Perspectives
This section brings in outside comments, blog posts, articles and other media to give some background giving an impression of what this firm stands for. These items are posted because they may be helpful to our clients and the sustainable business community in general. If you find anything useful, let us know. We’d love to hear from you!
BPA Is Fine, If You Ignore Most Studies About It
“There's too much data consistent across studies…time and time again…to ignore it and suggest BPA has no effect on humans,” says Gail Prins, a physiologist at the University of Illinois at Chicago. One 2006 analysis
There Might Be Fracking Wastewater on Your Organic Fruits and Veggies | Mother Jones
Federal organic standards ban synthetic fertilizers and pesticides, but cancer-causing fracking chemicals are totally fine. Source: There Might Be Fracking Wastewater on Your Organic Fruits and Veggies | Mother Jones
First TED talk I watched… Still Amazing
Hans Rosling shared statistical insights through a presentation style that brought it all to life! He died yesterday. Back in 2006, I watched this TED talk – the first I watched. It was riveting and
Remembering Ray Andersen, Sustainability Convert & Champion
Have a look at this inspiring video. Ray Andersen was the CEO of Interface Carpets, the largest carpet manufacturer in the world. It's worth a few minutes to hear his powerful analogies and the
Warning: drinking bottled water could make you fat!
Recent research suggests that BPA, a chemical found in plastic water bottles, triggers the formation of fat cells and causes obesity in mice. The worldwide obesity epidemic has been primarily explained in terms of poor
The Arithmetic of Deals
Let’s start with a few basics about how corporations work from a structure perspective, and the mechanics of investments. [Note: the same concepts apply to LLCs, but the vocabulary is different.] When you form your
Deal Structure – Purchase Option Buyback
By Frank Demmler Last week’s column may have hit a responsive chord. I got a record number of e-mails by orders of magnitude (3 as compared to the usual 1). Nonetheless, raising money without giving up
Why Investors don’t want to Invest in your Deal
By Frank Demmler Note: I’ve known and worked with Steve Czetli for 20 years. I am an admirer of TechyVent as an important and respected communications vehicle to the entrepreneurial/high technology/funding communities. In a recent
Kenneth A. Bock, MD (2012) The 4-A Disorders: Autism, ADHD, Asthma and Allergies
Meet Dr. Kenneth Bock Kenneth A. Bock, M.D., graduated Summa Cum Laude from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1973 and went on to receive his M.D. degree with Honor
What Has Fracking Got To Do With San Diego?
What is the potential impact? Alarming as the map above appears, there probably are not any immediate plans to frack the waters off San Diego’s coast. Shell abandoned its Point Loma “core hole” in 1967
THE SKY IS PINK by Josh Fox and the GASLAND Team
An emergency short film from Josh Fox, the Oscar-nominated director of GASLAND addressing the urgent crisis of drilling and fracking in New York state. Go to NYAgainstfracking.org for more info and to get involved. PINK LINKS: Selected