The NY Times had a long expose this weekend on Kleiner Perkins, and their push into Green Technology investments.
If you're in the world of venture investing or green investing its definitely worth reading.
Provides a great view into one of the worlds top venture capital firms, their vision, and ability to identify the next big trend. A few notes I highlighted:
- Vision: Kleiner's “map of grand challenges” - Lists of “things that ought to be possible,” in Doerr’s words — ideas, that might produce huge changes and, with an investment stake, huge profits
- Guts: "When you have a great opportunity, push all the chips, all the resources that you can, to the center of the table"
- The Green Opportunity: “I’m so dead certain that we’re solving the next huge problem for the planet.” “I’m not very good at hitting the bull’s-eye. I need a big target. And this is the biggest target I’ve ever seen in my life
Since you're interested in green investing, I have one of the most popular sites on the web on the subject. It also covers the latest related global news and research too. It's at www.investingforthesoul.com
Best wishes, Ron Robins
Posted by: Ron Robins | October 09, 2008 at 07:07 AM