in place as opposed to having a long term waste repository.”</h3> <h3>This is Part Two of the interview.</h3> To check out Part One, where Elise explores the government’s role in clean tech and the stimulus package, <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/07/22/elise-zoli-governments-role-in-clean-tech/">click here</a>. The interview was recorded at the FountainBlue Clean Green Transport Conference in Santa Clara on July 6, 2009. By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Elise Zoli, a partner with Goodwin Procter, is a specialist in energy and clean tech law; and teaches at MIT. I caught up with her at a Fountain Blue Green Transport Event where we discussed two [...] alison van diggelen 5.12 elise zoli, nuclear, energy storage, dispatchable power, innovative nuclear, green interview, energy Rolf Papsdorf: Powering rural Africa http://www.freshdialogues.com/2010/01/06/rolf-papsdorf-powering-rural-africa/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2010/01/06/rolf-papsdorf-powering-rural-africa/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:09:20 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=3208 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2010/01/06/rolf-papsdorf-powering-rural-africa/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/media/">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/welcome/">Fresh Dialogues</a> <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Rolf-Papstorf-tech-awards.mp3"></a> <img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3209" style="margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px;" title="Rolf Papsdorf, Tech Awards on Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/rolf-papsdorf-300x168.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="168" />Rolf Papsdorf is bringing green power to the people of Africa. Thanks to the Silicon Valley based <a href="http://www.techawards.org/">Tech Awards 2009</a>, the rest of the world is hearing about it. His company <a href="http://www.aedc.co.za/">Alternative Energy Development Corporation</a> manufactures zinc-air fuel cells to generate off the grid electricity for rural communities. His zinc-air fuel cell project, described as the largest in the world, brings light and energy to the village of Guyuni in South Africa, as well as job creation and online education to the community’s youth. This project echoes – in a small way – the aims of <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/10/07/kr-sridhar-power-to-the-people-with-bloom-energy/">Bloom Energy’s KR Sridhar,</a> who aims to bring Power to the People with its fuel cell design. On the fuel cells technology “We’re the only company in the world which produces a low cost zinc-air fuel cells manually rechargeable…we’re proud to say that we have no carbon footprint and are totally renewable. We recycle the zinc oxide to make new zinc using solar energy.” On how he’s empowering South Africa “Our passion really is empowerment. We supply them with basic electricity, we have skills development programs so that they can earn an income…only 3% of (the community) income goes towards energy, the rest is disposable income.” Rolf Papsdorf Check back soon for the VIDEO of this exclusive Fresh Dialogues interview By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Rolf Papsdorf is bringing green power to the people of Africa. Thanks to the Silicon Valley based Tech Awards 2009, the rest of the world is hearing about it. His company Alternative Energy [...] alison van diggelen 2.0 rolf papsdorf, alternative energy, tech award, green, africa, interview, green interview zinc, zinc-air, fuel cell, silicon valley KR Sridhar: Time Magazine Award http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/12/30/kr-sridhar-time-magazine-award/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/12/30/kr-sridhar-time-magazine-award/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 20:55:50 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=3183 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/12/30/kr-sridhar-time-magazine-award/feed/ 0 By Alison van Diggelen, host Fresh Dialogues<a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/KR-Sridhar-head-shot-.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2670" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="KR Sridhar, Bloom Energy - Fresh Dialogues interview" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/KR-Sridhar-head-shot--300x238.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="238" /></a> This month <a href="http://bloomenergy.com/">Bloom Energy </a>CEO, KR Sridhar was picked as one of <a href="http://time.com/">Time Magazine’s </a> <a href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1948486_1948485_1948479,00.html">Tech Pioneers Who Will Change Your Life </a> The Time article references a recent Fresh Dialogues feature, <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/10/07/kr-sridhar-power-to-the-people-with-bloom-energy/">Power to the People</a> SEE A RARE <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2010/02/23/kr-sridhar-bloom-energy-technology-video-exclusive/">FRESH DIALOGUES VIDEO INTERVIEW WITH KR HERE</a> <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/10/07/kr-sridhar-transcript-of-fresh-dialogues-interview-part-one/">Read the transcript </a>and listen to this exclusive Fresh Dialogues interview - KR explains how the Bloom Energy fuel cell will change the world and give power to the people. To listen to an exclusive Fresh Dialogues interview with <a href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1948486_1948485_1948483,00.html">Kevin Surace</a>, another Time Magazine Tech Pioneer Who Will Change Your Life <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/12/23/kevin-surace-green-rock-star-entrepreneur-of-year/">click here</a> By Alison van Diggelen, host Fresh Dialogues This month Bloom Energy CEO, KR Sridhar was picked as one of Time Magazine’s Tech Pioneers Who Will Change Your Life The Time article references a recent Fresh Dialogues feature, Power to the [...] alison van diggelen 10 bloom energy kr sridhar interview fuel cell Kevin Surace: Green Rock Star, Entrepreneur of Year http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/12/23/kevin-surace-green-rock-star-entrepreneur-of-year/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/12/23/kevin-surace-green-rock-star-entrepreneur-of-year/#comments Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:55:19 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=3135 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/12/23/kevin-surace-green-rock-star-entrepreneur-of-year/feed/ 0 <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/kevin-surace.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2344" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="Kevin Surace on Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/kevin-surace.jpg" alt="Kevin Surace on Fresh Dialogues" width="150" height="205" /></a>By <a href="http://freshdialogues.com/media/">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of <a href="http://freshdialogues.com/">Fresh Dialogues</a> Silicon Valley’s <a href="http://www.seriousmaterials.com/html/ksurace.html">Kevin Surace </a>has just achieved Rock Star status – of the Green Biz variety. The CEO of Serious Materials was picked as Entrepreneur of the Year by <a href="http://www.inc.com/magazine/20091201/entrepreneur-of-the-year-kevin-surace-of-serious-materials.html">Inc. Magazine </a>and joined <a href="http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1948486_1948485_1948483,00.html">Time Magazine</a>’s list of Tech Pioneers Who Will Change Your Life, along with another Silicon Valley Green Rock Star: Bloom Energy’s <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/10/07/kr-sridhar-power-to-the-people-with-bloom-energy/">KR Sridhar</a>. It’s an incongruous status for someone from the mundane world of building products, but Kevin is being described as ’savior of the world’, <a href="http://www.inc.com/magazine/20091201/entrepreneur-of-the-year-kevin-surace-of-serious-materials.html">‘the Larry Ellison of green’ </a>and has even turned down an invitation to the White House. He knows he’ll be invited back. In an exclusive Fresh Dialogues interview recorded before the accolades descended, Kevin revealed his motivations for waging war on climate change and the lessons learned in building a green company. He discussed the influence of Al Gore’s <a href="http://www.climatecrisis.net/" target="_blank">An Inconvenient Truth </a>in helping create a market for green products; how Serious Materials changed its focus; and whether consumers are willing to pay a premium for green. Kevin outlined how his company uses new media to get its message out and what the future holds for this rapidly expanding company. On Kevin’s motivations for wanting to help save the planet <h3>“When you have children, you start to think what world are you leaving them? I think that affects everybody.”</h3> When did he focus on energy saving products at Serious Materials? <h3>“If I sat here and said in 2002 I had the great vision to design energy saving building materials – there was no market in 2002 – people would think I was nuts. By 2005, the climate issue had come to the front of minds: on scientists’ minds, at the United Nations, in the world. By ‘06, we began coming out with energy efficient windows… ”</h3> <h3></h3> On the relative importance of buildings vs. cars in CO2 emissions <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_surace_fixing_drywall_to_heal_the_planet.html" target="_blank">Kevin [...] By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Silicon Valley’s Kevin Surace has just achieved Rock Star status – of the Green Biz variety. The CEO of Serious Materials was picked as Entrepreneur of the Year by Inc. Magazine and joined Time [...] alison van diggelen 12.30 kevin, surace, serious, materials, eco, interview, entrepreneur, freshdialogues Joseph Adelegan: Cows to Kilowatts Tech Award Winner http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/12/16/joseph-adelegan-cows-to-kilowatts-tech-award-winner/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/12/16/joseph-adelegan-cows-to-kilowatts-tech-award-winner/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:01:25 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=3077 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/12/16/joseph-adelegan-cows-to-kilowatts-tech-award-winner/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://freshdialogues/media/">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of <a href="http://freshdialogues/welcome/">Fresh Dialogues</a><a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/joseph-edelegan-cows-to-kw.png"></a><a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/joseph-adelegan-tech-awards-09.JPG"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3126" style="margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 20px;" title="Joseph Adelegan, Fresh Dialogues, Tech Awards 2009" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/joseph-adelegan-tech-awards-09-300x299.jpg" alt="Joseph Adelegan, Fresh Dialogues, Tech Awards 2009" width="300" height="299" /></a><a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/IMG_2390.JPG"></a> The catchy title “Cows to Kilowatts” certainly won the attention of the crowds at the 2009 <a href="http://www.techawards.org/about/gala/">Tech Awards Gala </a>in Silicon Valley, but the project won accolades for more than mere words. <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/04/01/joseph.adelegan/">Dr. Joseph Adelegan</a>, an <a href="http://www.ashoka.org/fellow/4366">Ashoka Fellow </a>is a charismatic engineer who has found an effective way to harness the energy from slaughterhouse waste and won the $50,000 <a href="http://www.techawards.org/laureates/stories/index.php?id=208">Intel Environment Award </a>. He and his team at the Nigeria based <a href="http://www.globalgiving.org/projects/power-to-the-poor/team/">Global Network for Environment and Economic Development Research</a>, are creating cooking gas and electricity from effluent that might otherwise lead to harmful pollution. What does the Tech Award mean to Dr. Adelegan? “We’ve received <a href="http://www.greeneconomyinitiative.com/news/164/ARTICLE/1277/2008-12-28.html">several awards</a>… so it’s not really receiving the award… but the opportunity to network, to meet great minds in Silicon Valley… see people who’ve gone through the same as you’ve gone through…We’ve seen scientists and inventors, visited Microsoft and Intel..we’ve seen people doing some encouraging things…Sometimes you think you are crazy doing this type of stuff, but you see that people are as crazy as you. You have to be crazy to be creative….” (We agreed there were LOTS of crazy creative people in Silicon Valley) <object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/nQb0OIwCwEM&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/nQb0OIwCwEM&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object> Why does Al Gore inspire him? “To me, he’s a motivator and like a mentor. If someone like him can stand up and fight the cause of climate change and global warming and win the [...] By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues The catchy title “Cows to Kilowatts” certainly won the attention of the crowds at the 2009 Tech Awards Gala in Silicon Valley, but the project won accolades for more than mere words. Dr. Joseph [...] alison van diggelen 6.11 cows to kilowatts, tech award, 2009, silicon valley, nigeria, biogas, energy, green, al gore clean Paul Krugman: Will Climate Legislation Kill the Economy? http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/12/09/paul-krugman-will-climate-legislation-kill-the-economy/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/12/09/paul-krugman-will-climate-legislation-kill-the-economy/#comments Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:40:24 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=3089 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/12/09/paul-krugman-will-climate-legislation-kill-the-economy/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://freshdialogues/media/">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of <a href="http://freshdialogues/welcome/">Fresh Dialogues</a><a href="http://freshdialogues/welcome/"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2890" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="Paul Krugman, Fresh Dialogues Interview" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Paul-Krugman.jpg" alt="Paul Krugman, Fresh Dialogues Interview" width="101" height="150" /></a> <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Paul-Krugman-copenhagen-climate.mp3"></a> As delegates gather in Copenhagen this week to thrash out a <a href="http://en.cop15.dk/">global treaty </a>on climate change, the shrill from <a href="http://www.climate-skeptic.com/">skeptics</a> intensifies. It’s useful to listen to wisdom from Nobel Prize winning economist, <a href="http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/">Paul Krugman</a>. In a recent interview, I asked Paul the question on many lips: Will climate legislation kill the economy? <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="560" height="340" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZrgI2FrZNJ8&hl=en_US&fs=1&" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="340" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ZrgI2FrZNJ8&hl=en_US&fs=1&" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></object> <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/krugman-and-alison.JPG"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2915" style="margin: 20px 20px 20px 0px;" title="Paul Krugman, Alison van Diggelen-Fresh Dialogues Interview" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/krugman-and-alison-300x260.jpg" alt="Paul Krugman, Alison van Diggelen-Fresh Dialogues Interview" width="300" height="260" /></a>“If history is any guide… it’s just not a big deal,” says Krugman, citing the example of <a href="http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/related.html">acid rain legislation </a>which many people also said would kill the economy. “Dealing with it was cheaper than most estimates had suggested,” he says. “Given the incentives; the private sector found ways to generate a whole lot less acid rain.” Krugman thinks the same will be true of carbon limits and has already <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/11/16/paul-krugman-advice-on-china-and-climate-change-transcript/">explained</a> his preference for cap and trade in a previous Fresh Dialogues segment. We also discuss the power of his New York Times <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/opinion/editorialsandoped/oped/columnists/paulkrugman/index.html">column</a> and his [...] By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues As delegates gather in Copenhagen this week to thrash out a global treaty on climate change, the shrill from skeptics intensifies. It’s useful to listen to wisdom from Nobel Prize winning [...] alison van diggelen 6.00 krugman, economy, kill, climate, legislation, cap and trade, copenhagen clean Scott Hublou, EcoFactor: CleanTech Award Winner 2009 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/12/02/scott-hublou-ecofactor-cleantech-award-winner-2009/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/12/02/scott-hublou-ecofactor-cleantech-award-winner-2009/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:02:55 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=3046 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/12/02/scott-hublou-ecofactor-cleantech-award-winner-2009/feed/ 0 By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3062" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="Scott Hublou, EcoFactor - Fresh Dialogues interview" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/scott_hublou_head_shot-cropped-212x300.jpg" alt="Scott Hublou, EcoFactor - Fresh Dialogues interview" width="212" height="300" /> <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Scott-Hublou-Eco-Factor-final1.mp3"></a> On November 17, I attended the <a href="http://www.cleantechopen.com/app.cgi/content/about/index">CleanTech Open </a>Awards Gala at the Masonic Center in San Francisco and enjoyed keynotes from <a href="http://www.kauffman.org/about-foundation/lesa-mitchell.aspx">Lesa Mitchell </a>from the Kaufman Foundation, <a href="http://research.google.com/pubs/author3525.html">Bill Weihl</a>, Google’s Energy Czar and <a href="http://www.dblinvestors.com/nancy-pfund.php">Nancy Pfund</a>, of DBL Investors. Minutes after his company was picked as the <a href="http://cleantech.com/news/5316/cleantech-open-gala-goes-global-hon">National Award Winner</a>. I sat down with Scott Hublou, co-founder of <a href="http://www.ecofactor.com/ecosystem.php">EcoFactor</a>. His three-year-old start-up has created <a href="http://earth2tech.com/2009/11/03/ecofactor-finally-a-smart-way-to-control-thermostats/">an energy management system </a>for the home that uses weather data to optimize heating and cooling. Scott claims savings of between 20 to 30% are achievable. Sounds pretty attractive in this tough economy, and the judges thought so too. How did the CleanTech Open and its <a href="http://www.cleantechopen.com/app.cgi/content/programs/mentor">mentoring</a> help you? “It forces deep thinking around various different business models. Because there are actual deadlines, it’s kinda like being back in school again where you have to have deliverables… You’re presenting to your peers and potential investors, so you always want to make a good impression… think about sustainability, and good market strategies.” <object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BNQdT03rcB8&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BNQdT03rcB8&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object> The Pitch, in layman’s terms “We talk to a thermostat in your home…that thermostat talks to our energy management servers in the cloud…and connects to outside weather information. We optimize your HVAC (heating, ventilation, air conditioning) system. Every day, we’re making 20 to 30 little adjustments and at the end of the month, you’re saving 20-30% of your [...] By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues On November 17, I attended the CleanTech Open Awards Gala at the Masonic Center in San Francisco and enjoyed keynotes from Lesa Mitchell from the Kaufman Foundation, Bill Weihl, Google’s Energy [...] alison van diggelen 5.04 cleantech, cleantech open, winner, ecofactor, freshdialogues, interview, powerpoint tip, energy, green, energy management Al Gore: What were you thinking? http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/11/25/al-gore-what-were-you-thinking/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/11/25/al-gore-what-were-you-thinking/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:55:42 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=2989 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/11/25/al-gore-what-were-you-thinking/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://freshdialogues/media/">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of <a href="http://freshdialogues/welcome/">Fresh Dialogues</a><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2997" title="Vice President Al Gore, Tech Awards 2009" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/al-gore-1.jpg" alt="Vice President Al Gore, Tech Awards 2009" width="105" height="119" /> <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Al-Gore-Tech-Awards-09.mp3"></a> (Note: I had the opportunity to talk briefly to Vice President Al Gore off mic, before his speech and look forward to interviewing him for Fresh Dialogues in the new year. These audio and video links feature highlights from his rousing speech.) Here’s the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5RA1F3xxVE">VIDEO</a> Former Vice President, <a href="http://www.algore.com/">Al Gore</a><a href="http://www.algore.com/"> </a>showed his passion in front of a rapturous Silicon Valley crowd at the 2009 <a href="http://www.techawards.org/">Tech Awards</a><a href="http://www.techawards.org/"> </a>on November 19th. He described a “day of reckoning” and suggested future generations may look back one day and ask, <h3>“What were you thinking? Were you watching Dancing with the Stars? Did you care?”</h3> Dancing? A little dig here to Silicon Valley luminary and co-founder of Apple, <a href="http://www.woz.org/">Steve Wozniak</a>, who took part in the dance contest last Fall (you really ain’t <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoiGJMZjs0o">seen nothing </a>yet…) Gore then echoed the hope in his new book <a href="http://venturebeat.com/2009/11/03/al-gores-new-book-our-choice-a-review-by-john-doerr/">“Our Choice”</a> – that this generation that will develop a sense of shared purpose, and do what needs to be done to combat climate change. Gore described his deep belief that future generations will instead ask, <h3>“How did you find the moral courage to shake off the lethargy… seize the responsibility and act in time to solve the crisis?”</h3> <img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-3015" style="margin: 20px 20px 20px 0px;" title="Al Gore delivers his passion, Tech Awards 2009 (Fresh Dialogues feature)" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/al-gore-on-stage1-300x227.jpg" alt="Al Gore delivers his passion, Tech Awards 2009 (Fresh Dialogues feature)" width="300" height="227" />Gore’s speech emphasized the connection between generations, rich communities and vulnerable ones; while a montage of spectacular landscape photos from <a href="http://www.lanting.com/index.shtml">Frans Lanting et al </a>played on the screen behind him. Gore urged the crowd to take action. <h3>“It’s time to get political about this,” Gore said. “Are we capable of recognizing, absorbing the responsibility that is on our shoulders? This is the moment…we have to awaken…make a conscious choice to solve this problem.”</h3> Before he [...] By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues (Note: I had the opportunity to talk briefly to Vice President Al Gore off mic, before his speech and look forward to interviewing him for Fresh Dialogues in the new year. These audio and video links [...] Alison van Diggelen 6.35 Al Gore, passion, climate change, global warming, tech award, silicon valley Paul Krugman: On China, Climate Change http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/11/16/paul-krugman-on-china-climate-change/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/11/16/paul-krugman-on-china-climate-change/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:18:08 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=2943 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/11/16/paul-krugman-on-china-climate-change/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://freshdialogues.com/media/">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of <a href="http://freshdialogues/welcome/">Fresh Dialogues</a><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2944" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="Paul Krugman, Fresh Dialogues interview" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/krugman-head-shot-223x300.jpg" alt="Paul Krugman, Fresh Dialogues interview" width="223" height="300" /> <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/paul-krugman-china-clean-energy-final.mp3"></a> <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/11/16/paul-krugman-advice-on-china-and-climate-change-transcript/">Here’s the transcript</a>. