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By Jennifer Walske & Laura D. Tyson In our research, we took a deep dive into eight successful social enterprises in order to identify the critical elements of their success. To read the full blog,…

By Stephen Lacey: Nancy Pfund, the founder of DBL Investors, has supported some of the most successful modern clean energy companies, including Tesla, SolarCity, PowerLight and BrightSource. And unlike many other venture capital firms, DBL…

Episode 8: Nancy Pfund of DBL Investors Mar 20, 2015 Nancy E. Pfund is Founder and Man­ag­ing Part­ner of DBLInvestors, a ven­ture cap­i­tal firm located in San Fran­cisco, whose goal is to com­bine top-​​tier finan­cial…

By Eric Van Susteren Seth Weissman, the corporate counsel at SolarCity, is really, really serious about his hiring strategy. He’s got a special game plan that he’s used to build a legal team that is…

By Alan Neuhauser | Stop us if you’ve heard this before: “Just say no.” That’s the slogan of some conservative lawmakers who are urging states to resist a proposed federal rule limiting carbon emissions from…

FREMONT, Calif. and VISALIA, Calif., March 9, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — CalCom Solar, a leader in solar project design and construction for California Agribusinesses and Water Districts, has entered into a 100 MW supply agreement with…

March 6, 2015:  Farm­ers Busi­ness Net­work is empow­er­ing farm­ers by net­work­ing farm data. FBN’s inde­pen­dent agro­nomic net­work con­nects farm­ers and their data to FBN’s pow­er­ful data sci­ence tools. Through FBN, farm­ers can now access more…

Farmers Business Network is empowering farmers by networking farm data. FBN’s independent agronomic network connects farmers and their data to FBN’s powerful data science tools. Through FBN, farmers can now access more information than ever…

THEY’RE DIFFERENT AS CHIFFON AND DENIM, BUT THE TWO WOMEN BEHIND E-COMMERCE SUCCESS THEREALREAL ARE MAKING IT WORK. BY LYDIA DISHMAN: It’s hard to imagine how Rati Levesque and Julie Wainwright, the founder and chief…

By Eric Wesoff:NEX­Tracker, a designer and builder of single-​​axis PV track­ers, just announced a $25 mil­lion B round led by new investor SJF Ven­tures along with Ten­nen­baum Cap­i­tal Part­ners and exist­ing investors Sigma Part­ners and…

Online consignment site The RealReal offers designer clothes on a budget. CEO Julie Wainwright discusses the changing demand for luxury goods on the News Hub with Sara Murray. Photo: The RealReal.