Driving Solar Growth Through Financing: SolarCity CEO Lyndon Rive (Part 6)

SM: Is there a bottleneck for the scaling of solar power adoption in the US or the world?

LR: In the US there absolutely is. The biggest is financing. Back in 2008 you could establish one $300 million fund and get multiple projects done through that. Those days have come and gone. >>>

Deal Radar 2009: HSA Global

HSAGlobal provides a SaaS platform for the long-term condition management and chronic care management segments of healthcare internationally. The web-based software addresses the requirements of providers and clients in the home and community care, long-term and aged care, mental health care, chronic care and corporate wellness segments of the health sector. >>>

Driving Solar Growth Through Financing: SolarCity CEO Lyndon Rive (Part 5)

SM: Are you working exclusively with panels from First Solar now?

LR: We are not exclusive. Different scenarios require different technology. Given the choice, if we can apply First Solar or a different panel, our customers will want First Solar. >>>

18,000 People On The Bench At Infosys

“[The] problem is, all of these initiatives are expensive. If the global economy doesn’t bounce back in a year or so, India’s outsourcers could find themselves saddled with legions of employees who have little to do. Infosys offered jobs to 18,000 college graduates last year and plans to hire more this year. But with scant work to give them, the company is doubling the length of their training to six months and assigning them mock projects to hone their skills. Though that’s not cheap, Infosys says it’s worth the investment.”

Read the full article here from Business Week: India’s Outsourcers: Using the Slump to Get Bigger.

I can’t help but wonder what these 18,000 people are doing! Are any of you out there who can enlighten us?

Catching Up On Readings: New Careers For Techies

A lot of people are unemployed — now is the time to think about what the labor force should look like. Click here to learn more and for a summary of the posts from this past week, in case you missed them. >>>

Driving Solar Growth Through Financing: Solar City CEO Lyndon Rive (Part 4)

SM: Do you think Morgan Stanley will return to the solar industry?

LR: I absolutely think they will once they turn the corner. Until they show strong profits again, our primary partner will be Greystone. >>>

Think Flash Before You Think Big

By Guest Author Saad Fazil

Earlier we talked about several platforms on which to showcase your talent (the iPhone, Facebook, Android, Palm Pre, BlackBerry, and MySpace, to name a few). Having so many choices might cause developers to overlook the most obvious platform of all: the World Wide Web, plain HTML, and Flash. >>>

Driving Solar Growth Through Financing: SolarCity CEO Lyndon Rive (Part 3)

SM: There are a lot of business areas that can have a positive environmental impact. Why solar?

LR: We looked at the solar industry and realized it was one place where we could really make a difference. We looked at the value chain from panel manufacturing to technology for the solar industry and actual delivery. >>>