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K-rjf5UBkw">SEE VIDEO </a>of Part One (Part Two coming soon) In advance of <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091116/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama">Obama’s trip to China </a>this week, Nobel Prize winner, Paul Krugman gave a short, sharp economics lesson on climate change and China during our exclusive interview in Silicon Valley, November 12. What does he think the US and Chinese governments should be doing to combat climate change and stimulate the green sector? Why is he not concerned about China’s lead in clean energy technology? Krugman explains why negotiating with China over CO2 emissions would be preferable to trying to enforce a carbon tax. Hear all this and more in this Fresh Dialogues interview. Here are selected quotes: “Climate change is the mother of all externalities…left without any government intervention, we’re going to basically par-boil the planet.” “You don’t want to get hung up on the specific sexy technologies (like wind turbines)…look at the history of information technology…nobody gets a monopoly for very long.” “If we say to the Chinese, we want you to have a carbon tax – how can we really tell it’s enforced? But if we negotiate with the Chinese that they will have total CO2 emissions of so much, we can monitor that pretty well.” For Part One of the Paul Krugman interview – on Obama’s Job Summit <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/11/13/paul-krugman-advice-for-obamas-job-summit/">click here</a> The interview was recorded at Foothill College <a href="http://celebrityforum.net">Celebrity Forum Series </a>on November 12, 2009. With special thanks to <a href="http://www.celebrityforum.net/134-141-Henning.pdf">Dick Henning</a>. By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Here’s the transcript. SEE VIDEO of Part One (Part Two coming soon) In advance of Obama’s trip to China this week, Nobel Prize winner, Paul Krugman gave a short, sharp economics lesson on [...] alison van Diggelen 4.45 krugman, china, climate change, advice, obama, interview, fresh dialogues Paul Krugman: Advice for Obama’s Job Summit http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/11/13/paul-krugman-advice-for-obamas-job-summit/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/11/13/paul-krugman-advice-for-obamas-job-summit/#comments Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:29:22 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=2889 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/11/13/paul-krugman-advice-for-obamas-job-summit/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://freshdialogues.com/media/">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of <a href="http://freshdialogues/welcome/">Fresh Dialogues</a><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2890" title="Paul Krugman, Fresh Dialogues Interview" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Paul-Krugman.jpg" alt="Paul Krugman, Fresh Dialogues Interview" width="101" height="150" /> <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/paul-krugman-jobs-summit-final.mp3"></a> On Thursday November 12, I had an exclusive interview with Nobel Prize winning economist, <a href="http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/">Paul Krugman</a>. Just hours after President Obama announced the <a href="http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/obama/2009/11/13/obamas-job-summit-part-of-larger-effort.html">Job Summit</a>, I sought out Krugman’s wisdom and he gave some radical advice to the President. Emphasising that “the Job Summit can’t be an empty exercise,” the renowned economics expert recommends a minimum of $300 Billion be spent by the government to encourage job creation, with a focus on job tax credits and subsidies for companies that retain jobs. For a transcript of the interview, <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/11/13/paul-krugman-obama-job-summit-transcript/">click here</a> or<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K-rjf5UBkw"> watch video</a> <img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2915" style="margin: 20px 20px 20px 0px;" title="Paul Krugman, Alison van Diggelen - Fresh Dialogues Interview" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/krugman-and-alison-300x260.jpg" alt="Paul Krugman, Alison van Diggelen - Fresh Dialogues Interview" width="300" height="260" />This is part of a longer interview in which we discussed green jobs, Krugman’s impact on government policy, his future plans and what gives him that “missionary zeal.” <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/11/16/paul-krugman-advice-on-china-climate-change/">Click here </a>for Part Two on China and Climate Change. Check back soon for more interview segments on Fresh Dialogues. <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/krugman.JPG"></a>The interview was recorded on November 12, 2009 at the Flint Center, De Anza College, Cupertino. Dr. Krugman was in Silicon Valley to deliver a lecture as part of the Foothill College <a href="http://celebrityforum.net">Celebrity Forum Series</a>. To check out exclusive Fresh Dialogues interviews with Tom Friedman, <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/09/18/tom-friedman-transcript-of-fresh-dialogues-interview/">click here</a>; Martin Sheen, <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/11/25/martin-sheen-the-activist-and-actor/">click here</a>, Jack Welch, <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/05/12/jack-welch-why-companies-must-go-green/">click here</a> and <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/04/24/guy-kawasaki-on-evangelism-and-green-revolutionaries/">Guy Kawasaki</a>. Here’s the <a [...] By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues On Thursday November 12, I had an exclusive interview with Nobel Prize winning economist, Paul Krugman. Just hours after President Obama announced the Job Summit, I sought out Krugman’s wisdom [...] alison van diggelen 5.12 paul krugman, job summit, unemployment, advice, interview, obama, fresh dialogues, alison van diggelen Tom Friedman: Why Copenhagen won’t solve climate crisis http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/11/11/tom-friedman-why-copenhagen-wont-solve-climate-crisis/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/11/11/tom-friedman-why-copenhagen-wont-solve-climate-crisis/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:10:16 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=2822 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/11/11/tom-friedman-why-copenhagen-wont-solve-climate-crisis/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://freshdialogues/media/">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of <a href="http://freshdialogues.com">Fresh Dialogues</a><a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Tom-Friedman.JPG"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2462" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="Tom Friedman on Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Tom-Friedman-200x300.jpg" alt="Tom Friedman on Fresh Dialogues" width="200" height="300" /></a> <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="560" height="340" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/otJLgzugHtg&hl=en_US&fs=1&" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="560" height="340" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/otJLgzugHtg&hl=en_US&fs=1&" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always"></embed></object> I sat down with Pulitzer prize winning <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/opinion/editorialsandoped/oped/columnists/thomaslfriedman/index.html">Tom Friedman </a>to discuss his book and the upcoming <a href="http://en.cop15.dk/">Climate Summit </a>in Copenhagen. In this part of the interview, we discuss what we can learn from Denmark - dubbed the greenest country in the world; the role of Silicon Valley in energy technology innovation; and where he thinks the next Green Google will grow. Tom says emulation is more effective than compulsion in solving the climate crisis, so I asked him: Do you think the Copenhagen Summit is a waste of time? <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/TomFriedman-and-Ali-cropped.JPG"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2480" style="margin: 20px 20px 20px 0px;" title="Tom Friedman and Alison van Diggelen, Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/TomFriedman-and-Ali-cropped-300x248.jpg" alt="Tom Friedman and Alison van Diggelen, Fresh Dialogues" width="300" height="248" /></a>“Sometimes global summits can really drive decisions… and frame the agenda on a global scale…it’s just that, it’s not where I would be betting all my chips. I believe this is a problem that will be solved by innovators and not by regulators…engineers and not by lawyers.” What can we learn from Denmark, a country dubbed the “greenest in the world”? “They have real focus on making themselves as independent of foreign oil as possible… They also really took energy efficiency and innovation seriously; they put in the right taxes, regulations and incentives to stimulate a clean energy industry…Today the two biggest cellulosic ethanol companies in the world are <a href="http://danisco.com">Danisco</a> and <a [...] By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues I sat down with Pulitzer prize winning Tom Friedman to discuss his book and the upcoming Climate Summit in Copenhagen. In this part of the interview, we discuss what we can learn from Denmark [...] KR Sridhar: Bloom Energy Timeline and Team http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/11/04/kr-sridhar-bloom-energy-timeline-and-team/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/11/04/kr-sridhar-bloom-energy-timeline-and-team/#comments Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:42:33 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=2807 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/11/04/kr-sridhar-bloom-energy-timeline-and-team/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://freshdialogues/media/">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of <a href="http://freshdialogues/welcome/">Fresh Dialogues</a><a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/KR-Sridhar-head-shot-.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2670" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="KR Sridhar, Bloom Energy - Fresh Dialogues interview" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/KR-Sridhar-head-shot--300x238.jpg" alt="KR Sridhar, Bloom Energy - Fresh Dialogues interview" width="300" height="238" /></a><a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/KR-Sridhar-Bloom-part-two1.mp3"></a> <a href="http://bloomenergy.com">Bloom Energy </a>has been in stealth mode since 2003 and little has been released about the fuel cell company’s technology and timeline. <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/10/07/kr-sridhar-power-to-the-people-with-bloom-energy/">KR Sridhar</a>, CEO of Bloom Energy agreed to sit down with me to discuss the company’s technology and team. We explore the importance of the Bloom Box affordability; as well as the company’s timeline. KR also explains why he doesn’t want to add to the<a href="http://earth2tech.com/2008/10/06/bloom-energy-close-to-unveiling-its-fuel-cell/"> hype </a>surrounding the company. This is Part Two of my interview which was recorded on September 30, 2009. <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/11/10/kr-sridhar-bloom-energy-transcript-of-fresh-dialogues-interview-part-two/">Here’s</a> the transcript and check back next week for <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/11/11/tom-friedman-why-copenhagen-wont-solve-climate-crisis/">Tom Friedman’s </a>views on Bloom Energy To check out the Part One post summary <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/10/07/kr-sridhar-power-to-the-people-with-bloom-energy/">click here</a>, and to read the Part One Transcript <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/10/07/kr-sridhar-transcript-of-fresh-dialogues-interview-part-one/">click here</a> By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Bloom Energy has been in stealth mode since 2003 and little has been released about the fuel cell company’s technology and timeline. KR Sridhar, CEO of Bloom Energy agreed to sit down with me to [...] alison van diggelen 06.20 kr sridhar, bloom, energy, interview, fuel cell, pricing, timeline, hype Guy Kawasaki: Venture Capital Insights http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/10/28/guy-kawasaki-venture-capital-insights/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/10/28/guy-kawasaki-venture-capital-insights/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:18:44 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=2788 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/10/28/guy-kawasaki-venture-capital-insights/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://freshdialogues.com/media/">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of <a href="http://freshdialogues.com/welcome/">Fresh Dialogues<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2225" title="Guy Kawasaki on Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/guy-kawasaki-lg.jpg" alt="Guy Kawasaki on Fresh Dialogues" width="150" height="98" /></a> This week, we feature an interview with Apple evangelist and venture capitalist at <a href="http://www.garage.com/">Garage Technology Ventures</a>, <a href="http://blog.guykawasaki.com/">Guy Kawasaki.</a> He shares his candid thoughts on the venture capital industry; the fragile economy and why he sees light at the end of the tunnel. On the stock market and VC investing “If you are investing in two people in a garage today, it doesn’t matter what the <a href="http://www.google.com/finance?client=ob&q=INDEXDJX:DJI">Dow Jones Industrial Average </a>is at all…if you say ‘the market is down so I’m not going to invest in a startup today,’ there’s something ass backward about that. It matters what it (the stockmarket) is in five years.” Is there light at the end of the tunnel? “There’s always light at the end of the tunnel because it’s cyclical. I don’t know how slow the earth is turning. ..It can’t be that we will always be in this funk. If you believe that there’s never going to be another IPO of a startup you should get out of the VC business.” On economic experts “These so called experts…if they are so frickin’ smart, how come they didn’t call the downturn?” On the sub-prime mortgage meltdown “How come so many smart people – all those MBAs, all those bankers, all of New York – were thinking, this is a good business? How can that be?” <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/guy-kawasaki-and-ali-sm.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1633" style="margin: 20px 20px 20px 0px;" title="Guy Kawasaki and Alison van Diggelen, Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/guy-kawasaki-and-ali-sm-300x294.jpg" alt="Guy Kawasaki and Alison van Diggelen, Fresh Dialogues" width="300" height="294" /></a>On the VC Model and Startups “I think the venture capital model is fundamentally broken, but for different reasons. It’s not the lack of exits. A series of forces: including open source, the recession - so there’s lots of people available for very low prices and cheaper commercial real estate…You can start a company for a lot less today than ever. Life is good in that sense. ..You really don’t need $2 million to build a prototype…I’m talking about a certain type of company…a web 2.0 content, social network something… I’m not talking about finding a cure for cancer.” Is Sand Hill Road’s supremacy under threat? “It’s an upward spiral because the <a href="http://silicon-valley.alltop.com/">best stuff </a>comes to Silicon Valley, so we invest in the best stuff, so it creates the best [...] By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues This week, we feature an interview with Apple evangelist and venture capitalist at Garage Technology Ventures, Guy Kawasaki. He shares his candid thoughts on the venture capital industry; the fragile [...] alison van Diggelen 9.50 guy kawasaki, vc, venture capital, insight, model, startup, sandhill Tom Friedman: Driving the Green Agenda http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/10/21/tom-friedman-driving-the-green-agenda/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/10/21/tom-friedman-driving-the-green-agenda/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:16:44 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=2738 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/10/21/tom-friedman-driving-the-green-agenda/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://freshdialogues.com/media/" target="_blank">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of Fresh Dialogues<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2462" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="Tom Friedman on Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Tom-Friedman-200x300.jpg" alt="Tom Friedman on Fresh Dialogues" width="200" height="300" /> <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/Tom-Friedman-part-2-green-agenda-final.mp3"></a> I caught up with Pulitzer Prize winner, <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/opinion/editorialsandoped/oped/columnists/thomaslfriedman/index.html" target="_blank">Tom Friedman</a>, at the Foothill College <a href="http://celebrityforum.net" target="_blank">Celebrity Forum </a>lecture series last month, where he delivered a spirited argument for why the United States must embrace a green economy. In this second part of our interview, we explore his part in driving the green agenda. This January, he took part in a <a href="http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Majority.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=b6d54a7e-802a-23ad-4017-9619a3322b3b&Region_id=&Issue_id=">congressional hearing</a> on green tech and economic recovery, sponsored by US Senator,<a href="http://boxer.senate.gov/"> Barbara Boxer</a>. We discuss his role in that; how he deals with critics; and why he enjoys daiquiris with New York Times colleague, <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/03/20/transcript-of-fresh-dialogues-with-maureen-dowd/">Maureen Dowd</a>. <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/09/16/tom-friedman-china-envy-explained/">Click here </a>for part one of the interview about his book, <a href="http://www.thomaslfriedman.com/bookshelf/hot-flat-and-crowded">Hot Flat, and Crowded</a>. On Friedman’s role in driving the green agenda I use my platform as a journalist to drive this agenda that I see as important… I see a lot of things that are very exciting happening – exploding really – on a kind of small scale, but they haven’t yet reached critical mass and when you’re talking about changing the climate, you are talking about critical mass. It hasn’t yet been translated into policy at scale. On his action at the <a href="http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Majority.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=b6d54a7e-802a-23ad-4017-9619a3322b3b&Region_id=&Issue_id=">Congressional level </a>in January It was an informal hearing, sponsored by Barbara Boxer, on climate and energy. <a href="http://www.ted.com/speakers/john_doerr.html">John (Doerr)</a> and I were the two main expert witnesses…No one intervention like that is going to be decisive, it takes many more…most of all from the President. On dealing with critics I think there’s a big audience for what I say and I don’t really pay attention to [...] By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues I caught up with Pulitzer Prize winner, Tom Friedman, at the Foothill College Celebrity Forum lecture series last month, where he delivered a spirited argument for why the United States must [...] alison van Diggelen 9.12 tom friedman, green, platform, agenda, interview, future of journalism David Chen: Government Catalyst for Green Tech http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/10/14/david-chen-government-catalyst-for-green-tech/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/10/14/david-chen-government-catalyst-for-green-tech/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:52:58 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=2718 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/10/14/david-chen-government-catalyst-for-green-tech/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/media/" target="_blank">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of Fresh Dialogues<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2724" style="margin: 15px 0px 15px 20px;" title="David Chen, Fresh Dialogues interview" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/david-chen-300x168.jpg" alt="David Chen, Fresh Dialogues interview" width="300" height="168" /> <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/David-Chen-part-one-final.mp3"></a> I caught up with David Chen, an executive director at <a href="http://www.morganstanley.com/" target="_blank">Morgan Stanley</a>, while attending the <a href="http://alwayson.goingon.com/" target="_blank">AlwaysOn</a> Going Green Conference 2009 in Sausalito. Chen, a specialist in the green tech investment sector, discussed the morale of investors; and why he’s expecting a bumpy ride ahead. He also explains the key differences between high tech and green tech business plans; and how the government plays a vital role as catalyst in the development and commercialization of the green economy. On the mood of investors “We’re coming out of a year of tough project finance and corporate finance opportunities…You don’t have the hype feel you had last time we were here; there was this frothy sense of exuberance…bubble making. Now people are a lot more realistic…(there is) cautious optimism.” (Note: last year’s conference coincided with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehman_Brothers" target="_blank">collapse of Lehman Brothers</a>) On the bumpy ride ahead “There’s a general sense in the broader capital markets that we’re set for a bumpy ride over the next 18-24 months. We’re not out of the woods yet in terms of fundamentals of the economy…That means a low growth expectation environment but low volatility…There’s good opportunity whether M&A or financing; you are looking for market stability and I think we’re going to have that.” On government stimulus: <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/09/23/tony-perkins-green-bubble-or-obama-bubble/" target="_blank">An Obama bubble</a>? “The government has done a great job of re-instilling confidence in the financial system. The government is a necessary catalyst for the clean tech industry, like it or not…Obama has done a phenomenal job.” (David Chen cites thin film solar manufacturer, <a href="http://solyndra.com/" target="_blank">Solyndra</a> as a good example of a company supported at a critical stage by $535 Million in <a href="http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/solyndra-secures-535m-in-federal-loan-guarantees-5924/" target="_blank">Federal loan guarantees</a>) On high tech and clean tech business plans – how they differ “The big problem in the clean tech market is, though it’s called ‘tech’ they’re really just large industrial markets, all of which will dwarf the overall IT sector…and these markets are fundamentally driven by the project finance [...] By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues I caught up with David Chen, an executive director at Morgan Stanley, while attending the AlwaysOn Going Green Conference 2009 in Sausalito. Chen, a specialist in the green tech investment sector, [...] Alison van Diggelen 11.02 david chen, clean tech, investment, interview, alison van Diggelen, fresh dialogues, solyndra, tesla KR Sridhar: Power to the People, with Bloom Energy http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/10/07/kr-sridhar-power-to-the-people-with-bloom-energy/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/10/07/kr-sridhar-power-to-the-people-with-bloom-energy/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:55:56 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=2661 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/10/07/kr-sridhar-power-to-the-people-with-bloom-energy/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://freshdialogues/welcome/" target="_blank">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of Fresh Dialogues<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2670" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="KR Sridhar, Bloom Energy - Fresh Dialogues interview" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/KR-Sridhar-head-shot--300x238.jpg" alt="KR Sridhar, Bloom Energy - Fresh Dialogues interview" width="300" height="238" /> <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/KR-Sridhar-Bloom-Energy-part-one-final.mp3"></a> <a href="http://www.bloomenergy.com/" target="_blank">Bloom Energy </a>CEO <a href="http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?author=236" target="_blank">KR Sridhar </a>is a man with a mission to change the world. A former NASA advisor who developed technologies to sustain life on Mars, this earnest scientist is now harnessing his visionary skills and a large team of engineers to solve the energy crisis. His ambitious goal? To revolutionize the energy industry, just like cell phones revolutionized the communications industry. His team is developing high efficiency fuel cells to provide a global distributed system of electricity supply at low cost. Although the company is still in stealth mode <a href="http://earth2tech.com/2009/02/25/bloom-energy-worth-145b-fuel-cell-maker-seeks-150m-series-f/" target="_blank">industry speculation </a>is rife about its future plans. KR agreed to discuss Bloom Energy’s progress in this exclusive Fresh Dialogues interview recorded on September 30, 2009. To read the interview transcript <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/10/07/kr-sridhar-transcript-of-fresh-dialogues-interview-part-one/" target="_blank">click here</a> Why is energy the focus of KR Sridhar’s mission? “Energy is a passport to a better living. For the rest of the world that doesn’t have access to power, to electricity; to give them that is empowering them to a better life. If your solution works and you make it affordable and you distribute it all over the world, then you have definitely changed the world….You give power to the people.” What’s in the Bloom Box? “It takes the chemical energy from the fuel and converts that to electrons with no in between conversion. So you are changing your currency only once. It’s an electro-chemical reaction..like a battery…but the big difference is it’s a power generator so you keep supplying the fuel in and you’ll keep getting the electrons out – most importantly without combustion. It’s a one step conversion… high efficiency…you burn less fuel – less greenhouse gases -and eliminate all the combustion related polluting gases.” What’s the link with transportation? “Transportation can potentially go in two directions in the future. One is a hydrogen infrastructure for the car, the other one is an electrical infrastructure for the car…plug-in hybrids…Our device can either produce the electricity that’ll charge the car or provide you hydrogen if the transportation becomes hydrogen based. So we’ve [...] By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Bloom Energy CEO KR Sridhar is a man with a mission to change the world. A former NASA advisor who developed technologies to sustain life on Mars, this earnest scientist is now harnessing his [...] Alison van Diggelen 17.32 kr sridhar, fresh dialogues, alison van diggelen, bloom energy, power, fuel cell Stuart Evans: Green Cement and Vinod Khosla http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/09/30/stuart-evans-green-cement-and-vinod-khosla/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/09/30/stuart-evans-green-cement-and-vinod-khosla/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:26:48 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=2630 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/09/30/stuart-evans-green-cement-and-vinod-khosla/feed/ 0 <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/IMG_1869.JPG"></a>By <a href="http://freshdialogues.com/welcome" target="_blank">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of Fresh Dialogues<a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Stuart-Evans-novacem1.