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The Startup Network

by Rachel Barge, March 5, 2012 | Comments

How a strong network can energize a startup.

All startups have a problem: they're under-resourced. At Greenstart, we help our startups combat these constraints with a simple solution: build a powerful Network. Our newest video shows how startups that leverage a network for wisdom, introductions, and help - can go from being a small team to a supercharged community. The Startup Network from Greenstart on Vimeo.

Investor Day VIDEO

by Rachel Barge, December 15, 2011 | Comments

	The Journey of Greenstart's First Program Over the last 12 weeks, Smartershade, Sylvatex, Wa.tt, and Tenrehte, dove head-first into a high-intensity journey that transformed their startups. Catch the highlights from Greenstart’s first program. Challenges overcome, progress won, results achieved, and the result: four young companies ready to go out and change the world.
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WEEK 10 VIDEO: Thanksgiving at Greenstart

by Rachel Barge, December 1, 2011 | Comments

A special tribute for our Mentors and Partners

Week Ten from Greenstart on Vimeo. Week Ten fell during Thanksgiving week, so we felt it was a great opportunity to thank two incredibly important groups to Greenstart: our Mentors, and our local Partners. Our Mentors are our heros – successful serial entrepreneurs and investors that want to give back to the next generation of entrepreneurs tackling the energy challenge. They ...

WEEK 9 VIDEO

by Rachel Barge, December 1, 2011 | Comments

How team + culture will make or break a startup

Week Nine from Greenstart on Vimeo. Why does ‘culture’ matter to a startup? What goes into a high-performance team?Mitch breaks it down for the Greenstart startups this week, with an intensive series of workshops aimed at making sure the companies get their first hires right. Paul Straub, Partner at Claremont Creek Ventures, stopped by to help the companies perfect their pitches for Greenstart’s Investor ...

WEEK 8 VIDEO: Getting It Done + Investor Day Teaser

by Rachel Barge, November 18, 2011 | Comments

Is it crunch time yet?

Week Eight from Greenstart on Vimeo. Big updates from the Greenstart startups – progress on product pilots, customer relationships, manufacturing agreements, and more. Brook Porter, Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers shared lessons from ‘both sides of the table’, while Jeffrey Schox led an in-depth IP workshop. And to boot? Teaser pitches from all four Greenstart startups.

Week 7 VIDEO: Why Great Design Matters

by Rachel Barge, November 18, 2011 | Comments

How can startups differentiate themselves on a bootstrapped budget?

Week Seven from Greenstart on Vimeo. Why does great Design matter? How can startups differentiate themselves on a bootstrapped budget? Learn from former Frog Design Creative Director David Merkoski. Also this week: Marc Tarpenning, co-founder of Tesla Motors, and Andrew Williamson, Partner at Physic Ventures, stopped by to share battle stories from investing and leading early stage cleantech startups.

Week 6 Video: How to go really fast

by Rachel Barge, November 2, 2011 | Comments

The great startups get an amazing amount of sh&*t done!

Week Six from Greenstart on Vimeo. Highlights from this week’s video: Matched Mentors such as Will Glaser, founder of Pandora, support Greenstart’s startups in identifying their key priorities and making monumental progress towards them. University of Michigan sends 30 MBA’s and PhD’s to learn about Greenstart’s accelerator program – maybe a future founder is in the midst? Andres Wydler, cleantech entrepreneurship guru from ...

Week 5 Video

by Rachel Barge, October 31, 2011 | Comments

	The Power of Telling Your Story Week Five from Greenstart on Vimeo. Whether pitching investors, motivating your team, building trust with a customer, or recruiting evangelists for your product – telling your story powerfully and concisely is the first step.Week 5 was all about communicating and leading with authenticity and passion.
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This week in Greenstart: Week 4

by Rachel Barge, October 21, 2011 | Comments

What customer development looks like + Lawrence Berkeley National Lab + Meet the Greenstart interns

(This is part of a continuing series on what it looks like inside an accelerator). Greenstart is an accelerator program for cleantech startups, providing a fast runway to success for entrepreneurs addressing the energy challenge. Week 4 at Greenstart was all about building products that customers want to pay for. Smartershade, a smartglass technology company, discussed their challenges and pivots ...

This week in Greenstart - Week 3

by Rachel Barge, October 11, 2011 | Comments

Mentors: Jim Matheson, Susan Preston, and Jamie Siminoff

Greenstart is a cleantech accelerator program providing a fast runway to success for entrepreneurs addressing the energy challenge. Greenstart provides seed funding, mentoring, and connections with fellow entrepreneurs and investors in order to give startups an advantage in launching the cleantech ideas of tomorrow. The company is based in San Francisco. Greenstart produces weekly videos showing the action from inside the accelerator ...

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