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Five to watch in the Business of Green
With government money flowing and traditional industries fading, 2009 is set to be a watershed year for green business. Reuters News and Venture Capital Journal have selected five decisionmakers who will help to decide the course of technology, energy usage and climate change in the years to come.
Founder, Khosla Ventures
Khosla grew up dreaming of being an entrepreneur, despite spending his childhood up in an Indian Army household with no business or technology connections. He eventually became a founder of Sun Microsystems and then joined legendary venture capital firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers.
In 2004, Khosla, driven by the need for flexibility to accommodate four teenage children and a desire to be more experimental, formed Khosla Ventures, funded entirely with family funds. His goals remain the same – work and learn from fun and knowledgeable entrepreneurs, build impactful companies through the leverage of innovation, and spend time as a partnership making a difference. He has made investments in companies working on waste water and water desalinization, solar, geothermal and cellulosic ethanol.
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Good for Green. Why doesn’t anyone talk about blue? Our Oceans are dying. The water is getting to warm and levels to high. The hothouse gas reduction goals governments are about to set subsequent to Kyoto are woefully inadequate. CO2 should be reduced around 40 percent by 2020 or 2021. The EU and the U.S. want to set targets of 15 or 20 percent. The Cod are almost gone and the Salmon are not far behind. We have waited to long and now drastic action is required. Those living in the West have been comfortable for along time at the expense of those living in the developing world. It is now our turn to sacrifice.