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2637" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="Stuart Evans Fresh Dialogues interview" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Stuart-Evans-novacem1-298x300.jpg" alt="Stuart Evans Fresh Dialogues interview" width="298" height="300" /></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinod_Khosla" target="_blank">Vinod Khosla</a>, the green investment guru, was asked to name the company with the greatest chance of becoming the next Green Microsoft while onstage at the <a href="http://alwayson.goingon.com/ecom/productview/25332" target="_blank">GoingGreen Conference </a>in Sausalito. He declined to name his “<a href="http://cleantech.com/news/5016/has-calera-become-khoslas-favorite" target="_blank">favorite child</a>” but did praise <a href="http://calera.biz/" target="_blank">Calera</a>, the green cement maker he’s backing; and spoke about the huge potential growth in this sector. Since cement production creates 2.5 billion tons of CO2 annually, representing 5% of manmade sources, it offers great potential in both climate change impact and market opportunity. I caught up with <a href="http://www.novacem.com/team.php" target="_blank">Stuart Evans</a>, Chairman of <a href="http://www.novacem.com/" target="_blank">Novacem</a>, who shares Vinod’s bullishness about the market for green cement. This British entrepreneur has assembled a team from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_College_London" target="_blank">Imperial College</a>, London (he dubs it the MIT of the UK) and claims to have invented a carbon negative cement. How does Novacem technology differ from Calera’s? “The big play at Calera is that they want to go next to power stations to absorb the carbon dioxide there (<a href="http://fossil.energy.gov/sequestration/overview.html" target="_blank">carbon sequestration</a>)… We’re making cement without a carbonate based feedstock. Vinod was talking about his materials being used in aggregate applications; we’re really replacing Portland Cement…we’re in the same space, we’re not head to head…we’re possibly even complementary. Besides, in a 2.5 billion (volume/ $150Billion) market, there are room for a couple of players…” <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/IMG_1869.JPG"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2642" style="margin: 20px 20px 20px 0px;" title="Fresh Dialogues Interviews at GoingGreen Conference 2009" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/IMG_1869-300x168.jpg" alt="Fresh Dialogues Interviews at GoingGreen Conference 2009" width="300" height="168" [...] By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Vinod Khosla, the green investment guru, was asked to name the company with the greatest chance of becoming the next Green Microsoft while onstage at the GoingGreen Conference in Sausalito. He [...] alison van Diggelen 5.57 green cement, vinod khosla, fresh dialogues, alison van diggelen, novacem Tony Perkins: Green Bubble or Obama Bubble? http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/09/23/tony-perkins-green-bubble-or-obama-bubble/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/09/23/tony-perkins-green-bubble-or-obama-bubble/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:07:24 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=2518 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/09/23/tony-perkins-green-bubble-or-obama-bubble/feed/ 0 By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues<a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/tony-perkins-1.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2543" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="Tony Perkins Fresh Dialogues Interview 2009" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/tony-perkins-1-237x300.jpg" alt="Tony Perkins Fresh Dialogues Interview 2009" width="237" height="300" /></a> I caught up with <a href="http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?author=252" target="_blank">Tony Perkins</a>, founder of <a href="http://goinggreen.goingon.com/homepage" target="_blank">AlwaysOn</a> and <a href="http://www.redherring.com/" target="_blank">Red Herring </a>Magazine, just before he opened the third annual GoingGreen Conference in Sausalito, California. He agreed to talk for five minutes but well, we got talking…about what’s hot in the green sector, the downside of going green, and his thoughts on a Green bubble …and an Obama bubble. The online media pioneer also shared his predictions for 2010: citing online video as the highest growth area. On the power of the green economy “We’re probably on the steepest innovation curve we’ve ever seen and of course, it’s always the innovation driven companies that create the most growth in the economy and the most new jobs. It’s clear that the world is becoming more committed to being kinder and gentler to itself and that’s going to create a tremendous amount of entrepreneurial opportunities.” Predictions for 2010: the hot green sectors “Hopefully we’ll see a lot of new IPO activity, generally in the energy space. The solar space will continue to be the leading, more mature part of this world. Underneath that, water restoration is becoming a really big deal…The whole green movement has been moving aggressively into the building and materials space. Biofuels and nanotechnology will be a little more out on the horizon.” <img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2534" style="margin: 20px 20px 20px 0px;" title="Tony Perkins on Fresh Dialogues 2009" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Tony-Perkins-on-Fresh-Dialogues-20091-300x248.jpg" alt="Tony Perkins on Fresh Dialogues 2009" width="300" height="248" />On the downside of going green “A lot of industries are going to be destroyed by new ways of doing things over the Internet and by people turning away from old habits and moving into more green habits.” (e.g. the newspaper and auto industries) Predictions for 2010 – Online Media “You are going to continue to see an explosion in what we call open media (social media, blogging etc)…now it’s about creating and sharing content. I think online video is going to continue to be the highest growth area and of course the advertising world is going to have to wake up and say, ‘hey – newspaper, movies and TV are going to be a shadow of themselves when this is all over… so we need to start moving our ad dollars online.’ [...] By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues I caught up with Tony Perkins, founder of AlwaysOn and Red Herring Magazine, just before he opened the third annual GoingGreen Conference in Sausalito, California. He agreed to talk for five minutes [...] alison van Diggelen 8.50 tony perkins, alwayson, green, green bubble, obama bubble, fresh dialogues, alison van Diggelen, Tom Friedman: China Envy Explained http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/09/16/tom-friedman-china-envy-explained/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/09/16/tom-friedman-china-envy-explained/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:38:39 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=2461 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/09/16/tom-friedman-china-envy-explained/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://freshdialogues.com/welcome/" target="_blank">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of Fresh Dialogues<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2462" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="Tom Friedman on Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/Tom-Friedman-200x300.jpg" alt="Tom Friedman on Fresh Dialogues" width="200" height="300" /> Last week, I sat down with Pulitzer Prize winner, <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/opinion/editorialsandoped/oped/columnists/thomaslfriedman/index.html" target="_blank">Tom Friedman</a>, just before he delivered a lecture to an expectant Foothill College <a href="http://celebrityforum.net" target="_blank">Celebrity Forum </a>audience at the Flint Center in Silicon Valley. We discussed his bestselling book, <a href="http://www.thomaslfriedman.com/bookshelf/hot-flat-and-crowded" target="_blank">Hot, Flat, and Crowded</a> and why he thinks it’s imperative that the U.S. government jump-start the green economy. According to Tom, creating the right ecosystem is key: funding research, setting price signals and creating incentives to encourage green innovation. Tom admitted to some China envy in that regard. (see below or check out <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/09/18/tom-friedman-transcript-of-fresh-dialogues-interview/" target="_blank">the transcript</a>) On his motivations for writing “Hot, Flat, and Crowded” “My concern is about America…imagine if Microsoft were a French company; Google were a Chinese company…What would our standard of living be like? If Energy Technology (ET) is the next big thing, we need to be at the head of the line…By being big in the next big thing, we’ll be seen by the rest of the world as working on the most important problem in the world.” On the need for Energy Technology “Demand for clean energy, clean fuel and energy efficiency is clearly going to explode; it’s going to be the next great global industry. I know that as sure as I know that I’m sitting here at <a href="http://www.deanza.edu/vtour/" target="_blank">De Anza College </a>talking to you.” Why do we need government action? “Research needs to be funded, and that’s government’s role…(we need) really scale answers to clean energy and climate change.” <img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2480" style="margin: 20px 20px 20px 0px;" title="Tom Friedman and Alison van Diggelen, Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/TomFriedman-and-Ali-cropped-300x248.jpg" alt="Tom Friedman and Alison van Diggelen, Fresh Dialogues" width="300" height="248" />Why Tom says: ‘Change your leaders not your light bulbs’ “(We need) people who can write the rules, set the taxes, incentives…people who are really committed to launching the ecosystem of green [...] By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Last week, I sat down with Pulitzer Prize winner, Tom Friedman, just before he delivered a lecture to an expectant Foothill College Celebrity Forum audience at the Flint Center in Silicon [...] alison van diggelen 6.57 tom friedman, green innovation, energy technology, china envy, fresh dialogues, alison van diggelen Linda Holroyd: Green investment no longer frilly http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/09/09/linda-holroyd/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/09/09/linda-holroyd/#comments Wed, 09 Sep 2009 12:44:54 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=2440 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/09/09/linda-holroyd/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://freshdialogues.com/welcome/" target="_blank">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of Fresh Dialogues<a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/linda-holroyd-400.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1142" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="Fresh Dialogues with Linda Holroyd" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/linda-holroyd-400-272x300.jpg" alt="Fresh Dialogues with Linda Holroyd" width="272" height="300" /></a> Earlier this year, I met with <a href="http://www.fountainblue.biz/aboutus/management.html" target="_blank">Linda Holroyd</a>, CEO of <a href="http://fountainblue.biz" target="_blank">FountainBlue</a>, a Silicon Valley based forum that brings together top experts and entrepreneurs in green tech. We discussed why her company is thriving because of the down economy; and why she has faith in the resiliency of green tech. Given that oil and gas prices have tumbled, is there still a pressing case for clean energy and green tech investment? We discuss: The mood of FountainBlue’s <a href="http://www.fountainblue.biz/cleanenergy.html" target="_blank">clean energy group</a> Her expectations for President <a href="http://www.biography.com/featured-biography/barack-obama/index.jsp" target="_blank">Barack Obama’s </a> <a href="http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1870575,00.html" target="_blank">stimulus package</a> and her advice to our president. What local VCs like <a href="http://www.kpcb.com/team/index.php?John%20Doerr" target="_blank">John Doerr </a>of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers and authors like <a href="http://www.thomaslfriedman.com/about-the-author" target="_blank">Thomas Friedman </a>are doing to <a href="http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Majority.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=8e3f53be-802a-23ad-44dc-b0db4189524a&IsPrint=true" target="_blank">green the minds </a>of Washington DC On investing in Green Energy “There are a lot of people with a lot of money and they don’t know what to invest in. I think clean green is a good option. …Previous investments were kind of ’frilly’ …but the learnings from the last decade of investments will serve us well.” The Stimulus Package – why should the Federal Government be involved in green energy? “We need to invest in our infrastructure… clean green investments will create jobs. It’s more about R&D than kickbacks for individuals or organizations…you want to incentivize the R&D so that more companies can sell and make larger margins.” On Linda’s impetus for founding FountainBlue in 2006 “Being fed up with the bozos in charge…incompetent people who don’t have the integrity to lead well. I knew a lot of competent people with great integrity and I wanted to create a community to help them to succeed and start new companies.” Why her company thrives [...] By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Earlier this year, I met with Linda Holroyd, CEO of FountainBlue, a Silicon Valley based forum that brings together top experts and entrepreneurs in green tech. We discussed why her company is [...] alison van Diggelen 7.39 LINDA HOLROYD, alison van diggelen, freshdialogues, silicon valley, green, fountainblue, clean energy Maureen Dowd: Obama, Camus and a Cocktail Waitress http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/09/02/maureen-dowd-obama-camus-and-a-cocktail-waitress/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/09/02/maureen-dowd-obama-camus-and-a-cocktail-waitress/#comments Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:00:50 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=2428 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/09/02/maureen-dowd-obama-camus-and-a-cocktail-waitress/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://freshdialogues.com/welcome/">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of Fresh Dialogues<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1536" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="Maureen Dowd on Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/maureen-dowd-green-300x257.jpg" alt="Maureen Dowd on Fresh Dialogues" width="300" height="257" /><a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/maureen-dowd.jpg"></a> In this interview with Pulitzer Prize winning columnist, <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/opinion/editorialsandoped/oped/columnists/maureendowd/index.html" target="_blank">Maureen Dowd</a>, we discuss her unique take on the Obamas; what Barack’s pop culture preferences reveal about him; and how Michelle is embracing the First Lady role in a refreshing way. Maureen explains her saucy writing style, who inspires her and she reveals her radical Plan B: if the future of journalism isn’t as rosy as she anticipates. She’s been described as “The Queen of Snark” – what’s her reaction? “I prefer the word saucy to snarky. It’s more just irreverence. An inspiration for me was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Swift" target="_blank">Jonathan Swift</a>…he wrote about abuses of power in England. ..I think humor is a great way to get across hard truths sometimes. That’s what I’m aiming for.” On Barack Obama’s desire to avoid the Angry Black Man stereotype “He’s like a Camus character…he’s very Zen-like…Any morning I expect to turn on the TV and see him teaching the nation yoga and meditation.” On the Obama Presidency “It’s a fun time in history to actually be able to cover the first African American President and First Lady. Sometimes we lose sight of the amazingness of it because Obama doesn’t stress it.” On being denied interviews “I don’t think it’s a gender thing…they’re a little afraid I’ll be a little acerbic. It’s just my style versus a more earnest style that they’re more comfortable with.” On being described as ‘hot, irresistable to men, bewitching and intimidating.’ “I haven’t heard about any of this, but I’m flattered.” This interview was recorded at the Fairmont Hotel in Silicon Valley on April 2, 2009. To hear more Fresh Dialogues interviews with Maureen <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/04/03/maureen-dowd-talks-green/" target="_blank">click here</a>, or for a transcript <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/03/20/transcript-of-fresh-dialogues-with-maureen-dowd/" target="_blank">click here</a> By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues In this interview with Pulitzer Prize winning columnist, Maureen Dowd, we discuss her unique take on the Obamas; what Barack’s pop culture preferences reveal about him; and how Michelle is embracing [...] alison van Diggelen maureen dowd,fresh dialogues, alison van diggelen, michelle obama, zen, cocktail waitress, snark Guy Kawasaki: Prius are Ugly http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/08/26/guy-kawasaki-prius-are-ugly/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/08/26/guy-kawasaki-prius-are-ugly/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:24:14 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=2417 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/08/26/guy-kawasaki-prius-are-ugly/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://freshdialogues.com/welcome/" target="_blank">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of Fresh Dialogues<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2225" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="Guy Kawasaki on Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/guy-kawasaki-lg.jpg" alt="Guy Kawasaki on Fresh Dialogues" width="150" height="98" /> Apple evangelist and venture capitalist, <a href="http://blog.guykawasaki.com/" target="_blank">Guy Kawasaki </a>discusses the aesthetics of hybrid cars, <a href="http://teslamotors.com" target="_blank">Tesla Motors</a>, and nuclear power. He also delivers a very memorable lesson about keeping on the good side of the media in this Fresh Dialogues interview. While discussing the relative merits of his <a href="http://www.audiusa.com/us/brand/en/models/r8.html" target="_blank">Audi R8 </a>and a <a href="http://www.toyota.com/prius-hybrid/" target="_blank">Toyota Prius </a>hybrid, he lets his candid attitude prevail, and calls the Prius “ugly.” “So I just insulted the interviewer?” Guy Kawasaki Listen to this interview and find out how Guy tries to redeem himself. “Maybe I’m too insecure to drive an ugly car and you’re not.” Guy Kawasaki On Tesla Motors “I’ve no desire on a Tesla… along the lines of the Kindle… it’s just one more thing to get charged every day, right? You’re just pushing me over the edge.” On nuclear power “I think nuclear power is something we should explore…yeah I know about <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Mile_Island_accident" target="_blank">Three Mile Island </a>and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_disaster" target="_blank">Chernobyl</a>, but every car out there is killing us too.” The interview was recorded at Guy’s <a href="http://www.garage.com/" target="_blank">Garage Technology Ventures </a>office in downtown Palo Alto on April 8, 2009. For more interviews with Guy, <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/06/24/guy-kawasaki-talks-kindle/" target="_blank">click here</a> By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Apple evangelist and venture capitalist, Guy Kawasaki discusses the aesthetics of hybrid cars, Tesla Motors, and nuclear power. He also delivers a very memorable lesson about keeping on the good side [...] alison van Diggelen 3.34 guy kawasaki, interview, alison van diggelen, fresh dialogues, prius, ugly Lena Wilson: Scotland’s Low Carbon Ambition http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/08/19/lena-wilson-scotlands-low-carbon-ambition/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/08/19/lena-wilson-scotlands-low-carbon-ambition/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:32:23 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=2390 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/08/19/lena-wilson-scotlands-low-carbon-ambition/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://freshdialogues.com/welcome/" target="_blank">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of Fresh Dialogues<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2394" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="Lena Wilson on Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/lena-wilson-216x300.jpg" alt="Lena Wilson on Fresh Dialogues" width="216" height="300" /> <a href="http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4156/is_20080601/ai_n25502522/" target="_blank">Lena Wilson </a>has been described as one of the most powerful women in Scotland. She’s CEO of both <a href="http://www.scottish-enterprise.com/about-us" target="_blank">Scottish Enterprise </a>and <a href="http://www.sdi.co.uk/Export/about_us.aspx" target="_blank">Scottish Development International</a>, two publicly funded organizations focused on stimulating sustainable growth in Scotland. The country has an ambitious target to provide 50% of its energy from renewable sources by 2020. I caught up with Lena on a recent trip to Scotland and discussed her role as “Scotland’s chief salesperson.” She explained the political will for its energy targets and described the green strategy: focus on a low carbon future and leverage Scotland’s natural advantages: 25% of Europe’s wind and wave power potential, cool climate; infrastructure and research strengths. On Scotland’s value proposition “Scotland has moved significantly up the value chain. It isn’t about cheap assembly plants anymore…Scotland has natural assets, talent, a business infrastructure and science base that can make it the most competitive business location for R & D.” Who is the Al Gore of Scotland? Is it First Minister, Alex Salmond? “I don’t know if Alex Salmond would like to be known as the Al Gore of Scotland; but he is absolutely the champion for a low carbon Scotland. That passion absolutely infects everyone else.” <img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2401" style="margin: 20px 20px 20px 0px;" title="Lena Wilson Fresh Dialogues Interview" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/lena-wilson-aug-092-300x168.jpg" alt="Lena Wilson Fresh Dialogues Interview" width="300" height="168" />On the political will for Scotland’s ambitious 50% renewable energy goal “Politically we have a government that is very committed to a low carbon Scotland. It pervades through the whole economic strategy.” On public attitudes to wind turbines and green policies “There are lots of debates about the visible statement of green…but in Scotland, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitelee_Wind_Farm" target="_blank">Whitelees</a> is Europe’s biggest wind farm and a local gentleman in his 70’s admitted it was going to take a bit of getting used to but said ‘I’m very proud that we’re doing this.’ I think the NIMBY mentality is going… I think it’s a popular agenda. ” On Lena’s green [...] By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Lena Wilson has been described as one of the most powerful women in Scotland. She’s CEO of both Scottish Enterprise and Scottish Development International, two publicly funded organizations focused [...] alison van Diggelen 9.57 scotland fresh dialogues lena wilson sdi scottish enterprise green renewable energy windpower Michael Krasny: Why Green Forums Matter http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/08/12/michael-krasny-why-green-forums-matter/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/08/12/michael-krasny-why-green-forums-matter/#comments Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:59:02 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=2371 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/08/12/michael-krasny-why-green-forums-matter/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://freshdialogues.com/welcome/" target="_blank">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of Fresh Dialogues<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1701" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="Michael Krasny on Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/krasny-lg-300x213.jpg" alt="Michael Krasny on Fresh Dialogues" width="300" height="213" /> Earlier this year, I had the chance to turn the tables on celebrated <a href="http://www.kqed.org/radio/programs/forum/" target="_blank">Forum</a> Host, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Krasny_(talk_show_host)" target="_blank">Michael Krasny</a>, and interview him for Fresh Dialogues. He was surprisingly candid about how how he fights feelings of inadequacy and is driven to prepare thoroughly for each interview. The focus of this segment is the environment and why he has cause for optimism. He explains why he regularly chooses green topics for Forum and sees organizations like <a href="http://www.sustainablesiliconvalley.org/" target="_blank">Sustainable Silicon Valley </a>as providing good models for bringing businesses, government and NGOs together to create a greener future. On carbon footprints “I meet people in the corporate sector and they’re really genuinely, passionately concerned about the environment and want to be good corporate citizens and want to…do whatever they can to bring down the carbon footprint.” On hypocracy and reasons for optimism “There’s a lot of hypocracy out there in both the political and business world…those who don’t exactly see the green revolution as anything other than too much government control…I’m encouraged though on environmental issues…particularly because I see a lot of young people who care about the environment.” On smart growth and forums “What they do in Holland is exemplory. They have business interests, environmentalist interests, government interests actually sit down and look at what they can do to bring about common consensus and move forward progressively…. There really has to be a coming together.” On doing more – like becoming a vegetatarian or riding a bike - to reduce his carbon footprint “I know it’s better for the environment. I know all these things deep in my bones…is it hypocritical that I know them and can’t act on them? I don’t know. It’s something that I wrestle with.” To hear more Fresh Dialogues with Michael Krasny – on how he expunged his bad boy reputation to become a top public radio host - <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/05/01/michael-krasny-how-he-became-a-top-npr-host/" target="_blank">click here</a> The interview was recorded on April 21st, 2009 at the KQED Studios in San Francisco. By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Earlier this year, I had the chance to turn the tables on celebrated Forum Host, Michael Krasny, and interview him for Fresh Dialogues. He was surprisingly candid about how how he fights feelings of [...] alison van Diggelen 10.52 michael krasny, interview, green, environment, fresh dialogues, alison van diggelen, gavin newsom Rob Lamkin: Why Solar is the Solution http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/08/05/rob-lamkin-why-solar-is-the-solution/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/08/05/rob-lamkin-why-solar-is-the-solution/#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:54:42 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=2297 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/08/05/rob-lamkin-why-solar-is-the-solution/feed/ 0 By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1380" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="Rob Lamkin, Cool Earth Solar on Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/rob-lamkin-cool-earth-solar-sm-237x300.jpg" alt="Rob Lamkin, Cool Earth Solar on Fresh Dialogues" width="237" height="300" /> Here are the highlights of my discussion with Rob Lamkin, CEO of <a href="http://coolearthsolar.com/" target="_blank">Cool Earth Solar</a>, a concentrated photovoltaic startup based in Livermore. Why is solar the solution to global warming and energy security? “Solar energy is the only thing we have in near enough abundance to solve the energy problems we have.” On hiring new team members Technical skills are not enough, passion for clean energy is a prerequisite. “Passion is a filter for us.” On wind power “These windmills you can see on this hillside behind you; I look at them and see beauty…they’re displacing the need to burn more fossil fuels, build power plants.” This interview features highlights from an interview recorded on January 28, 2009. To listen to the full interview, <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/03/13/cool-earth-solar/" target="_blank">click here</a> By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Here are the highlights of my discussion with Rob Lamkin, CEO of Cool Earth Solar, a concentrated photovoltaic startup based in Livermore. Why is solar the solution to global warming and energy [...] Alison van Diggelen 3.58 rob lamkin, cool earth solar, alison van Diggelen, fresh dialogues, green, solar, hiring, passion Adam Jackson: How Twitter is Going Green http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/07/29/adam-jackson-how-twitter-is-going-green/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/07/29/adam-jackson-how-twitter-is-going-green/#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:06:32 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=2286 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/07/29/adam-jackson-how-twitter-is-going-green/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://freshdialogues.com/welcome/" target="_blank">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of Fresh Dialogues<a href="http://www.laughingsquid.com"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2288" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="Adam Jackson on Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/adam-jackson.jpg" alt="Adam Jackson on Fresh Dialogues" width="333" height="500" /></a> I caught up with Twitter officianado, <a href="http://adam-jackson.net/Welcome/Welcome.html" target="_blank">Adam Jackson </a>at <a href="http://sdforum.org/teens09" target="_blank">SDForum’s</a> Teens Plugged in Conference. He talks about how Twitter is going green and how his new book, <a href="http://140characters.com" target="_blank">140 Characters</a>, a style guide to Twitter, will be released as an iPhone App – a greener and cheaper option than a traditional book. On Twitter’s green credentials “If you use Skype to have a conversation instead of flying across the country, you’ve saved money and saved the environment.” On his book, <a href="http://140characters.com" target="_blank">140 Characters</a> “I think a lot of our sales will come from the $4 for a virtual app….its selling point is that it comes instantly … but it’s also a great thing for the earth.” “It tells you how to post links to get the most clicks.” On his upcoming book #2 “The other one I can’t talk about yet…but it’s about status updates for MySpace and Facebook. The subtitle is ‘How a social media nobody changed the world with just the status update.’” To listen to Adam talk about how to become a green influencer, <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/05/19/adam-jackson-how-to-become-a-green-influencer/" target="_blank">click here</a> Adam blogged about his Fresh Dialogues experience <a href="http://blog.adam-jackson.net/2009/05/19/interviewed-on-fresh-dialogues/" target="_blank">here</a> This interview was recorded on May 13, 2009 at HP Auditorium in Palo Alto By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues I caught up with Twitter officianado, Adam Jackson at SDForum’s Teens Plugged in Conference. He talks about how Twitter is going green and how his new book, 140 Characters, a style guide to Twitter, [...] Alison van Diggelen 3.09 twitter, fresh dialogues, adam jackson, alison van Diggelen, green, interview Elise Zoli: Government’s role in Clean Tech http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/07/22/elise-zoli-governments-role-in-clean-tech/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/07/22/elise-zoli-governments-role-in-clean-tech/#comments Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:10:29 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=2359 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/07/22/elise-zoli-governments-role-in-clean-tech/feed/ 0 <div id="attachment_2362" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 235px"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2362" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="Elise Zoli holding the Waxman Markey Bill she helped to write" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/elise-zoli-225x300.jpg" alt="elise-zoli" width="225" height="300" />Elise Zoli holding the Waxman Markey Bill she helped to write</div> By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues I caught up with <a href="http://www.goodwinprocter.com/People/Zoli%20-%20Elise.aspx" target="_blank">Elise Zoli </a>at <a href="http://www.fountainblue.biz/" target="_blank">FountainBlue’s </a>Forum on Clean Green Transportation this month. Elise is a Boston based partner with law firm, <a href="http://www.goodwinprocter.com/OurFirm.aspx" target="_blank">Goodwin Procter</a>, but is a frequently in Silicon Valley to serve her local clients. She specializes in energy, climate change and clean tech law. We discussed: Government - Its role as the Grinch and Santa Claus “The Grinch side is limiting traditional industry and allowing new sectors, new technologies to emerge…with emissions standards, fuel tax…The Santa Claus side - direct funding – grants, loans, loan guarantees, tax subsidies…make a more favorable environment for emerging companies.” On getting a slice of the stimulus package $16.8 Billion allocated to clean tech “It’s a bit like the Nobel Prize where you get it once you’re already successful… Some of the companies that actually are going to receive stimulus funds are companies that probably would have succeeded of themselves…those that can make a difference tomorrow in the economy.” On her contribution to the Waxman Markey Climate Change Bill Creating regional innovations hubs: public-private partnerships for innovation, modeled after the <a href="http://web.mit.edu/deshpandecenter/" target="_blank">MIT’s Dashponde Center</a> <img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2361" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 20px;" title="FountainBlue Panel on Green Transportation July 09" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/img_0724-300x168.jpg" alt="FountainBlue Panel on Green Transportation July 09" width="300" height="168" />This is part one of my interview with Elise Zoli. Check back soon for Part Two when Elise describes two hot areas to watch in clean tech and why she wants to redefine the term energy storage, because it’s “not sexy.” Her new expression? Dispatchable renewable power. The interview was recorded at the the FountainBlue Forum, Silicon Valley Bank, Santa Clara on July 6, 2009. By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues I caught up with Elise Zoli at FountainBlue’s Forum on Clean Green Transportation this month. Elise is a Boston based partner with law firm, Goodwin Procter, but is a frequently in Silicon Valley [...] alison van Diggelen 08.12 elise zoli. stimulus package, clean tech, green, interview, alison van Diggelen, fresh dialogues Kevin Surace: Building Climate Change Solutions http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/07/15/kevin-surace-building-climate-change-solutions/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/07/15/kevin-surace-building-climate-change-solutions/#comments Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:42:37 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=2340 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/07/15/kevin-surace-building-climate-change-solutions/feed/ 0 By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2344" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="Kevin Surace on Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/kevin-surace.jpg" alt="Kevin Surace on Fresh Dialogues" width="150" height="205" /> <a href="http://www.seriousmaterials.com/html/ksurace.html" target="_blank">Kevin Surace </a>is serious about tackling global warming and argues that producing energy saving building materials can go a long way to cutting down CO2 emissions and reducing energy consumption in the United States. He’s CEO of <a href="http://seriousmaterials.com" target="_blank">Serious Materials</a>, a Sunnyvale based maker of eco drywall, windows and other building materials; and frequent <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_surace_fixing_drywall_to_heal_the_planet.html" target="_blank">speaker</a> * on global warming and the built environment. *His <a href="http://www.ted.com/" target="_blank">TED</a> speech is worth checking out. We discussed the influence of Al Gore’s <a href="http://www.climatecrisis.net/" target="_blank">An Inconvenient Truth </a>in helping create a market for green products; the pace of global warming; and whether consumers are willing to pay a premium for green. Kevin outlined how his company uses new media to get its message out and why his company is growing rapidly, despite the shrinking economy. On how climate awareness grew in 2005 “By 2005, there was much more awareness of the climate change issue, but even clean tech wasn’t a term before that. By 2005, the climate issue had come to the front of minds: on scientists’ minds, at the United Nations, in the world.” On the relative importance of buildings vs. cars in CO2 emissions <a href="http://www.ted.com/talks/kevin_surace_fixing_drywall_to_heal_the_planet.html" target="_blank">Kevin argues </a>that residential and commercial buildings account for the largest proportion of CO2 emissions (52% of world emissions for buildings and their operations) compared to passanger cars which only make up only 9% of world CO2 emissions. On the influence of An Inconvenient Truth “It allowed the American public to get the story in a way they never got it before and that’s when I could step back and say: there’s an opportunity here to actually make a difference.” On the pace of global warming “When you look at the raw data, everything’s happening five or ten times faster than the <a href="http://www.ipcc.ch/" target="_blank">IPCC</a> (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) said it was going to. So this is extremely scary and wakes you up.” Are consumers willing to pay a premium for green? “I don’t think they’ll ever be willing to pay a premium. That’s been our thinking from Day One.” The interview was recorded on June 30, 2009 at Serious [...] By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Kevin Surace is serious about tackling global warming and argues that producing energy saving building materials can go a long way to cutting down CO2 emissions and reducing energy consumption in the [...] alison van Diggelen 12.47 kevin surace, serious materials, green, interview, alison van diggelen, fresh dialogues Judy Estrin: Closing the green innovation gap http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/07/08/judy-estrin-closing-the-green-innovation-gap/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/07/08/judy-estrin-closing-the-green-innovation-gap/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:59:50 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=2311 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/07/08/judy-estrin-closing-the-green-innovation-gap/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://freshdialogues.com/welcome/" target="_blank">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of Fresh Dialogues<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2314" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="Judy Estrin on Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/judy-estrin-photo-200x300.jpg" alt="Judy Estrin on Fresh Dialogues" width="200" height="300" /> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Estrin" target="_blank">Judy Estrin </a>is an influential tech entrepreneur, <a href="http://www.jlabsllc.com/" target="_blank">CEO of JLabs</a>, and author of <a href="http://www.theinnovationgap.com/" target="_blank">Closing the Innovation Gap</a>. I caught up with her at <a href="http://sdforum.org" target="_blank">SD Forum’s </a>12th annual Visionary Awards in Atherton, where she was one of four recipients. We talked about whether clean energy solutions can save the planet; the importance of new innovation in revitalizing the economy; and the role of government in making it happen. “For an industry to take off, you need a grand challenge, or a grand problem that needs to be solved and you need research and scientific discovery…In the area of clean energy, it’s a problem that must be solved and it’s very broad in nature.” Can clean energy save the planet? “The real question is: will we as a people, our government as leaders, and will our business leaders all have the courage and commitment to understand that along with new technologies and forms of energy has to come behavioral change? It’s not just about inventing something new, it’s going to take change from everybody.” <img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2318" style="margin: 20px 20px 20px 0px;" title="Judy Estrin at the SD Forum Visionary Awards 2009, Atherton" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/judy-estrid-300x168.jpg" alt="Judy Estrin at the SD Forum Visionary Awards 2009, Atherton" width="300" height="168" />Should the government be doing more? “The government’s role should be funding research, using the bully pulpitto rally people around the new industry. I do not believe the government should pick winners, but it needs to evaluate policy… encourage the behavioral change that needs to happen.” On behavioral change “Corporations need to look at how they’re using energy. Do you need the air conditioning on all the time? Do you need the lights? ?” What are the ingredients of a healthy and sustainable innovation ecosystem? Research, commercialization, and a willingness to take risk. “Real sustainable innovation and a foundation of growth takes time. We’re going to have to try a number of different things. There are a number of industries that over time will provide the growth to reinvigorate the economy ..including clean energy.” “Clean energy won’t just drive new products; it’ll drive [...] By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Judy Estrin is an influential tech entrepreneur, CEO of JLabs, and author of Closing the Innovation Gap. I caught up with her at SD Forum’s 12th annual Visionary Awards in Atherton, where she [...] alison van Diggelen 8.36 judy estrin, visionary, alison van diggelen, fresh dialogues, interview, clean energy, innovation Mayor Chuck Reed: Green City but not Top 10 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/07/07/mayor-chuck-reed/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/07/07/mayor-chuck-reed/#comments Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:26:40 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=2304 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/07/07/mayor-chuck-reed/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://freshdialogues.com/welcome/" target="_blank">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of Fresh Dialogues<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2305" title="Mayor Chuck Reed at SDForum Visionary Awards, Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/the-green-mayor-300x168.jpg" alt="Mayor Chuck Reed at SDForum Visionary Awards, Fresh Dialogues" width="300" height="168" /> <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/chuck-reed-fgm.mp3"></a> Our Green Mayor was in fine form at <a href="http://sdforum.org" target="_blank">SD Forum’s </a>Visionary Awards on June 25th. He made a convincing pitch about why innovators and visionaries should locate in San Jose. In this photo, he’s pointing out his <a href="http://www.sanjoseca.gov/greenvision/" target="_blank">Economic Development team </a>to the high profile crowd gathered in Atherton; but I think the subliminal message is: WE NEED YOU! Chuck’s team is working hard to encourage innnovation in San Jose, yet San Jose didn’t make the <a href="http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/travel/photos/top-10-green-us-cities/12291" target="_blank">top ten Green Cities</a> in the U.S. this year, as ranked by Mother Nature Network. Why not? Are these other cities, like Portland (#1) and San Francisco (#2) really doing more, or are they just talking louder about their green achievements? Perhaps San Jose needs an ‘artist in residence at its recycling facilities’ like Mayor Newsom has in San Francisco? In this Fresh Green Minute highlight, the mayor outlines why a little clean tech startup from, say Kansas, should relocate to San Jose. <img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2326" style="margin: 20px 20px 20px 0px;" title="Susan Lucas Conwell, SD Forum CEO, Visionary Awards 2009" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/susan-on-stage1-300x168.jpg" alt="Susan Lucas Conwell, SD Forum CEO, Visionary Awards 2009" width="300" height="168" />Of course, the Green Mayor can only be delighted about Tesla’s recent <a href="http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2009/06/23/federal-loan-tesla-electric-sedan" target="_blank">announcement</a> that it secured a $465 Million Federal loan. That news puts the proposed – then shelved – transmission plant in San Jose potentially back on the table. The interview was recorded on November 7, 2008 at City Hall. To listen to more Fresh Dialogues with Chuck Reed, <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/11/11/chuck-reed-californias-green-mayor-welcomes-obamas-green-tech-focus/" target="_blank">click here</a> By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Our Green Mayor was in fine form at SD Forum’s Visionary Awards on June 25th. He made a convincing pitch about why innovators and visionaries should locate in San Jose. In this photo, [...] alison van Diggelen 2.02 mayor chuck reed, green mayor, alison van Diggelen, fresh Dialogues, interview, clean tech. locate in Silicon Valley Vinod Khosla: Passion for green tech http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/07/01/vinod-khosla-passion-for-green-tech/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/07/01/vinod-khosla-passion-for-green-tech/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:38:21 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=2248 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/07/01/vinod-khosla-passion-for-green-tech/feed/ 0 By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2255" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="Vinod Khosla on Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/vinod-khosla-lg.jpg" alt="Vinod Khosla on Fresh Dialogues" width="93" height="138" /> I caught up with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinod_Khosla" target="_blank">Vinod Khosla </a>at <a href="http://sdforum.org" target="_blank">SD Forum’s </a>Visionary Awards. In this exclusive interview, Vinod, a pioneer in clean tech investment, describes how in 2000, he started “looking for something new, something difficult and something large to invest in.” He found his first clean tech investment in <a href="http://bloomenergy.com" target="_blank">Bloom Energy</a> and has since gone on to invest and nurture dozens of clean tech businesses including <a href="http://www.ausra.com.au/" target="_blank">Ausra</a>, <a href="http://www.altarockenergy.com" target="_blank">AltaRock</a> and <a href="http://www.stion.com/" target="_blank">Stion</a> <a href="http://ecorner.stanford.edu/authorMaterialInfo.html?author=236" target="_blank">KR Sridhar </a>of <a href="http://bloomenergy.com" target="_blank">Bloom Energy </a>introduced Vinod by saying: “We all need to root for his success, because his success is this planet’s success.” And Vinod’s recipe for success? The freedom to fail. “The Silicon Valley ecosystem allows me to fail…you get more shots at goal.” Vinod Khosla <img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2249" style="margin: 20px 20px 20px 0px;" title="Vinod Khosla on Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/vinod-and-alison-300x168.jpg" alt="Vinod Khosla on Fresh Dialogues" width="300" height="168" />He’s been described as a “risk junky” but Vinod describes his successful formula thus: ”we muddle through until we find the right answer.” But was Vinod’s motivation to save the planet, ensure energy independence or was it purely economic? This question and many more are discussed during this seven minute interview, including his views on a clean tech bubble, biofuels and nurturing entrepreneurs. I also interviewed the smart and articulate Visionary Award winner <a href="http://www.theinnovationgap.com/" target="_blank">Judy Estrin</a>. Check back soon for that Fresh Dialogues interview. Excellent discussions also with her fellow Visionary, <a href="http://www.koplovitz.com/" target="_blank">Kay Koplovitz </a>; <a href="http://www.businessweek.com" target="_blank">Business Week </a>bureau manager, Robert Hof; & Silicon Valley Watcher, <a href="http://www.siliconvalleywatcher.com/" target="_blank">Tom Foremski</a>, who has a <a [...] By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues I caught up with Vinod Khosla at SD Forum’s Visionary Awards. In this exclusive interview, Vinod, a pioneer in clean tech investment, describes how in 2000, he started “looking for something new, [...] Alison van Diggelen 7.37 fresh dialogues, alison van diggelen, interview, vinod khosla, green, solar, energy, global warming Martin Sheen: Our responsibility to future generations http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/06/30/martin-sheen-our-responsibility-to-future-generations/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/06/30/martin-sheen-our-responsibility-to-future-generations/#comments Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:41:30 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=2236 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/06/30/martin-sheen-our-responsibility-to-future-generations/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://freshdialogues.com/welcome/" target="_blank">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of Fresh Dialogues<a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/martin-sheen-fresh-dialogues-pres.