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Veteran Ben Keen’s New Mission: Helping Fellow Vets with PTSD – and Demolishing the Stigma
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BY MARIA YAGODA Ben Keen moved to Pittsburgh after serving in Iraq for eight-and-a-half years. He’d been struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, since 2004, and after his honorable discharge in 2008, re-adjusting to…
Can an ex-Googler use big data to help farmers grow more food?
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By Heather Clancy: Most independent farmers have amassed plenty of historical knowledge about their own land. Far fewer have access to external metrics that could help them make better management decisions, such as how new…
Women Power on Display in Career Site The Muse’s $10M Round
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From WSJ.com The Muse, a startup founded by three women, raised $10 million from a female-led venture investor syndicate. That is a rare type of deal in…
Overstock.com Selects View Dynamic Glass for New ‘Peace Coliseum’ Corporate Campus
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Leading Online Retailer Embraces Wellness, Sustainability and Technology with Intelligent Glass AIA Convention 2015 May 14, 2015 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time SALT LAKE CITY & MILPITAS, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: OSTK) and View, the leader…
NEXTracker Selects Flextronics for Volume Production of Transformational Solar Self Powered Tracker (SPT) Controllers
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SAN JOSE, Calif., May 12, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Flextronics, (NASDAQ: FLEX), one of the world’s leading integrated supply chain solutions companies, has been selected by NEXTracker for high volume manufacturing of its innovative Self-Powered Tracker…
Intentional Endowments Network – Divestment and Sustainable Investment Forum – Denver
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Ira Ehrenpreis, panelist on: Climate risks to your portfolio: the growing movement to divest and invest. Watch the presentation on You Tube.
Tesla’s Plans to Expand Beyond the Vehicle Market
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April 30 — DBL Investors’ Nancy Pfund and Opower President Alex Laskey discuss Tesla’s plans to expand beyond the electric- vehicle market. They speak with Bloomberg’s Emily Chang and Cory Johnson on “Bloomberg West.” Watch…
A New Inning For Impact Investing
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By Jean Case, Contributor: For years, a nascent movement led by passionate pioneers out to change the world has been slowly but surely taking shape. Quietly, these early fearless leaders have been championing the idea…
TheRealReal Closes $40M Funding Round, Cynthia Ringo to Join BOD
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Luxury Consignment Site The RealReal Adds $40 Million In New Funding By Sarah Perez: Online luxury consignment site The RealReal announced this morning its largest round of financing to date with news that it has closed on $40 million…
Study finds when utilities add renewables consumer costs drop
U.S. News & World Report recently shared an analysis that shows states with the highest share of electricity generation from renewable energy sources pay less for power. These findings confirm what many believe: increasing renewables…
Revolution Foods: Schwab Foundation’s Social Entrepreneurship of the Year 2015 Awardee
Kristin Groos Richmond, Co-Founder and CEO, Revolution Foods www.revolutionfoods.com Kirsten Saenz Tobey, Co-Founder and Chief Impact Officer, Revolution Foods www.revolutionfoods.com Geographic Area of Impact: USA No. of direct Beneficiaries: 1,400,000 Revolution Foods’ aim is to…
Farmers Business Network COO Larry Trebesch at the 53rd International Sugar Beet Institute
The 53rd International Sugarbeet Institute began Wednesday at the Fargodome. KFGO Farm & Ranch Director Sarah Heinrich spent some time speaking with Farmers Business Network COO Larry Trebesch. To watch the video, visit KFGO.