Archive for category: Start-up Business Education

Duty1.com catches Microsoft’s attention

An article written by Debra Gruszecki for The Desert Sun. Link to article here.   Andy Gibbs was told it couldn’t be done when he founded the Veterans Business Institute and offered draft language for a GI Bill that Congress is mulling to help veterans apply their educational benefits toward a start-up business. Gibbs heard it again [...]

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Educators Say Market Information Key to Green Workforce Development

Educators from five areas colleges met at the College of Engineering-Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT) Wednesday to begin a discussion on how combined planning and cooperation might be the best way to approach the educational needs for solar/sustainable energy in the Inland Empire. The meeting was organized by the Southern California-Research Initiative for [...]

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From Scientific American: 7 Radical Energy Solutions

Exciting start-ups developing clean technologies like these covered by Scientific American are part of our core focus at Coachella Valley iHub. From shock-wave automotive engines, to heat engines, quantum photovoltaics, to fusion-triggered fission, magnetic air conditioners, to clean(er) coal, even solar gasoline, if any of these technologies succeeds it could significantly improve energy security and [...]

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Practical Pointers for Clean-Tech Start-ups

http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2011/03/04/four-rules-for-clean-tech-start-ups-to-make-it-big/ Highlights: Four rules clean-tech start-ups should know when looking to make it big.

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National Business Incubator Association Conference

Quick update from the 25th National Business Incubator Association Conference in San Jose: Over 550 incubator practitioners  representing 37 countries in attendance this year.  Sessions highlighting the value in networking and collaboration as essential for the success of an incubator and nurturing entrepreneurial growth regardless of industry type. CViHub programs and services will incorporate networking [...]

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