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-974" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="Martin Sheen on Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/martin-sheen-fresh-dialogues-pres-243x300.jpg" alt="Martin Sheen on Fresh Dialogues" width="243" height="300" /></a> I talked to acclaimed actor and activist, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Sheen" target="_blank">Martin Sheen </a>about how he chooses which causes to support and why he thinks we all have a responsibility to do something about the environment. His views are especially topical today in light of the historic Climate Change Bill that went to the House last week . Although the vote passed, 212 representatives voted no; something <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/29/opinion/29krugman.html" target="_blank">Paul Krugman describes </a>as treason against our planet. After speaking with Martin Sheen, I think he’d also agree with that description. “We have to be aware of our responsibility to future generations…he who hath offspring giveth hostages to the future. Well I’ve given children and grandchildren, so they own that future.” <img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-883" style="margin: 20px 20px 20px 0px;" title="Fresh Dialogues with Martin Sheen" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/fresh-dialogues-with-martin-sheen-240-x-207.jpg" alt="Fresh Dialogues with Martin Sheen" width="240" height="208" />On getting the green message out, does he think we should leave it all to Al Gore? “It’s incumbent on all of us to share as much information and DO as much as we can.” Martin Sheen The interview was recorded at the Flint Center in Cupertino, on November 19, 2008 For the full interview, <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/11/25/martin-sheen-the-activist-and-actor/" target="_blank">click here</a> By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues I talked to acclaimed actor and activist, Martin Sheen about how he chooses which causes to support and why he thinks we all have a responsibility to do something about the environment. His views [...] Alison van Diggelen 2.06 martin sheen, green, environment, interview, fresh dialogues, al gore, alison van diggelen Guy Kawasaki talks Kindle http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/06/24/guy-kawasaki-talks-kindle/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/06/24/guy-kawasaki-talks-kindle/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:45:30 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=2221 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/06/24/guy-kawasaki-talks-kindle/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://freshdialogues.com/welcome/" target="_blank">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of Fresh Dialogues<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2225" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="Guy Kawasaki on Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/guy-kawasaki-lg.jpg" alt="Guy Kawasaki on Fresh Dialogues" width="150" height="98" /> I talked to <a href="http://alltop.com" target="_blank">Alltop</a> cofounder, <a href="http://blog.guykawasaki.com/" target="_blank">Guy Kawasaki </a>at his Garage Technology Partners office in downtown Palo Alto and we discussed <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Kindle" target="_blank">Amazon’s Kindle</a>. Although he’s not yet a Kindle user, he can see the attraction to users, especially for reference books. What would persuade him to use a Kindle? “I don’t use a Kindle because I have to keep so many things charged in my life. I prefer when I travel not to have to carry 15 lbs of extension cords and adaptors.” “I do believe these things will take off. Will they eliminate books? I don’t think so, not in my lifetime.” Guy Kawasaki <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/guy-kawasaki-and-ali-sm.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1633" style="margin: 20px 20px 0px;" title="Guy Kawasaki and Alison van Diggelen, Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/guy-kawasaki-and-ali-sm-300x294.jpg" alt="Guy Kawasaki and Alison van Diggelen, Fresh Dialogues" width="300" height="294" /></a> This is part two of my interview with Guy which was recorded on April 8, 2009. Here’s the <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/06/25/guy-kawasaki-transcript-of-fresh-dialogues-interview-part-two-kindle-and-green-publishing/">transcript</a>. To listen to part one, when he discusses evangelism, the iPhone and green revolutionaries, <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/04/24/guy-kawasaki-on-evangelism-and-green-revolutionaries/" target="_blank">click here</a> and for the transcript, <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/04/03/guy-kawasaki-green-interview-transcript/" target="_blank">click here</a> By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues I talked to Alltop cofounder, Guy Kawasaki at his Garage Technology Partners office in downtown Palo Alto and we discussed Amazon’s Kindle. Although he’s not yet a Kindle user, he can see the [...] Alison van Diggelen 5.05 guy kawasaki, interview, kindle, alison van diggelen, fresh dialogues, green Scotland offers Ten Million Pound Prize http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/06/23/scotland-offers-ten-million-pound-prize/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/06/23/scotland-offers-ten-million-pound-prize/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:37:43 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=2214 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/06/23/scotland-offers-ten-million-pound-prize/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://freshdialogues.com/welcome/" target="_blank">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of Fresh Dialogues<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1459" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="paul-obrien-sdi-on-fresh-dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/paul-obrien-sdi-on-fresh-dialogues-headshot-235x300.jpg" alt="paul-obrien-sdi-on-fresh-dialogues" width="235" height="300" /> Paul O’Brien, renewable energy expert at <a href="http://www.sdi.co.uk/Home/Invest.aspx" target="_blank">Scottish Development International </a>discusses details of the <a href="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Business-Industry/Energy/saltire-prize" target="_blank">Saltire Prize</a>, a Ten Million Pound Prize for the best marine energy technology. “It’s not so much about the money, it’s about the kudos of winning the prize; the recognition from the global marine energy industry.” Paul O’Brien, Scottish Development International The interview was recorded on February 19, 2009 in Scotland. To listen to the full interview, <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/03/20/scotlands-edge-in-clean-energy-development/" target="_blank">click here</a> By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Paul O’Brien, renewable energy expert at Scottish Development International discusses details of the Saltire Prize, a Ten Million Pound Prize for the best marine energy technology. “It’s not so [...] Alison van Diggelen 2.20 saltire prize, marine energy, alison van diggelen, fresh dialogues, scottish development international Rob Bernard, Microsoft’s Green Czar: Why Company “Light” Green http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/06/17/rob-bernard-microsofts-green-czar-why-company-light-green/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/06/17/rob-bernard-microsofts-green-czar-why-company-light-green/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:57:31 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=2190 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/06/17/rob-bernard-microsofts-green-czar-why-company-light-green/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://freshdialogues.com/welcome/" target="_blank">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of Fresh Dialogues<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-2197" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="Rob Bernard, Microsoft's Green Czar on Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/rob-bernard-lg-214x300.jpg" alt="Rob Bernard, Microsoft's Green Czar on Fresh Dialogues" width="214" height="300" /> I met with <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2009/Apr09/04-21RobBernard.mspx" target="_blank">Rob Bernard</a>, Microsoft’s Chief Environmental Strategist, at – appropriately enough – Green’s Restaurant in San Francisco to discuss the company’s green strategy and why it was late to embrace its green credentials. What motivated Microsoft to appoint a Green Czar? Why isn’t Microsoft more prominently green? “This is not a competition issue for us. This is about literally lightening up the entire ecosystem of the IT industry; and we see it as a collective approach as opposed to an individual company, A or B.” Rob Bernard We also discussed: The <a href="http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/toxics/electronics/how-the-companies-line-up" target="_blank">GreenPeace scorecard</a>, and why Microsoft ranks so low Microsoft’s partnership with <a href="http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/focus/e3/default.aspx" target="_blank">Princeton, Oxford and Cambridge Universities to study climate change</a> Partnership with the <a href="http://www.clintonfoundation.org/what-we-do/clinton-climate-initiative/" target="_blank">Clinton Foundation </a>to measure the carbon footprint of major cities, as part of the Kyoto Agreement commitments. Rob’s advice for CIOs? Look up your power bill and check CPU utilization (He says 85% haven’t yet done so) Future green plans include leveraging Microsoft’s 400,000 partners around the world and boosting environment-based startups with its <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/msftisvs/archive/2008/05/15/announcing-ingenuity-point-s-platinum-prize-winner.aspx" target="_blank">Ingenuity Point </a>Incubator. ”The urgency of this issue is kind of an ‘all hands on deck.’ ” Rob Bernard This is Part Two of my interview with Rob Bernard, recorded on March 23, 2009. To listen to <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/03/26/rob-bernard-microsofts-green-czar-talks-clean-tech/" target="_blank">Part One Click Here</a> By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues I met with Rob Bernard, Microsoft’s Chief Environmental Strategist, at – appropriately enough – Green’s Restaurant in San Francisco to discuss the company’s green strategy and why it was [...] Alison van Diggelen 10.43 microsoft, green czar, alison van Diggelen, fresh dialogues, interview, clinton foundation Laurie Yoler: Tesla, Green Motivations http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/06/16/laurie-yoler-tesla-green-motivations/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/06/16/laurie-yoler-tesla-green-motivations/#comments Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:48:49 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=2180 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/06/16/laurie-yoler-tesla-green-motivations/feed/ 0 by <a href="http://freshdialogues.com/welcome/" target="_blank">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of Fresh Dialogues<a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/laurie-yoler.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-558" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="Laurie Yoler, Growth Point Technologies" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/laurie-yoler-214x300.jpg" alt="Laurie Yoler, Growth Point Technologies" width="214" height="300" /></a> <a href="http://www.gptpartners.com/our%20team/our_team_yoler.htm" target="_blank">Laurie Yoler </a>was an early enthusiast and angel investor for <a href="http://www.teslamotors.com/" target="_blank">Tesla Motors</a>, the pioneering electric car maker. She talked to me about her rationale for backing green technology and Tesla. Laurie doesn’t believe we should be green at any cost. Instead she focuses on the great opportunity to find innovative businesses and make (a lot of) money. Laurie points to <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/05/12/jack-welch-why-companies-must-go-green/" target="_blank">General Electric</a> which has a long standing history in clean energy innovation, inspired by the profit motive. “The reason I’m involved in Tesla and I’m passionate about green technologies is I feel you can both be solving the world’s problems and making a profit at the same time.” Laurie Yoler This is an extract of an interview recorded on October 15, 2008 at the <a href="http://www.witi.com/conferences/sessions.php?id=2198#228" target="_blank">WITI </a>conference in Silicon Valley. For the full interview click <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/10/28/clean-tech-investor-laurie-yoler/" target="_blank">here for Part One </a>and <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/11/04/how-tesla-motors-has-changed-history/" target="_blank">here for Part Two</a> by Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Laurie Yoler was an early enthusiast and angel investor for Tesla Motors, the pioneering electric car maker. She talked to me about her rationale for backing green technology and Tesla. Laurie [...] Alison van Diggelen 2.51 laurie yoler, interview, green, tesla, alison van Diggelen, fresh dialogues Matt Smith: Greenbox Energy Savers http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/06/10/matt-smith-greenbox-energy-savers/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/06/10/matt-smith-greenbox-energy-savers/#comments Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:47:02 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=2167 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/06/10/matt-smith-greenbox-energy-savers/feed/ 0 By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2170" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="Matt Smith on Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/matt-smith-greenbox.png" alt="Matt Smith on Fresh Dialogues" width="100" height="100" /> <a href="http://www.getgreenbox.com/company/matthew-smith/" target="_blank">Matthew Smith </a>of <a href="http://www.getgreenbox.com/" target="_blank">Greenbox</a>, a maker of web-based energy management systems for homes, sat down with me at the company’s San Bruno based headquarters to discuss how his team plans to change our energy consumption habits, save us money and save the planet. By providing an “energy dashboard” for homes, he claims the company offers consumers the potential to reduce electricity bills by 10-15% by taking small, easy steps. Founded by a team of tech leaders of Flash/Macromedia fame, Greenbox has been featured on the front page of <a href="http://www.entrepreneur.com/magazine/entrepreneur/2009/february/199592.html" target="_blank">Entrepreneur Magazine</a> and in <a href="http://www.sanfranmag.com/" target="_blank">San Francisco Magazine</a>. Matthew Smith and I also discussed: The impact of <a href="http://www.google.org/powermeter/" target="_blank">Google’s Power Meter </a>launch on the startup The Obama administration’s stimulus package, its focus on smart grid, alternative energy and efficiency; and how Greenbox aims to get a slice of the action. Partnership with <a href="http://peec.stanford.edu/index.php" target="_blank">Precourt Energy Efficiency Center</a> at Stanford University Matthew’s MBA in sustainable management degree at the <a href="http://www.presidiomba.org/" target="_blank">Presidio School of Management </a>and how that equipped him for the job. His advice for green entrepreneurs The interview was recorded on May 20, 2009 By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Matthew Smith of Greenbox, a maker of web-based energy management systems for homes, sat down with me at the company’s San Bruno based headquarters to discuss how his team plans to change our [...] Alison van Diggelen 16.20 greenbox, matt smith, energy, meters, fresh dialogues, alison van diggelen Maureen Dowd: Her Green Inspiration http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/06/09/maureen-dowd-her-green-inspiration/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/06/09/maureen-dowd-her-green-inspiration/#comments Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:01:30 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=2160 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/06/09/maureen-dowd-her-green-inspiration/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/media/">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of Fresh Dialogues<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1536" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="Maureen Dowd on Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/maureen-dowd-green-300x257.jpg" alt="Maureen Dowd on Fresh Dialogues" width="300" height="257" /> Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times columnist, <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/opinion/editorialsandoped/oped/columnists/maureendowd/index.html" target="_blank">Maureen Dowd</a>, talked to me about her green inspiration – fellow columnist and green energy advocate, <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/opinion/editorialsandoped/oped/columnists/thomaslfriedman/index.html?scp=1&sq=tom%20friedman&st=cse" target="_blank">Tom Friedman</a>. We had an animated discussion about his book (<a href="http://www.thomaslfriedman.com/" target="_blank">Hot, Flat and Crowded</a>), his solar house and why she calls him her “office husband.” We also discussed why Maureen is optimistic about the Obama administration and its push for green jobs. This is an extract of the interview which took place in San Jose on April 2, 2009. For the full interview, <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/04/03/maureen-dowd-talks-green/" target="_blank">click here</a> For a transcript of the interview, <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/03/20/transcript-of-fresh-dialogues-with-maureen-dowd/" target="_blank">click here</a> To listen to a green interview with NYT Columnist Tom Friedman, <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/09/16/tom-friedman-china-envy-explained/">click here</a> By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times columnist, Maureen Dowd, talked to me about her green inspiration – fellow columnist and green energy advocate, Tom Friedman. We had an animated discussion [...] Alison van Diggelen 1.58 maureen dowd, fresh dialogues, tom friedman, green, inspiration, alison van Diggelen Mayor Chuck Reed: How clean tech grows in Silicon Valley http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/06/03/mayor-chuck-reed-why-clean-tech-grows-in-silicon-valley/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/06/03/mayor-chuck-reed-why-clean-tech-grows-in-silicon-valley/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:54:00 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=2147 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/06/03/mayor-chuck-reed-why-clean-tech-grows-in-silicon-valley/feed/ 0 By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1114" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="Mayor Chuck Reed on Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/mayor-chuck-reed-on-freshdialogues.jpg" alt="Mayor Chuck Reed on Fresh Dialogues" width="200" height="273" /> In this interview, Mayor Chuck Reed, the Green Mayor, describes how the City of San Jose is helping clean tech startups and established companies grow and thrive in Silicon Valley. Why should a clean tech startup relocate to Silicon Valley? What are the key elements of the Silicon Valley ecosystem that support clean tech? How is San Jose City Council and the State of California helping and incentivizing clean tech? “We have to be the best place in the world to grow a business.” “We’re anxiously waiting for the technological breakthroughs (in energy storage). That’s what’s exciting about being in Silicon Valley…somebody in a garage is working on an idea today or somebody at <a href="http://sjsu.org" target="_blank">San Jose State University </a>is working on that idea today and it’s going to be exciting when it happens.” The interview was recorded on November 7, 2008 at San Jose’s City Hall. To listen to other interview segments: <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/11/11/chuck-reed-californias-green-mayor-welcomes-obamas-green-tech-focus/" target="_blank">Click here </a>for Part One when the Green Mayor discusses his humble beginnings, his Green Vision and Obama’s green focus. <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/01/06/green-mayor-shares-recipe-for-attracting-clean-tech/" target="_blank">Click here </a>for Part Two, when he outlines his tactics for attracting clean tech and Tesla Motors to Silicon Valley By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues In this interview, Mayor Chuck Reed, the Green Mayor, describes how the City of San Jose is helping clean tech startups and established companies grow and thrive in Silicon Valley. Why should a [...] Alison van Diggelen 6.50 green, mayor chuck reed, silicon valley, clean tech, green vision Charlie Rose: why the green energy question is key http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/06/02/charlie-rose-why-the-green-energy-question-is-key/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/06/02/charlie-rose-why-the-green-energy-question-is-key/#comments Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:27:18 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=2139 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/06/02/charlie-rose-why-the-green-energy-question-is-key/feed/ 0 By Alison van Diggelen<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1413" style="margin-left: 20px; margin-right: 0px;" title="Charlie Rose on Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/charlierose_large1-232x300.jpg" alt="Charlie