Comments on: Just Say No to a VC Bailout – Part 2

By: Иван Иванов

Иван Иванов — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:27:38 +0000

Согласен с автором . У меня такое же мнение

By: John Sharp

John Sharp — Thu, 07 May 2009 22:08:12 +0000

Great point Bill – “if you want to help the green technology sector focus on the demand side, not the supply side.”

The government will spend trillions of dollars this year on everything from new light bulbs to new roads to health-care facilities to jails to jet fuel.

Yet how much of the current multi-trillion dollar budget falls under a “must buy green mandate”?

If the government were to announce that even 1% of this spending must follow new energy-efficient or climate-friendly guidelines, that would shovel $36 billion into the green sector and satisfy Friedman, VCs and entrepreneurs alike.

Consumers might also enjoy sitting under some CFL bulbs the next time they go to get their licenses renewed.

By: Ted Dintersmith

Ted Dintersmith — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 15:21:17 +0000

Thanks, Bill, for the clear comments on Friedman’s ill-advised suggestion. More investment capital and fees is the last thing our industry needs. And, by turning our focus to capital, Friedman distracts attention from the core issues affecting innovation in the US today — under-investments in core R&D, poor math and science education, brain-dead immigration policy, over-regulation of newly-public growth companies, distortions and volatility in demand for clean tech products and services, and the almost complete disintegration of the public market path for our best young private companies. Those are the problems we need to focus on.

By: James

James — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:14:19 +0000

Would an Xprize type of solution funded by the government work? Where the prize is substantial for the object they wish to have? Say $2 billion USD for a car that goes 100 mpg and sales at least 5,000 cars?

Then VC’s might fund inventors in the hopes of getting a slice of the Xprize.

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