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An LA-led, public-private partnership pitches a $150B green infrastructure package to Congress

TechCrunch LA

Of that, $10 billion will go toward solar and energy storage projects designed to make grids more resistant to climate-related catastrophes like extreme weather events, wildfires and other disasters. billion set aside for workforce retraining and education. The funding would include $20 billion for utility upgrades.

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CLU's Gerhard Apfelthaler: What I Learned In 2014

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The Center is designed to be a hub for the start-up community along the Westlake Village  Thousand Oaks corridor. As an educator, I am looking forward to innovations in online learning. gerhard apfelthaler education incubator' What technologies or things are you looking forward to most in 2015? READ MORE>>.

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8 Ways The Maker Movement Turns Ideas Into Businesses

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In case you haven’t noticed it, the rapid evolution of do-it-yourself (DIY) facilities for developers, including 3-D printers, SketchUp and makerspaces such as TechShop , have scaled down the cost of prototypes and hardware design by an order of magnitude. Quick low-cost design and fabrication alternatives are extremely valuable.

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Startups have about $1 trillion worth of reasons to love the Biden infrastructure plan

TechCrunch LA

Tech companies have spent the past decade or more developing innovations that can be applied to old-world industries like agriculture, construction, energy, education, manufacturing and transportation and logistics. Water and power infrastructure . The administration doesn’t stop there.

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Ten Ways for an Entrepreneur to Expand His Reach

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As an entrepreneur, you always need to be on the lookout for ways to expand your current business, and always on the lookout for your next big thing. By utilizing economies of scale, location, and common design, you may be able to provide a better solution faster for a lower cost. New products or services to existing customers.

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Interview with Alex Benzer, SocialEngine

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The most attractive thing about it was the educational value. So, we were pretty excited to educate ourselves at TechStars. So, we were pretty excited to educate ourselves at TechStars. The program itself is incredibly daunting initially, but it was really valuable for us, especially as an educational experience.

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Maine’s Largest Hospital Launches Internal Health Tech Accelerator

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Jennifer Monti, MD, a cardiologist and entrepreneur, is the director of Maine Medical Center’s new ‘Innovation Cohort’. Unfortunately, health systems—and the education of people who work within health systems—are not designed to capitalize on the insights of their employees, she said. Questions of IP.

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