Rose on Fresh Dialogues" width="232" height="300" /> In the fourth in our series, Fresh Green Minute, we feature <a href="http://charlierose.com" target="_blank">Charlie Rose </a>- the acclaimed interviewer and host of the nightly PBS program, Charlie Rose. We discussed Tom Friedman’s book, <a href="http://www.thomaslfriedman.com/" target="_blank">Hot Flat and Crowded </a>and why Charlie thinks that the United States can reassert its leadership in the world by engaging the energy question. This is an extract of an interview that took place at the Flint Center on February 26, 2009. To listen to the entire interview, <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/03/03/charlie-rose-talks-about-his-great-and-glorious-life/" target="_blank">click here </a> To read a transcript of the interview, <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/02/26/transcript-of-fresh-dialogues-with-charlie-rose/" target="_blank">click here</a> To read selected quotes from the interview, <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/03/03/charlie-rose-quotes-from-fresh-dialogues/" target="_blank">click here</a> By Alison van Diggelen In the fourth in our series, Fresh Green Minute, we feature Charlie Rose - the acclaimed interviewer and host of the nightly PBS program, Charlie Rose. We discussed Tom Friedman’s book, Hot Flat and Crowded and why [...] Alison van Diggelen 1.20 Charlie Rose, Alison van Diggelen, Fresh Dialogues, green, energy, tom friedman Andres Wydler: bright future for clean tech entrepreneurs http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/05/27/andres-wydler-the-futur-for-green-entrepreneurs/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/05/27/andres-wydler-the-futur-for-green-entrepreneurs/#comments Wed, 27 May 2009 14:00:47 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=2086 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/05/27/andres-wydler-the-futur-for-green-entrepreneurs/feed/ 0 By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1160" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="Fresh Dialogues with Andres Wydler" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/andres-wydler-400-296x300.jpg" alt="Fresh Dialogues with Andres Wydler" width="296" height="300" /> <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/andres-wydler/0/b1/23b" target="_blank">Andres Wydler </a>is a clean tech executive based in San Francisco, formerly with BPL Global, a smart grid company. He cofounded the Constellation Investment Group of angel investors. In January, he delivered a <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/01/20/stanford-clean-tech-class-by-andres-wydler-a-sellout/" target="_blank">sold out lecture series </a>on clean tech entrepreneurship at Stanford University and will repeat <a href="http://continuingstudies.stanford.edu/courses/course.php?cid=20084_BUS%20189" target="_blank">the series </a>this summer. I sat down with Andres at a Sand Hill Road venture capital firm to discuss the reasons for the huge demand for his class; what outstanding startups he discovered at Stanford; his thoughts on the morale of venture capitalists today, and his future expectations for the green sector. We also covered: How the Obama administration has changed the game for clean tech, especially with regulations and the stimulus package Why he is so bullish about the future of clean tech, despite the challenging economy <img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-2097" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 20px;" title="Andres Wydler with Alison van Diggelen, Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/andres-wydler-with-alison-van-diggelen-300x201.jpg" alt="Andres Wydler with Alison van Diggelen, Fresh Dialogues" width="300" height="201" />The superstars of his January class include: Adi Merschon launched a solar technology enhancement company <a href="http://navsemi.com/nav/home " target="_blank">Nav Semi </a>that anticipates solar performance improvements of up to 20%. The startup received $500,000 from the Singaporean government and plans a June prototype. Ed Chiao launched a <a href="http://www.amberkinetics.com/ " target="_blank">Amber Kinetics</a>, an energy storage company that is working with a national lab to commercialize its technology. It has already closed one licensing deal. Elizabeth Samara Rubio is working on microstorage solutionsfor developing countries. A battery attached to a solar panel will ensure that remote African villages will have power at night. Rashmi Menon of <a href="http://greenresourcenetwork.com" target="_blank">GreenResourceNetwork.com </a>who launched her startup in March focusing on energy conservation that can save schools [...] By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Andres Wydler is a clean tech executive based in San Francisco, formerly with BPL Global, a smart grid company. He cofounded the Constellation Investment Group of angel investors. In January, he [...] Alison van Diggelen 14.30 andres wydler, clean tech, stanford, venture capital Guy Kawasaki: tips for green revolutionaries http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/05/26/guy-kawasaki-tips-for-green-revolutionaries/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/05/26/guy-kawasaki-tips-for-green-revolutionaries/#comments Tue, 26 May 2009 14:25:30 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=2079 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/05/26/guy-kawasaki-tips-for-green-revolutionaries/feed/ 0 By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1632" style="margin-top: 20px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-right: 0px; -left: 20px;" title="Fresh Dialogues with Guy Kawasaki " src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/guy-k.jpg" alt="Fresh Dialogues with Guy Kawasaki " width="150" height="98" /> In the third in our series of Fresh Green Minute, Apple evangelist and <a href="http://alltop.com" target="_blank">Alltop </a>cofounder, <a href="http://www.guykawasaki.com/about/index.shtml" target="_blank">Guy Kawasaki </a>gives some insights into how to become a Green Revolutionary. He’s author of the book, <a href="http://www.guykawasaki.com/books/rules.shtml" target="_blank">Rules for Revolutionaries</a> and I asked him how these rules apply to those in the green revolution. For a longer Fresh Dialogues interview with Guy, <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/04/24/guy-kawasaki-on-evangelism-and-green-revolutionaries/" target="_blank">click here</a> The interview was recorded at Guy’s Garage Technology Ventures office in downtown Palo Alto on April 8, 2009 By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues In the third in our series of Fresh Green Minute, Apple evangelist and Alltop cofounder, Guy Kawasaki gives some insights into how to become a Green Revolutionary. He’s author of the book, Rules for [...] Catherine Cook: How MyYearbook is Greening Teens and Planet http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/05/20/catherine-cook-how-myyearbook-is-greening-teens-and-planet/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/05/20/catherine-cook-how-myyearbook-is-greening-teens-and-planet/#comments Wed, 20 May 2009 14:00:48 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=1991 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/05/20/catherine-cook-how-myyearbook-is-greening-teens-and-planet/feed/ 0 By Alison van Diggelen<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-2004" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="Catherine Cook on Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/catherine-cook-headshot.jpg" alt="Catherine Cook on Fresh Dialogues" width="96" height="96" /> Catherine Cook was a big draw at <a href="http://sdforum.org/teens09" target="_blank">SDForum’s Tech Titans of Tomorrow</a>: Teens Plugged In Conference last Wednesday at the Hewlett Packard Auditorium in Palo Alto. She is cofounder of <a href="http://myyearbook.com" target="_blank">MyYearbook</a> a social media network for teens which has raised almost $17 million in funding. She talked to me about the site’s Causes Application which allows users to donate money to charities with their virtual currency, Lunch Money. Catherine told me teens are choosing to go greenand make a big difference to our planet. To date, MyYearbook users (reportedly 10 million of them) have bought 2 million pounds of carbon-dioxide offsets and saved millions of sqft of rainforest. We also talked about the challenge of funding a company when you’re only 16 (!) and she issued a challenge to would-be entrepreneurs with hot ideas: “A great idea is worthless if you don’t act on it,” says Catherine Cook, now 19. The interview was recorded in Palo Alto on May 13, 2009 By Alison van Diggelen Catherine Cook was a big draw at SDForum’s Tech Titans of Tomorrow: Teens Plugged In Conference last Wednesday at the Hewlett Packard Auditorium in Palo Alto. She is cofounder of MyYearbook a social media network for teens [...] Adam Jackson: how to become a green influencer http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/05/19/adam-jackson-how-to-become-a-green-influencer/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/05/19/adam-jackson-how-to-become-a-green-influencer/#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 14:07:47 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=1935 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/05/19/adam-jackson-how-to-become-a-green-influencer/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://freshdialogues.com/welcome/" target="_blank">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of Fresh Dialogues<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1936" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="Adam Jackson on Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/adam-jackson.jpg" alt="Adam Jackson on Fresh Dialogues" width="130" height="104" /> Adam Jackson is social media expert and coauthor of the upcoming style guide for <a href="http://twitter.com" target="_blank">Twitter</a> fans - <a href="http://www.140characters.com/about/" target="_blank">“140 Characters, A Style Guide For The Short Form”</a> which was recently <a href="http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/13/the-anatomy-of-a-tweet-twitter-gets-a-style-guide/?hp" target="_blank">reviewed in the New York Times</a> I met him at the energetic <a href="http://sdforum.org/teens09" target="_blank">SDForum</a> Teens Plugged In Conference at Hewlett Packard on May 13, 2009 and we found a quiet corner to talk about: How to become a green influencer This is the second in our weekly series: Fresh Green Minute Look out for the another Fresh Green Minute with Adam, when he discusses how Twitter is going green and how employees use software like <a href="http://skype.com" target="_blank">Skype</a> to be green. The interview was recorded on May 13,2009 By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Adam Jackson is social media expert and coauthor of the upcoming style guide for Twitter fans - “140 Characters, A Style Guide For The Short Form” which was recently reviewed in the New York [...] Martin Sheen: His Green Motivations http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/05/13/martin-sheen-his-green-motivations/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/05/13/martin-sheen-his-green-motivations/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 14:17:21 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=1766 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/05/13/martin-sheen-his-green-motivations/feed/ 0 <img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-899" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="Martin Sheen as President Bartlet" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/sheen-as-president-215x300.jpg" alt="Martin Sheen as President Bartlet" width="156" height="218" /> By <a href="http://freshdialogues.com/welcome/" target="_blank">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of Fresh Dialogues <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Sheen" target="_blank">Martin Sheen </a>sat down with me backstage at the Flint Center in Cupertino to talk about what motivates him to be green and actively involved in environmental causes. He supports projects like the <a href="http://www.seawaterfoundation.org" target="_blank">Sea Water Foundation</a>, which is using seawater to create rich agriculture land from coastal deserts around the world. Martin describes how he chooses which green causes to support Why he thinks we have to be aware of our responsibility to future generations The Green Message: what he thinks of it and <a href="http://algore.com" target="_blank">Al Gore’s </a>movie <a href="http://www.climatecrisis.net/" target="_blank">An Inconvenient Truth</a> As former “acting” president of the United States in the West Wing, Martin’s insights into the challenges of our new president Reflections on his low profile role in President Obama’s election What to expect from Martin Sheen in 2009: Martin talks about his role in the movie <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0839742/" target="_blank">“Bhopal: a Prayer for Rain”</a> – he plays Warren Anderson, the former CEO of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster" target="_blank">Union Carbide </a>who fled India after the biggest industrial disaster in history when over 10,000 people were killed by toxic gas. He’s also working on <a href="http://www.spanish-teaching.com/blog/_archives/2009/2/17/4095961.html" target="_blank">a movie </a>with son, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilio_Estevez" target="_blank">Emilio Estevez </a>about the pilgrimage route to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santiago_de_Compostela" target="_blank">Santiago de Compostela </a>in Spain <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/fresh-dialogues-with-martin-sheen-240-x-207.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-883" style="margin: 20px 20px 20px 0px;" title="Fresh Dialogues with Martin Sheen" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/fresh-dialogues-with-martin-sheen-240-x-207.jpg" alt="Fresh Dialogues with Martin Sheen" width="240" height="208" /></a>This is Part II of our interview; Part I- when Martin talks about the [...] By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Martin Sheen sat down with me backstage at the Flint Center in Cupertino to talk about what motivates him to be green and actively involved in environmental causes. He supports projects like the [...] Alison van Diggelen 9 min martin sheen, green, environment, interview clean Jack Welch: Why companies must go green http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/05/12/jack-welch-why-companies-must-go-green/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/05/12/jack-welch-why-companies-must-go-green/#comments Wed, 13 May 2009 04:33:47 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=1786 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/05/12/jack-welch-why-companies-must-go-green/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://freshdialogues.com/welcome/" target="_blank">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of Fresh Dialogues<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1803" title="Jack Welch on Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/jack.jpg" alt="Jack Welch on Fresh Dialogues" width="114" height="149" /> New on Fresh Dialogues: <a href="http://freshdialogues/freshgreenminute" target="_blank">Fresh Green Minute</a>- one minute bytes of green inspiration First up: Legendary business leader of <a href="http://ge.com" target="_blank">General Electric</a>, <a href="http://www.welchway.com/About-Us/Jack-Welch/Biography.aspx" target="_blank">Jack Welch</a> Interview Transcript Alison van Diggelen: “Why is going green so important for business?” Jack Welch: “From a business standpoint, you’ve got a consumer now who thinks they’ve got to do it and they’re on board. Everyone believes it’s going to happen OK? If I’m running a business, I want to be sure I’m green as can be.” Alison van Diggelen: What’s the best way to go about doing that? Jack Welch: “Design products with a smaller carbon footprint; engage your employees in green activities…make everybody feel you’re in. There’s no percentage in being against it.” Off mike, I asked Jack if businesses should see global warming and environmental concerns as a challenge or an opportunity Jack Welch: “There’s an enormous opportunity…whether you believe in global warming or not…If you’re in a company, you’d better be pushing those (green) products because the world wants these products. It’s a movement, just like there was going to be food shortages in the 60’s; and in the 70’s we were going to be overrun with population. <img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1800" style="margin: 15px 20px 15px 0px;" title="Jack Welch and Alison van Diggleen, Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/jack-welch-with-alison-van-diggelen-sm-235x300.jpg" alt="Jack Welch and Alison van Diggleen, Fresh Dialogues" width="235" height="300" />These were movements, and when there’s a movement, we won’t know for 20 or 30 years if the movement is right or wrong; you can get as many people to argue both sides. But if you’re in business, you’re going to get on this bandwagon, and go with it.” The interview was recorded at the <a href="http://www.commonwealthclub.org/sv/aboutsv.php" target="_blank">Commonwealth Club - Silicon Valley</a>, on May 11th 2009. Suzy and Jack Welch were in town to promote Suzy’s new book, <a href="http://www.suzywelch101010.com/" target="_blank">10-10-10</a> By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues New on Fresh Dialogues: Fresh Green Minute- one minute bytes of green inspiration First up: Legendary business leader of General Electric, Jack Welch Interview Transcript Alison van Diggelen: [...] Michael Krasny: how he became a top NPR host http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/05/01/michael-krasny-how-he-became-a-top-npr-host/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/05/01/michael-krasny-how-he-became-a-top-npr-host/#comments Fri, 01 May 2009 17:37:06 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=1671 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/05/01/michael-krasny-how-he-became-a-top-npr-host/feed/ 0 <img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1701" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="Michael Krasny on Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/krasny-lg-300x213.jpg" alt="Michael Krasny on Fresh Dialogues" width="233" height="165" />By <a href="http://freshdialogues.com/welcome/" target="_blank">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of Fresh Dialogues On the eve of Earth Day, I sat down with <a href="http://www.kqed.org/radio/programs/forum/" target="_blank">Forum</a> host, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Krasny_(talk_show_host)" target="_self">Michael Krasny</a>, at the <a href="http://www.kqed.org/" target="_blank">KQED</a> studios in San Francisco to discuss his journey from scrappy youth to celebrated interviewer, <a href="http://www.sfsu.edu/~sfsumag/archive/fall_winter_03/krasny.html" target="_blank">professor</a>, and author. We talked about his book <a href="http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?id=11707" target="_blank">“Off Mike</a>: A Memoir of Talk Radio and Literary Life” and explored his views on the green movement, and why he thinks it’s smart to be green. In Part One, we discuss: How he got his “bad boy” reputation at school and why he compares his youth in <a href="http://www.clevelandheights.com/historyarch.asp" target="_blank">Cleveland Heights</a>, Ohio to the HBO series, <a href="http://www.hbo.com/sopranos/" target="_blank">The Sopranos</a> Why he had to conceal his love of poetry as a youth What he learned about himself as a teen by seeing a psychologist Who is Michael’s hero? The craft of the interview and why it beckons him Why Michael named his first radio show: <a href="http://www.marinij.com/lifestyles/ci_7253653" target="_blank">“Beyond the hot tub”</a> and why it wasn’t as raunchy as the title suggests His views on his fellow interviewers: <a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/aboutus/bio_lehrer.html" target="_blank">Jim Lehrer</a>, <a href="http://charlierose.com" target="_blank">Charlie Rose</a>, <a href="http://www.hbo.com/billmaher/" target="_blank">Bill Maher </a>and <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=2100593" target="_blank">Terry Gross</a> What he’s doing to extend his longevity and “keep the dreaded dragons of dementia away.” Why he’d rather be more “like a good Buddhist” What he misses about his <a href="http://www.kgoam810.com/" [...] By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues On the eve of Earth Day, I sat down with Forum host, Michael Krasny, at the KQED studios in San Francisco to discuss his journey from scrappy youth to celebrated interviewer, professor, and author. [...] forum, interview, kqed, radio, michael krasny, how to become radio host Guy Kawasaki on evangelism and green revolutionaries http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/04/24/guy-kawasaki-on-evangelism-and-green-revolutionaries/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/04/24/guy-kawasaki-on-evangelism-and-green-revolutionaries/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:14:15 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=1622 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/04/24/guy-kawasaki-on-evangelism-and-green-revolutionaries/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://freshdialogues.com/welcome/" target="_blank">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of Fresh Dialogues<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1632" style="margin: 15px 0px 15px 20px;" title="Fresh Dialogues with Guy Kawasaki " src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/guy-k.jpg" alt="Fresh Dialogues with Guy Kawasaki " width="150" height="98" /> I met with <a href="http://blog.guykawasaki.com/" target="_blank">Guy Kawasaki </a>at his <a href="http://www.garage.com/" target="_blank">Garage Technology Partners </a>office in Palo Alto earlier this month to explore his role as a <a href="http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2009/01/twenty-five-yea.html" target="_blank">Macintosh evangelist </a>and how he’s since become a successful entrepreneur and <a href="http://www.tomhcanderson.com/2008/03/17/tom-h-c-anderson-gets-guy-kawasakis-thoughts-on-market-innovation-market-research-and-the-internet/" target="_blank">marketing guru</a>. What a fun personality: Guy laughs easily and rarely stops smiling! Guy gives some insights into what has made the iPhone so successful. ( Apple just <a href="http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?guid={F670045E-5DB3-4CF3-8A01-14200EF03396}" target="_blank">announced</a> second quarter revenues are up 9% thanks to strong sales of iPhones and iPods) We also discuss the green revolution, religion, death magnets and: Why he disputes that he’s a legend…yet Why being a legend should NOT be your goal in life His advice to young entrepreneurs and what he learned from Virgin founder <a href="http://entrepreneur.virgin.com/" target="_blank">Richard Branson</a> An invaluable life lesson his father taught him What turning 50 meant to Guy His <a href="http://holykaw.com/tweetgate" target="_blank">online presence</a> – <a href="http://www.svmoms.com/2009/04/guy-kawasaki-the-real-thing.html" target="_blank">Twitter and Tweetgate </a>controversy The difference between an evangelist and a sales/marketing exec Working with Steve Jobs and what he learned from him Why Guy thinks Steve Wozniak is a legend and why he recommends the book, <a href="http://www.iwoz.org/" target="_blank">IWoz</a> Advice for Green Revolutionaries from his book, <a href="http://www.guykawasaki.com/books/rules.shtml" target="_blank">Rules for Revolutionaries</a> <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/guy-kawasaki-final.mp3">Listen to Fresh Dialogues with Guy Kawasaki</a> The interview was recorded at Garage Technology Partners in Palo Alto on April 8th, 2009 <img [...] By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues I met with Guy Kawasaki at his Garage Technology Partners office in Palo Alto earlier this month to explore his role as a Macintosh evangelist and how he’s since become a successful entrepreneur [...] Celebrity Forum host, Dick Henning reflects on 40 years http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/04/16/celebrity-forum-host-dick-henning-reflects-on-40-years/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/04/16/celebrity-forum-host-dick-henning-reflects-on-40-years/#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 00:28:53 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=1601 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/04/16/celebrity-forum-host-dick-henning-reflects-on-40-years/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://freshdialogues.com/welcome/" target="_blank">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of Fresh Dialogues<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1606" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="Dick Henning on Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/dick-hennng.jpg" alt="Dick Henning on Fresh Dialogues" width="86" height="114" /> <a