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		<title>XChange&#8217;s 2nd market trading evolves from liquidity crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Matt Bowman&#8217;s post at AlwaysOn explains how the IPO market is in a drought due in part to an overinflated regulatory system. This is important to get, especially if you&#8217;ve been raised in the Silicon Valley (SV) way. Things are changing and this means we&#8217;ve got to realize that the previous formula is not working, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Entrepreneur vs Intraprenuer</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hally Bowman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 08:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A distinction between the two as outlined in Pathways to High-tech Valleys and Research Triangles are that entrepreneurs are considered to be self employed and intrapreneurs are corporate entrepreneurs. The myth of entrepreneur is recognizable as the charismatic and revolutionary visionary, but this is the exception and not the rule. Most of the time the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Week Ending July 17</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hally Bowman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[green technology]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A call for an internationally accepted measure for green-ness to be able to compare products based in their sustainability rating is a great idea and it must be on the table somewhere. Who&#8217;s working on the &#8220;Greenies&#8221;? more@source]]></description>
		
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		<title>Week Ending July 10</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hally Bowman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 10:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[IPOs]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tech IPOs and M&#38;A are down by more than half compared to last year. And, only 11 US companies backed by VCs have gone public in the last year and half &#8230; more@source]]></description>
		
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		<title>Week Ending July 3rd</title>
		<link>https://siliconribbon.wordpress.com/2009/07/04/week-ending-july-3rd/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hally Bowman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[smart grid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DOA]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Getting through the DOA stimulus funding will be challenging for applicants as well as the decision makers; however, recent complaints in low caps for Smart Grid funding resulted in a turn around to increase the $20m cap to as much as $200m more@source]]></description>
		
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		<title>Week Ending June 25th</title>
		<link>https://siliconribbon.wordpress.com/2009/06/30/week-ending-june-25th/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hally Bowman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[smart grid]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Amsterdam is leading the pack with smart city innovation which will include hundreds of households using a smart metering system developed by Cisco Systems and IBM. This involves installing energy display panels in residential homes that will convert power consumption data into meaningful information so that customers can monitor their targets more@source]]></description>
		
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		<title>Week Ending June 19th</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hally Bowman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[net-metering]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Net-metering means that you can sell the electricity that you didn&#8217;t use back to the electrical company. However, there is a cap on how much can be sold back, as too much sold back power could make the grid unstable more@source]]></description>
		
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		<title>Week Ending 12 June</title>
		<link>https://siliconribbon.wordpress.com/2009/06/25/week-ending-12-june/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hally Bowman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[smart grid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stimulus package]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Smart Grid is a communication network and therefore can leverage from previous solutions in the networking space dominated by companies such as Cisco Systems. Grid Net is betting that the open standard design of their operating system will offer a distinct advantage more@source The stimulus package reporting requirements are forcing tech companies who want to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Week Ending June 5th</title>
		<link>https://siliconribbon.wordpress.com/2009/06/04/week-ending-june-5th/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hally Bowman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:59:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[green technology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[BTU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cool Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lasers]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Transatlantic Green Platform 2009 being held this week in France brings together European and American stakeholders on the subject of green technologies. Cool Energy will have the opportunity to present their low-temperature Stirling engine technology more@source Laser technology is helping to manufacture solar cells more efficiently. In addition, lasers are being used to improve [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Week Ending May 28th</title>
		<link>https://siliconribbon.wordpress.com/2009/05/27/week-ending-may-28th/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Hally Bowman]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 09:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[smart grid]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Oracle]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Oracle takes a seat at the table with Smart Grid software for meter data management and other business related functionality. Data management in the Smart Grid is heating up for a quite a ride more@source Silver Springs networks expects to be profitable with their Smart Grid products and have discussed the possibility of an IPO [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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