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We had a very successful event on Clean tech with experts from many areas of the clean tech / green tech Industry.

Andrew Chung, Principal – Lightspeed Venture Partners presented about the Cleantech field, sub industries in this field, and opportunities available for everyone especially Entreprenuers. His entire speech is in the following video stream:



Ash Kalra, Councilman of District 2 in San Jose – SJ Mayor’s Office followed Andrew with an informative speech about the facilities that San Jose provides to foster the growth of the Industry in the city. He emphasized the various developments in the city and how it is gearing up as a capital of the Silicon valley.

After the two great key note speeches, the stage was set for a panel discussion on the cleantech environment. The panel was moderated by Andrew and Jeff Gigoux (VP of Business Development – Mariah Power), Afshin Shaybani (Founder & CEO - MeterVision Inc.), Councilman Ash Kalra, Sujit Banerjee (Partner, BlueRun Ventures) participated in the discussion. The main topic discussed by the panel was the challenges that the entrepreneurs faced in the Cleantech industry. Cash flow came up as the number one challenge followed by resource usage and Government regulations and funding.
On the discussion about prior experience for an entrepreneur in this field, the panel suggested that any field is perfectly OK as long the entrepreneur does the proper homework. Majority of the panel members had an IT background like most of the participants in the event.

Along with the discussions on Cleantech, the event also showcased the philanthropic effort of High school students from Limberg High School of Cupertino, CA. The founders of RISE against poverty presented the ideology of their organization as seen in the following video: