Many Angel Investors Love Cleantech — Though Most Play Their Cards Close To Their Vests
I had a real eye-opening meeting the other day with Mike Miller, an extremely accomplished entrepreneur and angel investor in Los Angeles.
Frankly, I had come to think of angels as generally too small to make an investment of the scope required for most of the projects I support, and possibly too regional in focus — a potential mismatch considering most of the world’s involvement with cleantech is happening (sadly) outside the United States.
Mike was extremely generous in connecting me with several of his contacts that may pan out to be incredibly important in expanding the scope of 2GreenEnergy. But in addition to the always-appreciated “leg-up,” the meeting also served to show me that I’ve been pretty short-sighted about the angel investment community generally. Sure, some of these folks may have some level of parochial thinking and certain limits as to the level of funding they can offer. But here’s the overarching truth: you never know until you ask – and even then the truth can remain a secret.
If I’ve learned anything over the past few years, it’s that ultra-high net worth individuals are not easy to identify; the last thing they want you to know about them is that they are, in fact, ultra-high net worth individuals. In fact, as I used to tell my kids when they were growing up, there is no value whatsoever to wanting other people to think you’re well-off, unless for some demented reason you want to cultivate a following of false friends and pit bull salespeople.
There’s really no way to know the size, or the sincerity, of the people you’re talking to, thus the imperative to meet one heck of a lot of them and see what shakes out. 2013 will see a ton of engagement on my part with angel groups, just telling my story to as many people who will listen. By this time next year, my goal is to triple the number of qualified investors who are actively reviewing the cleantech business opportunities I support.
Dear Craig Shields Greetings as we are going to celebrate christmas and the new year A new thinking with for the problems whats ever our economy of this world pulled down further due to wrong technology through is the concern what I come to my conclusion why because business is business then business of good changes our society and culture while some businesses even brings huge profits still it contribute to our well being to go out of order from expensive treatments to borne by those who are not and never a part of businesses do suffer while we I mean you and me and those all of us if years gone by 2010,2011,2012, what we would have done might advanced our mankind some ten years ahead so the damages what so ever happened might been become our new hope to solve few problems of serious natrue might been good but never happened and so yers to come do more damages we would face.
Who I am but a simple inventor as you mention there are developments recent NYTIMES reported DATA CENTERS alone consume some 30,000 watts of energy equal to 30 nuclear energy produced.
This is the added energy needs of internet consume.
think about if we go on weighing good investor bad innovations what about future which with companies closing in Indian news GE’s energy producer comments as they being in the energy sector would they run the loss making business.
they suggested energy price should be raised with cost input going up.
My question to GE and you especially Craig would your children of their life going by todays trends of energy price going up and he/she unable bear the price hike or not affordable stage if happen what your mistake being a bridge between the investors and the innovators or the entrepreneurs ‘s mistake should force your children to live unhealthy and suffering would that put in good judgement’s of now your business choices the can be progressive or negative both the ways are just you can understand keeping profits apart businesses are of helping mankind are the need of today as well future this I dont find in any where I beg excuse as far as my little knowledge I know something that are far more superior and fast to achieve but still I am not able to get your understanding as I feel you can do much better much faster if only few truths are revealed by me if that trust we both established in the past years might helped but you kept our trusts in doubt and you read this what I put on the ” CHANGE.ORG ” If this works Craig I say by next year you will find my idea of people only for people would win this growing 6 billion population who all suffer in one way or the other due to not able to seperate good from the lot of developments in energy one side I am still since 1997-98 till date believe on my idea and way ahead of our times had a problem not only with you but to those who needed the most barring only one “” PHILIP’S “” INDIA BANGALORE OFFICE WERE SO POSITIVE IN THEIR APPROACH AND THE DEAL WHERE I TOLD THEM YOU TAKE /MAKE PROFITS BUT DO GOOD TO THE LAST MAN AND FINISH THE BAD FROM TO GO GOOD SOME where things not worked its the company laws this the year 2004 Craig I feel if all goes wrong in two months time where I taken the right steps that never work I will throw my idea to ” PHILIP’S” INDIA,LIGHTING THAT VISUALISED SOME 3 BILLION HOUSEHOLD BY SOME YEARS ITS PRODUCTS THEY WISH TO SEE AND BE NO ONE COMPANY IN INDIA.
I WISHING YOU AND YOUR WHOLE FAMILY TO AND IN JOY OF BEING CELEBRATING CHRISTMAS AND THE NEW YEAR SAYING THIS TO YOU ALL I SIGN OFF TILL THAN C.K.PHILIP J SWAMY GOD BLESS