href="http://celebrityforum.net" target="_blank">Celebrity Forum </a>founder, <a href="http://www.celebrityforum.net/134-141-Henning.pdf" target="_blank">Dick Henning </a>is a hero of Silicon Valley. He’s brought every U.S. president* since Richard Nixon; world leaders like <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail_Gorbachev" target="_blank">Mikhail Gorbachev </a>and <a href="http://www.time.com/time/time100/leaders/profile/thatcher.html" target="_blank">Margaret Thatcher</a>; and cultural icons like <a href="http://www.janegoodall.org" target="_blank">Jane Goodall</a>, <a href="http://www.nationalgeographic.com/field/explorers/robert-ballard.html" target="_blank">Robert Ballard</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cary_Grant" target="_blank">Cary Grant </a>and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren_Bacall" target="_blank">Lauren Bacall </a>to Silicon Valley for his award-winning speaker series. Last month, I met with Dick at the <a href="http://www.flintcenter.com" target="_blank">Flint Center </a>in Cupertino to discover some of the stories behind his 40 year celebrity adventure and why he’s delighted to have secured <a href="http://tomfriedman.com" target="_blank">Tom Friedman </a>for the 2009/2010 lineup. How the series was born out of a desire to calm student unrest in the 1960’s When and why Dick felt like giving up Dick’s humble beginnings in a “dusty little oil town” called Taft How celebrated journalist <a href="http://kliv.com/Out-and-About-with-Leigh-Weimers/1802961" target="_blank">Leigh Weimers </a>describes the series Why <a href="http://algore.com" target="_blank">Al Gore’s </a>appearance last year was so well timed (Nobel Prize anyone?) Why <a href="http://www.foothill.fhda.edu" target="_blank">Foothill College </a>is a big supporter of the series What is Dick’s “free test” and when does he use it? <img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1607" style="margin: 20px 20px 20px 0px;" title="Alison van Diggelen with Dick Henning, Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/alison-van-diggelen-with-dick-henning-150x150.jpg" alt="Alison van Diggelen with Dick Henning, Fresh Dialogues" width="150" height="150" />Why Dick’s ego is so tied up with each speaker’s [...] By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Celebrity Forum founder, Dick Henning is a hero of Silicon Valley. He’s brought every U.S. president* since Richard Nixon; world leaders like Mikhail Gorbachev and Margaret Thatcher; and cultural [...] Maureen Dowd talks green – from Emerald Isle to Eco-Issues http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/04/03/maureen-dowd-talks-green/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/04/03/maureen-dowd-talks-green/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 13:00:11 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=1535 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/04/03/maureen-dowd-talks-green/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://freshdialogues.com/welcome/" target="_blank">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of Fresh Dialogues<img class="alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1536" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="Maureen Dowd on Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/maureen-dowd-green-150x150.jpg" alt="Maureen Dowd on Fresh Dialogues" width="150" height="150" /> Yesterday, I met with the enchanting Pulitzer Prize winning columnist <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/opinion/editorialsandoped/oped/columnists/maureendowd/index.html" target="_blank">Maureen Dowd</a>. We had an animated conversation during a green-themed morning in downtown San Jose. Over cups of delicious mint tea, we discussed Maureen’s <a href="http://www.irishcentral.com/news/The-secret-life-of-Maureen-Dowd-41282402.html" target="_blank">Irish heritage </a>and how that inspires her fiery prose. We also discussed her belief in America’s green future. Are her columns in fact letters to her mother? Is her Irish blood responsible for her humor and biting prose? Why does she think we’ve been moving backwards – like the Flintstones – in the last eight years? Why did the <a href="http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/stibel/2008/12/detroits-ceos-drive-to-washing.html" target="_blank">Detroit leaders </a>not embrace a green future? What role did <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_Cheney" target="_blank">Dick Cheney </a>play in derailing the development of an alternative energy plan in the 70’s? How is her ‘office husband’ aka <a href="http://e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2071" target="_blank">Tom Friedman’s </a>green mantra influencing her? Why did she describe <a href="http://www.algore.com/" target="_blank">Al Gore </a>as <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/16/opinion/liberties-freudian-face-off.html" target="_blank">“practically lactating”</a>in exposing his eco-sensitive side; and why does she now endorse his green message? What’s her idea of a dream day? (you might be surprised to learn it includes a cute guy and recycling!) <img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1561" style="margin: 20px 20px 20px 0px;" title="Maureen Dowd and Alison van Diggelen, Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/maureen-dowd-and-ali-150x150.jpg" alt="Maureen Dowd and Alison van Diggelen, Fresh Dialogues" width="150" height="150" />For a trancript of the interview, <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/03/20/transcript-of-fresh-dialogues-with-maureen-dowd/" target="_blank">click here</a> Listen to <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/09/02/maureen-dowd-obama-camus-and-a-cocktail-waitress/" target="_blank">Part II </a>of Fresh [...] By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Yesterday, I met with the enchanting Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Maureen Dowd. We had an animated conversation during a green-themed morning in downtown San Jose. Over cups of delicious mint tea, [...] alison van Diggelen 12 Maureen Dowd Fresh Dialogues Rob Bernard, Microsoft’s Green Czar talks clean tech http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/03/26/rob-bernard-microsofts-green-czar-talks-clean-tech/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/03/26/rob-bernard-microsofts-green-czar-talks-clean-tech/#comments Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:12:45 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=1506 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/03/26/rob-bernard-microsofts-green-czar-talks-clean-tech/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://freshdialogues.com/welcome/" target="_blank">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of Fresh Dialogues<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1524" style="margin: 15px 0px 15px 15px;" title="Rob Bernard of Microsoft on Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/rob-bernard-headshot-sm.jpg" alt="Rob Bernard of Microsoft on Fresh Dialogues" width="83" height="118" /><a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/rob-bernard-headshot.jpg"></a> On Monday, I was invited to <a href="http://www.greensrestaurant.com/about.html" target="_blank">Greens Restaurant </a>in San Francisco to meet Microsoft’s Chief Environmental Strategist, <a href="http://www.techflash.com/microsoft/Microsofts_first_environmental_chief_engages_company_critics39201517.html" target="_blank">Rob Bernard</a>. We then joined a small group of researchers and media to discuss <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/environment/" target="_blank">Microsoft’s efforts </a>to lower its carbon footprint and leverage information technology globally to address climate change and other environmental issues. The sun setting beyond Golden Gate Bridge was an apt backdrop for the conversation. Cambridge scientist, Rich Williams (one of Microsoft’s 1000-strong Ph.D. researchers) emphasized that environmental challenges go beyond climate change and counting carbon footprints, “Just reducing CO2 to zero - and all will be fine - is not our goal.” The researchers have broader perspectives that take into account water resources, migration patterns, and longer term “blue sky” projects. Joining the discussion were <a href="http://www.ericlberlow.net/" target="_blank">Eric Berlow</a>, Director of the <a href="http://www.ucmerced.edu/research/snri.asp" target="_blank">Sierra Nevada Research Institute </a> field station in Yosemite, <a href="http://gigaom.com/2007/10/15/surj-patel-joins-gigaom-team/" target="_blank">Surj Patel </a>of the <a href="http://gigaom.com/" target="_blank">Gigaom Network</a>; and <a href="http://www.greenerworldmedia.com/about/team.html" target="_blank">Peter May </a>and <a href="http://www.greenerworldmedia.com/about/team.html" target="_blank">Matt Wheeland </a>of <a href="http://www.greenerworldmedia.com/about" target="_blank">Greenworld Media</a>. <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/rob-bernard-msft.jpg"></a><a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/rob-bernard-msft.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1509" style="margin: 15px 15px 15px 0px;" title="Rob Bernard talks with Alison van Diggelen Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/rob-bernard-msft-300x225.jpg" alt="Rob Bernard talks with Alison van Diggelen Fresh Dialogues" width="300" height="225" /></a>Rob and I had a lively conversation which [...] By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues On Monday, I was invited to Greens Restaurant in San Francisco to meet Microsoft’s Chief Environmental Strategist, Rob Bernard. We then joined a small group of researchers and media to discuss [...] clean Scotland’s edge in clean energy development http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/03/20/scotlands-edge-in-clean-energy-development/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/03/20/scotlands-edge-in-clean-energy-development/#comments Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:45:38 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=1451 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/03/20/scotlands-edge-in-clean-energy-development/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://freshdialogues.com/welcome/" target="_blank">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of Fresh Dialogues<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1459" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="paul-obrien-sdi-on-fresh-dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/paul-obrien-sdi-on-fresh-dialogues-headshot.jpg" alt="paul-obrien-sdi-on-fresh-dialogues" width="290" height="369" /> Last month, during a lecture trip to Scotland, I sat down for tea at <a href="http://www.sdi.co.uk/Home/Invest.aspx" target="_blank">Scottish Development International </a>in Glasgow with Paul O’Brien, senior executive of <a href="http://www.sdi.co.uk/Home/Invest/Key%20Industries/Energy/Sectors/Renewable%20Technologies.aspx" target="_blank">Renewable Energy Development</a>. We discussed how Scotland is leveraging its expertise and natural resources in the renewable energy sector. Claiming up to 25% of Europe’s offshore wind, wave and tidal energy potential, Paul is bullish about Scotland’s energy future. We discussed (in very strong Scottish accents): The <a href="http://www.beatricewind.co.uk/home/default.asp" target="_blank">Beatrice Wind Farm Project</a>: the largest offshore wind turbines deployed in the world (5 megawatts) and why the project’s success could be a <a href="http://www.publictechnology.net/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=19033" target="_blank">turning point </a>for wind energy in Scotland. The <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/7891197.stm" target="_blank">Crown Estates announcement </a>on February 16th of ten new sites for offshore wind that have the capacity to deliver 6.4 Gigawatts of power. Scotland’s use of <a href="http://peakenergy.blogspot.com/2009/02/when-oil-rigs-meet-wind-turbines.html" target="_blank">oil rig technology </a>for the first time ever to develop new wind power opportunities in over 45 meters of deep water. Visual intrusion and the <a href="http://www.capewind.org/" target="_blank">Cape Wind Project </a>in the U.S. Public sector input from <a href="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Home" target="_blank">The Scottish Government</a>, the <a href="http://europa.eu/pol/ener/index_en.htm" target="_blank">European Union </a>and the <a href="http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/index.htm" target="_blank">UK Government</a><a href="http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/index.htm" target="_blank"> </a> The Ten Million Pound <a href="http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Business-Industry/Energy/saltire-prize" target="_blank">Saltire Prize</a> The impact of the credit crunch Scotland’s comparative advantage in the <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/533/1049533/cloud-computing-eats-its-own-metaphor" target="_blank">server farm </a>sector, <a [...] By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Last month, during a lecture trip to Scotland, I sat down for tea at Scottish Development International in Glasgow with Paul O’Brien, senior executive of Renewable Energy Development. [...] Charlie Rose talks about his great and glorious life http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/03/03/charlie-rose-talks-about-his-great-and-glorious-life/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/03/03/charlie-rose-talks-about-his-great-and-glorious-life/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:45:19 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=1307 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/03/03/charlie-rose-talks-about-his-great-and-glorious-life/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://freshdialogues.com/welcome/" target="_blank">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of Fresh Dialogues<img class="alignright size-full wp-image-1326" style="margin: 15px 0px 15px 20px;" title="Charlie Rose on Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/charlierose_large1.jpg" alt="Charlie Rose on Fresh Dialogues" width="250" height="322" /> On Thursday, I had the pleasure of interviewing <a href="http://charlierose.com">Charlie Rose</a>, the acclaimed journalist and host of Charlie Rose, the nightly PBS program. Charlie has interviewed everyone who is anyone, from <a href="http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/171" target="_blank">Barack Obama </a>to <a href="http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/3063" target="_blank">Bono</a>; from <a href="http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/8875" target="_blank">Madeleine Albright </a>to <a href="http://www.charlierose.com/view/interview/3939" target="_blank">Meryl Streep</a>. We had a lively conversation about what he calls his “great and glorious life” – fueled by a burning curiosity about the world. Charlie talks about the economy, Silicon Valley’s role in creating a better future, what <a href="http://www.momentmag.com/Exclusive/2007/2007-02/200702-BrinFeature.html" target="_blank">Sergey Brin</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Page" target="_blank">Larry Page </a>and other Silicon Valley visionaries have in common, and how he’s embracing technology to promote his show. Did you know he’s planning to join <a href="http://twitter.com/" target="_blank">Twitter</a>? We also discussed: How does he prepare for an interview? How does he see his role as a journalist? What does he think of <a href="http://www.thomaslfriedman.com/about-the-author" target="_blank">Tom Friedman’s </a>book <a href="http://www.thomaslfriedman.com/bookshelf/hot-flat-and-crowded" target="_blank">Hot, Flat & Crowded</a>, and its call to action? His opinion of <a href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/president_obama/" target="_blank">Barack Obama</a> and this tough economy Did his insatiable curiosity get him in trouble as a child? What’s his dream for the future? Charlie’s plans for a true global conversation <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/charlie-rose-final1.mp3">Listen to Fresh Dialogues with Charlie Rose</a> <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/03/03/charlie-rose-quotes-from-fresh-dialogues/" target="_blank">Click here for extracts and quotes from the interview</a> <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/02/26/transcript-of-fresh-dialogues-with-charlie-rose/" target="_blank">Click here for the full transcript</a> By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues On Thursday, I had the pleasure of interviewing Charlie Rose, the acclaimed journalist and host of Charlie Rose, the nightly PBS program. Charlie has interviewed everyone who is anyone, from Barack [...] Charlie Rose, Alison van Diggelen, Fresh Dialogues Green Mayor shares tactics for attracting clean tech http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/01/06/green-mayor-shares-recipe-for-attracting-clean-tech/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/01/06/green-mayor-shares-recipe-for-attracting-clean-tech/#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:55:49 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=1094 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/01/06/green-mayor-shares-recipe-for-attracting-clean-tech/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://freshdialogues.com/welcome/" target="_blank">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of Fresh Dialogues<a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/mayor-chuck-reed-on-freshdialogues.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1114" style="margin: 15px 0px 15px 20px;" title="mayor-chuck-reed-on-freshdialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/mayor-chuck-reed-on-freshdialogues.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="273" /></a><a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/chuck-reed-on-fresh-dialogues.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/mayor-chuck-reed-part-two.mp3"></a> In Part Two of our interview with <a href="http://www.sanjoseca.gov/mayor/" target="_blank">Mayor Chuck Reed</a>, the Green Mayor discusses how the city is changing its rules and practices to move “at the speed of business” to attract clean tech companies like <a href="http://www.teslamotors.com/" target="_blank">Tesla Motors</a> to Silicon Valley. The interview includes: Why the Mayor’s <a href="http://www.sanjoseca.gov/mayor/goals/environment/GreenVision/GreenVision.asp" target="_blank">Green Vision </a>had to be bold and aggressive Which green achievement makes him most proud Why Mayor Reed thanks <a href="http://gov.ca.gov/" target="_self">Governor Schwarzenegger </a>for his part in Tesla’s decision to relocate to San Jose <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/tesla-roadster.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1118" title="tesla-roadster" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/tesla-roadster.jpg" alt="" width="124" height="93" /></a>The phone call to Tesla’s CEO and how it got San Jose on the company’s shortlist What rule changes the City of San Jose put in place to accommodate clean tech business What entrepreneurial practices does the city use that are models for the rest of the world? <a href="http://None"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1102" title="clock" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/clock.jpg" alt="" width="121" height="121" /></a>How did the city reduce one approval process from 3-6 months to one HOUR? The interview took place in November 2008 at San Jose City Hall. <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/mayor-chuck-reed-part-two.mp3">Listen to Fresh Dialogues with Mayor Chuck Reed, part two on Tesla and clean tech in Silicon Valley</a> To check out part one of the interview with Mayor Chuck Reed, on his humble beginnings, his inspiration for the Green Vision and his views on Obama’s presidency, <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/11/11/chuck-reed-californias-green-mayor-welcomes-obamas-green-tech-focus/" target="_blank">click here</a> <a href=”<a href="http://technorati.com/claim/e2qguza3tn">http://technorati.com/claim/e2qguza3tn</a>” rel=”me”>Technorati Profile</a> By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues In Part Two of our interview with Mayor Chuck Reed, the Green Mayor discusses how the city is changing its rules and practices to move “at the speed of business” to attract clean tech companies [...] Green Tech tips from TechSoup’s Anna Jaeger http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/12/30/green-tech-tips-from-techsoups-anna-jaeger/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/12/30/green-tech-tips-from-techsoups-anna-jaeger/#comments Tue, 30 Dec 2008 13:59:44 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=1072 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/12/30/green-tech-tips-from-techsoups-anna-jaeger/feed/ 0 By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues<img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-1078" style="margin: 15px 0px 15px 20px;" title="Fresh Dialogues with Anna Jaeger" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/anna-jaeger-techsoup-global-sm.jpg" alt="" width="120" height="170" /> <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/anna-jaeger-techsoup-final.mp3">Listen to Fresh Dialogues with Anna Jaeger, TechSoup</a> I caught up with Anna Jaeger, Director of the GreenTech Program at <a href="http://techsoup.org" target="_blank">TechSoup Global</a>, during The <a href="http://greeneu08.eventbrite.com/" target="_blank">Green Enterprise UnConference </a>at <a href="http://www.computerhistory.org/" target="_blank">The Computer History Museum </a>in Mountain View, December 3, 2008. San Francisco-based TechSoup <a href="http://www.techsoup.org/stock/default.asp?cg=cross&sg=subhome&sg2=default" target="_blank">partners</a> with many leading tech companies like Microsoft, Adobe and Cisco to put technology in the hands of nonprofits; and Anna is spearheading its efforts to educate organizations to reduce their environmental impact through effective use of technology. Our discussion includes: Best “<a href="http://www.techsoup.org/greentech/" target="_blank">green” office practices</a> Software as a service (SoaS): e.g <a href="http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/business/index.html" target="_blank">Google Apps </a>- Docs, Video, Gmail <a href="http://www.vmware.com/virtualization/" target="_blank">Virtualization</a> <a href="http://www.techterms.com/definition/thinclient" target="_blank">Thin clients</a>/ dumb terminals <a href="http://secondlife.com/whatis/" target="_blank">Second Life </a>online collaborations Cisco’s <a href="http://www.webex.com/" target="_blank">WebEx</a> <a href="http://forumone.com" target="_blank">Forum One’s </a>UNconference concept Note: Another excellent source of best green business practices, <a href="http://edf.org/pressrelease.cfm?contentID=9066" target="_blank">just launched </a>this month, is at the Environmental Defense Fund’s new online resource, <a href="http://innovation.edf.org/home.cfm" target="_blank">The Innovation Exchange</a> where you can find information about running a <a href="http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=1578" target="_blank">carbon neutral office</a>. By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Listen to Fresh Dialogues with Anna Jaeger, TechSoup I caught up with Anna Jaeger, Director of the GreenTech Program at TechSoup Global, during The Green Enterprise UnConference at The Computer [...] Heidi Roizen: VC tips for entrepreneurs http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/12/23/heidi-roizen-vc-tips-for-entrepreneurs/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/12/23/heidi-roizen-vc-tips-for-entrepreneurs/#comments Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:00:10 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=1064 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/12/23/heidi-roizen-vc-tips-for-entrepreneurs/feed/ 0 <img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-721" title="Heidi Roizen Fresh Dialogues " src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/heidi-roizen-fresh-dialogues1-268x300.jpg" alt="" width="161" height="180" /> By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues <a href="http://None"></a> <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/heidi-roizen-part-two.mp3">Listen to Fresh Dialogues with Heidi Roizen, part two</a><a href="None"></a> In this second part of Heidi Roizen’s interview, she talks about her Silicon Valley career and her new venture; she has some good advice for entrepreneurs. Working at Apple in the 90’s, the work/family balance How she became a venture capitalist The challenges of working from home Pursuing your passion as a business Dealing with doors slamming in your face Keeping the ball moving forward Why the Roizen family is going green To listen to Heidi’s interview about Skinny Songs and her new book <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/11/18/heidi-roizen-gives-the-skinny-on-new-venture/" target="_blank">click here</a> By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Listen to Fresh Dialogues with Heidi Roizen, part two In this second part of Heidi Roizen’s interview, she talks about her Silicon Valley career and her new venture; she has some good advice for [...] Ann Winblad talks Kool-Aid, green tech and Bill Gates http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/12/16/ann-winblad-talks-kool-aid-green-tech-and-bill-gates/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/12/16/ann-winblad-talks-kool-aid-green-tech-and-bill-gates/#comments Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:59:48 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=989 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/12/16/ann-winblad-talks-kool-aid-green-tech-and-bill-gates/feed/ 0 By <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/welcome/" target="_blank">Alison van Diggelen</a>, host of Fresh Dialogues<a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/annwinblad.