Engine For Green Jobs: Premier Power CEO Dean Marks (Part 7)

SM: What is the impact of President Obama’s stimulus package going to be on a company like yours?

DM: First it is about the green-collar jobs. We feel we can ramp up very quickly. A lot of other companies have laid people off, but we have held our own while we built up our pipeline. We had such a big Q4, but a lot of it was residential. >>>

Entrepreneur Journeys in India Now

Readers, EJ1 is available at bookstores in India now. I look forward to hearing from you after you’ve had a chance to read the book.

Capitalism 2.0: Credit

As I have been dialoging with friends and colleagues on Capitalism 2.0, Sridhar Vembu, CEO of Zoho, wrote in response to Capitalism 2.0: Value Creation vs. Value Destruction : “I have a somewhat different take; I believe easy credit from Federal Reserve + leveraged speculation (i.e speculating with borrowed money) create a toxic combination that destroys real economic value. Short selling itself is only an intermediate symptom. >>>

Deal Radar 2009: Triveris

From nurses’ shift planning to physician billing to electronic records, old and often expensive ways of healthcare administration are being challenged by entrepreneurs with new digital solutions. Deal Radar continues to navigate the maze of the American healthcare system, presenting companies working to cut its high costs so that more patients can be accommodated within it. Today we focus on Triveris, which offers value-based plans that try to tailor co-payments towards groups of patients. >>>

Accenture: Two Options Ahead

Although it has traditionally been a nimble player in a competitive market, Accenture again stumbled as it ended the first half of a rather depressed fiscal year. Not only were the Q2 results slightly lower than the company’s outlook, but Accenture also reduced its outlook for the entire fiscal year. >>>

Engine For Green Jobs: Premier Power CEO Dean Marks (Part 6)

SM: Which exchange are you listed on?

DM: We are about to go on NASDAQ. We are over the counter right now. We have filed everything, and we have a board of directors that includes former California senator Kevin Murray, who authored the SB 1, a solar bill. >>>

Sun: Now What?

I was never happy about the prospect of the IBM-Sun merger, and am glad to see that the deal has fallen through. But the question now looms even larger: what happens to Sun next? >>>

Deal Radar 2009: Kaltura

Today’s focus on Deal Radar is Kaltura, the first open source video platform for online video management, creation, interaction and collaboration. The New York-based company, whose development team is based in Israel, was founded by Ron Yekutiel, Dr. Shay David, Dr. Michal Tsur and Eran Etam in 2006. The founders felt that that there was no easy and low-cost way to collaborate in video and rich media online and formed Kaltura. >>>