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-977" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="Fresh Dialogues with Ann Winblad" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/annwinblad.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="264" /></a> (12 minutes) <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ann-winblad-part-one.mp3">Download Fresh Dialogues with Ann Winblad</a> I talked to celebrated tech leader and VC <a href="http://www.humwin.com/team_detail.cfm?ID=2" target="_blank">Ann Winblad </a>at Hummer Winblad on December 5th. New jobless figures had just been released, and were reminiscent of the mid 1970’s. Yet, despite that gloom, the views over the Embarcadero to San Francisco Bay Bridge were breathtaking, and Ann, in true venture capitalist style, was refreshingly upbeat. She talked about her early days: <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/strawberries-70-x-70.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1037" title="strawberries-70-x-70" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/strawberries-70-x-70.jpg" alt="" width="70" height="74" /></a>Working in the strawberry fields of Minnesota at age 7… “I learned that patience and focus is a very good balance with overall efficiency; and that’s served me well as an entrepreneur.” <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ann-winblad-strawberry-fields.mp3">Download Fresh Dialogues with Ann Winblad – strawberry fields</a> <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/pitcher-70-x.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1039" title="pitcher-70-x" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/pitcher-70-x.jpg" alt="" width="70" height="105" /></a> Drinking the Kool-Aid. To be a successful VC, “we have to look at the glass as half full….we have to slurp up that Kool-Aid for an instant, but we can’t get addicted.” <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ann-winblad-kool-aid.mp3">Download Fresh Dialogues with Ann Winblad – Kool Aid</a> <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/sdforum1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1045" title="sdforum1" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/sdforum1.jpg" alt="" width="70" height="71" /></a> <a href="http://sdforum.org">“SDForum</a> is an open door to entrepreneurs and innovators…we’ve funded several companies from walk-in meetings…Susan Lucas (Conwell) is our CEO and a remarkable director.” <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/ann-winblad-sdforum.mp3">Download Fresh Dialogues with Ann Winblad – SDForum</a> <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/rudolph1.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1042" [...] By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues (12 minutes) Download Fresh Dialogues with Ann Winblad I talked to celebrated tech leader and VC Ann Winblad at Hummer Winblad on December 5th. New jobless figures had just been released, and [...] Mary Vincent, green goddess goes gourmet http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/12/09/mary-vincent-green-goddess-goes-gourmet/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/12/09/mary-vincent-green-goddess-goes-gourmet/#comments Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:00:24 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=956 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/12/09/mary-vincent-green-goddess-goes-gourmet/feed/ 0 <img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-958" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px;" title="mary-vincent-on-fresh-dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/mary-vincent-on-fresh-dialogues-290x300.jpg" alt="" width="232" height="240" />By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Former <a href="http://sun.com" target="_blank">Sun Microsytems </a>Executive, <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/maryvincent" target="_blank">Mary Vincent </a>chaired a panel of green venture capital and entrepreneur experts at the 2008 <a href="http://www.witi.com/center/conferences/2008/siliconvalley/" target="_blank">Women in Technology International (WITI) Conference</a> in Silicon Valley. She talked to me afterwards about the key moment that inspired her to give up her corporate job as a Java expert and become a green entrepreneur. She cites the <a href="http://www.state.gov/g/oes/rls/rpts/car/" target="_blank">UN Climate Change Report 2006</a>, and says “animal agriculture produces more greenhouse gases than transportation…it shocked me.” Seeing a way to leverage her skills to work on climate change, she recently founded <a href="http://www.greenstarsolution.com" target="_blank">Green Star Solution </a>and <a href="http://www.gratitudegourmet.com/" target="_blank">Gratitude Gourmet</a>; and is using many web 2.0 tools to build her business: <a href="http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/14/facebook-opens-up-their-data-feeds/" target="_blank">Facebook homepage feeds</a> <a href="http://twitter.com/GratitudGourmet" target="_blank">Twitter</a> Blogs Google Calendar <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=37133855332" target="_blank">Clean tech group</a> on Facebook <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/mary-vincent-final.mp3">Download Fresh Dialogues with Mary Vincent</a> By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Former Sun Microsytems Executive, Mary Vincent chaired a panel of green venture capital and entrepreneur experts at the 2008 Women in Technology International (WITI) Conference in Silicon Valley. She [...] Firoozeh Dumas: brings laughter and a message of peace http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/12/02/firoozeh-dumas-brings-laughter-and-a-message-of-peace/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/12/02/firoozeh-dumas-brings-laughter-and-a-message-of-peace/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:00:43 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=903 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/12/02/firoozeh-dumas-brings-laughter-and-a-message-of-peace/feed/ 0 By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/firoozehdumas2.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-904" title="Fresh Dialogues with Firoozeh Dumas" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/firoozehdumas2.jpg" alt="" width="169" height="155" /></a>Firoozeh Dumas, bestselling author of “Funny in Farsi” is not only hilarious on the page, she’s a hoot in <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/firoozehdumas2.jpg"></a>person. Yet she wants to do more than tickle our funny bones; this <a href="http://www.thurberhouse.org/program/adlt_prize.html" target="_blank">Thurber Prize for American Humor </a>nominee wants to focus on the commonalities that unite us, no matter where we’re from. You could say she’s a world peace maker that uses humor as conduit. Our conversation explored: American optimism Shared humanity Post 9/11 generation Iranian stereotypes Tolerance Iran’s censorship bureau Being a “sexual” Muslim Listen to Fresh Dialogues with Firoozeh Dumas <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/firoozeh-dumas-part-one-final.mp3">Download Fresh Dialogues with Firoozeh Dumas</a> Check back soon for Part Two of this Fresh Dialogues when Firoozeh talks about how Silicon Valley inspired her, outsmarting the bad boys at school and why noses are big in Iran. By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Firoozeh Dumas, bestselling author of “Funny in Farsi” is not only hilarious on the page, she’s a hoot in person. Yet she wants to do more than tickle our funny bones; this Thurber Prize for [...] Martin Sheen, the activist and actor http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/11/25/martin-sheen-the-activist-and-actor/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/11/25/martin-sheen-the-activist-and-actor/#comments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:00:59 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=871 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/11/25/martin-sheen-the-activist-and-actor/feed/ 2 By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues<a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/fresh-dialogues-with-martin-sheen-240-x-207.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-883" style="margin: 10px 0px 10px 20px;" title="Fresh Dialogues with Martin Sheen" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/fresh-dialogues-with-martin-sheen-240-x-207.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="208" /></a><a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/fresh-dialogues-with-martin-sheen.jpg"></a> I had the pleasure of interviewing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Sheen" target="_blank">Martin Sheen </a>who was visiting Silicon Valley as a guest of <a href="http://www.celebrityforum.net/134-141-Henning.pdf" target="_blank">Dick Henning’s </a>Foothill College <a href="http://www.celebrityforum.net/" target="_blank">Celebrity Forum Series</a>. In this first part of our Fresh Dialogues interview, Martin talks about the roots of his social activism, his faith, his marriage and his movies. We also explore: Money and happiness Silicon Valley millionaires Social conscience What is God? His college fantasy His heart attack during the filming of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078788/" target="_self">Apocalypse Now </a> To read selected quotes from the interview <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/11/25/martin-sheen-fresh-dialogues-quotes/" target="_blank">click here</a> <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/sheen-as-president.jpg"></a><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-899" title="Martin Sheen President Bartlet" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/sheen-as-president-215x300.jpg" alt="" width="215" height="300" /><a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/05/13/martin-sheen-his-green-motivations/" target="_blank">Click here for Part Two </a>of Fresh Dialogues with Martin Sheen when we explore his environmental activism, his “West Wing” perspective on President Barack Obama and what two exciting movie projects Martin will be working on through 2009. Note: Martin donated all proceeds from his Celebrity Forum appearance to the Berkeley based nonprofit, <a href="http://sancarlosfoundation.org" target="_blank">The San Carlos Foundation</a> What a guy! By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues I had the pleasure of interviewing Martin Sheen who was visiting Silicon Valley as a guest of Dick Henning’s Foothill College Celebrity Forum Series. In this first part of our Fresh Dialogues [...] Heidi Roizen gives the skinny on new venture http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/11/18/heidi-roizen-gives-the-skinny-on-new-venture/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/11/18/heidi-roizen-gives-the-skinny-on-new-venture/#comments Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:00:31 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=729 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/11/18/heidi-roizen-gives-the-skinny-on-new-venture/feed/ 0 By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues<a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/fresh-dialogues-heidi-roizen.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-825" title="Heidi Roizen talks with Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/fresh-dialogues-heidi-roizen.jpg" alt="" width="147" height="177" /></a> Celebrated Silicon Valley entrepreneur and venture capitalist <a href="http://www.roizen.com/heidi/" target="_blank">Heidi Roizen </a>invited me to her home to talk about her career and her new venture: <a href="http://www.skinnysongs.com/" target="_blank">Skinny Songs</a>. A former executive at <a href="http://www.mobiusvc.com/" target="_blank">Mobius Venture Capital</a>, Heidi has recently been featured on the Martha Stewart Show, Oprah & Friends Radio and The Early Show. We had an animated discussion about her motivations for this 180 degree career change and how she’s still keeping one foot in the tech world. Heidi changed focus from software to song writing: what all-time-high became her impetus for change? What inspired the lyrics for “Skinny Jeans” and “You Da Boss” and how did her Stanford degree help? How does being politically INcorrect help her business? How does she deal with the critics? Why does she describe her product as “a sound track without the movie”? What does she mean by her “portfolio career”? What’s next for Heidi? News about her new book: “Can’t buy thin.” Listen to this Fresh Dialogue with Heidi Roizen <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/heidiroizen-part-one.mp3">Download Heidi Roizen Fresh Dialogue Part 1</a> For part 2 of Heidi’s interview when she gives tips to entrepreneurs <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/12/23/heidi-roizen-vc-tips-for-entrepreneurs/" target="_blank">click here</a> By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues Celebrated Silicon Valley entrepreneur and venture capitalist Heidi Roizen invited me to her home to talk about her career and her new venture: Skinny Songs. A former executive at Mobius [...] Chuck Reed, California’s Green Mayor welcomes Obama’s green tech focus http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/11/11/chuck-reed-californias-green-mayor-welcomes-obamas-green-tech-focus/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/11/11/chuck-reed-californias-green-mayor-welcomes-obamas-green-tech-focus/#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:30:16 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=619 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/11/11/chuck-reed-californias-green-mayor-welcomes-obamas-green-tech-focus/feed/ 0 By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues<a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/chuck-reed-interview.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-621" style="margin: 20px;" title="Chuck Reed interview for Fresh Dialogues" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/chuck-reed-interview-300x264.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="264" /></a> <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/chuck-reed-interview.jpg"></a> I met with San Jose Mayor <a href="http://www.sanjoseca.gov/mayor/" target="_blank">Chuck Reed </a>at his swanky corner office on the 18th floor of the gleaming City Hall just three days after Barack Obama was elected President of the United States. We discuss what this historic election means for Chuck and his <a href="http://www.sanjoseca.gov/greenvision/" target="_blank">Green Vision </a>for Silicon Valley; and how he got his moniker The <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10005020-54.html" target="_blank">Green Mayor</a>. We also explore: 1. Chuck’s own dramatic journey from poverty in Garden City, Kansas (digging trenches) to top public servant in Silicon Valley 2. How the Beach Boys influenced that journey 3. Why his military background helped shape his green motivations today 4. What Mike Honda said to inspire his bold Green Vision 5. Why Silicon Valley companies from Fairchild to startups are getting into clean tech. 6. How a Green Mayor walks the green walk at home and why his lawn has brown spots. To listen to Part Two of the interview on Tesla, tactics for attracting clean tech etc, <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2009/01/06/green-mayor-shares-recipe-for-attracting-clean-tech/" target="_blank">click here</a> To check out selected quotes, <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/11/11/quotes-from-mayor-chuck-reed/" target="_blank">click here</a> By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues I met with San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed at his swanky corner office on the 18th floor of the gleaming City Hall just three days after Barack Obama was elected President of the United States. We discuss [...] How Tesla Motors has changed history http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/11/04/how-tesla-motors-has-changed-history/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/11/04/how-tesla-motors-has-changed-history/#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:08:16 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=588 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/11/04/how-tesla-motors-has-changed-history/feed/ 0 By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues<a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/tesla.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-589" title="Tesla Motor's electric roadster" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/tesla.jpg" alt="" width="127" height="76" /></a> In part two of my interview with <a href="http://www.gptpartners.com/about/team.html" target="_blank">Laurie Yoler </a>of Growth Point Technologies we explore the historic role <a href="http://www.teslamotors.com/" target="_blank">Tesla Motors </a>has played in changing the way consumers and car manufacturers view alternative energy vehicles. Tesla founder, Elon Musk says he wants to make Tesla the Apple of electric cars, but for now, he’s had to <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/08_44/b4106080144482_page_2.htm" target="_blank">downshift</a> on his new model plans. How did Tesla wake up large car makers to the fact that consumers were demanding more choices? What was Laurie’s role in the early days of Tesla Motors? Why was she so passionate about the company’s mission? Why did Tesla <a href="http://www.teslamotors.com/blog2/?p=64" target="_blank">choose San Jose </a>for its new manufacturing plant and headquarters? What is Laurie’s motivation for backing clean technology? Does she want to save the planet or make a buck? Or both? Listen to Part Two of this Fresh Dialogue <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/growthpoint-laurie-yoler-part-two.mp3">Download Laurie Yoler’s Fresh Dialogue Part 2</a> By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues In part two of my interview with Laurie Yoler of Growth Point Technologies we explore the historic role Tesla Motors has played in changing the way consumers and car manufacturers view alternative [...] Clean Tech investor, Laurie Yoler’s bailout aftermath predictions http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/10/28/clean-tech-investor-laurie-yoler/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/10/28/clean-tech-investor-laurie-yoler/#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2008 18:51:03 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=557 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/10/28/clean-tech-investor-laurie-yoler/feed/ 0 By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues I met with <a href="http://www.gptpartners.com/" target="_blank">Growth Point Technology Partners </a>Managing Director, <a href="http://www.gptpartners.com/about/team.html" target="_blank">Laurie Yoler </a>just 12 days after the historic bailout of the US financial system was signed into law. <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/laurie-yoler.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-558" title="Laurie Yoler, Growth Point Technologies" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/laurie-yoler-214x300.jpg" alt="" width="214" height="300" /></a>She’s a seasoned investor in emerging technology, a specialist in clean tech and serves on the board of <a href="http://www.teslamotors.com/" target="_blank">Tesla Motors</a>, where she was an angel investor. Laurie gives a fascinating insight into the psyche of venture capitalists at this historic time and explains why she remains optimistic. We also explore these questions: How long will it take before the market stabilizes? How will the IPO, Merger & Aquisition and private placement markets be affected by the financial turmoil? What about those frothy valuations? What clean tech trends have emerged this year? What’s hot in clean tech and why is clean tech in Europe ahead of the US? Listen to part I of this Fresh Dialogue <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/growthpoint-laurie-yoler-part-one.mp3">Download Laurie Yoler’s Fresh Dialogue Part I</a><a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/growthpoint-laurie-yoler-part-one.mp3"></a> Check back soon for Part II when Laurie discusses her early involvement in Tesla Motors and the company’s role in clean tech history. By Alison van Diggelen, host of Fresh Dialogues I met with Growth Point Technology Partners Managing Director, Laurie Yoler just 12 days after the historic bailout of the US financial system was signed into law. She’s a seasoned investor in [...] LinkedIn: April Kelly’s tips on building your brand http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/10/20/linkedin-april-kellys-tips-on-building-your-brand/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/10/20/linkedin-april-kellys-tips-on-building-your-brand/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:04:47 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=501 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/10/20/linkedin-april-kellys-tips-on-building-your-brand/feed/ 0 by Alison van Diggelen, Host of Fresh Dialogues <img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-511" style="margin: 2px 12px;" title="April Kelly, Director at LinkedIn" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/april-kelly1-300x200.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="200" />I interviewed <a href="http://linkedin.com" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> director, <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/ppl/webprofile?action=vmi&id=4779&authToken=i9Wp&authType=name&trk=ppro_viewmore&lnk=vw_pprofile" target="_blank">April Kelly</a>, at the Women In Technology International (<a href="http://witi.com" target="_blank">WITI</a>) conference in Silicon Valley. She’s a former PayPal executive who describes herself as an effervescent leader and energetic coach. I asked her: - why is it worth joining a (biz) social networking site like LinkedIn? - tips on building our brand and optimizing our online profile? - how can you rebrand yourself and build a new career using LinkedIn tools? (April has some great ideas for you if you’ve lost your job, or are looking for a new opportunities) She outlines how to use “recommendations” and “answer” forums to build your reputation and establish your expertise online. Checkout her online profile if you need inspiration. Listen to this seven minute Fresh Dialogue: <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/linked-in-april-kelly-324.mp3">Download April Kelly’s Fresh Dialogue</a> <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/growthpoint-laurie-yoler-part-two.mp3"></a> by Alison van Diggelen, Host of Fresh Dialogues I interviewed LinkedIn director, April Kelly, at the Women In Technology International (WITI) conference in Silicon Valley. She’s a former PayPal executive who describes herself as an effervescent [...] Streaming Media West Conference http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/10/07/streaming-media-west-conference/ http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/10/07/streaming-media-west-conference/#comments Wed, 08 Oct 2008 01:53:34 +0000 freshdialogues http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=395 http://www.freshdialogues.com/2008/10/07/streaming-media-west-conference/feed/ 0 by Alison van Diggelen, Host of Fresh Dialogues<a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/alison-jeske-sized1.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-521" title="Alison Jeske, Beauty.com and Drugstore.com" src="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/alison-jeske-sized1.jpg" alt="" width="152" height="212" /></a> Fresh Dialogues talks to Alison Jeske of Beauty.com about the use of online video in marketing products to women. What is the optimum length of video and what gets women engaged and excited about their products? Click here for the audio <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/beauty-dot-com-alison-jeske1.mp3">Download Alison Jeske’s Fresh Dialogues</a> <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/beauty-dot-com-alison-jeske.mp3"></a> For a link to the transcript, click <a href="http://www.freshdialogues.com/?p=450" target="_blank">here</a> by Alison van Diggelen, Host of Fresh Dialogues Fresh Dialogues talks to Alison Jeske of Beauty.com about the use of online video in marketing products to women. What is the optimum length of video and what gets women engaged and excited about [...]