James Parle

VP, Greenstart

San Francisco, California, United States

Employee, Investor
Member since June 03, 2011

VEQ: TD-PD-NW

About James

Work/education

Activities

Following

I am a(n):

Investor

Companies I've founded or co-founded:

Sport Planes West - Camarillo

Companies I've invested in:

Techstars, Y Combinator, 500 Startups, Kickstarter, Tesla Motors, Aptera, CleanEdge

Startups I worked for:

Joby Energy

If you are an entrepreneur, why?

I want to change the world.

What's the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs make?

Too much capital too early.

Investor interests

Credentials

Accredited Investor

Employee

Working for Greenstart as VP

Education

2012 Presidio Graduate School , MBA , Sustainable Business

2005 Stanford University , MS , Mechanical Engineering

2003 University of Southern California , BS , Mechanical Engineering

Investor

Accredited	Yes
Areas of Interest	Energy/Green Technologies

James started following Kite For Sail LLC, Lellan, Inc. and VPT Energy Systems

James started following SkyeRite and POWERSCAPE

James started following Alkol Inc.

James started following Idealab

James started following Resulate, CB Williams Energy Group and Green Automotive Alliance, LLC

James started following Home Energy Rewards and ZiptoGreen

James started following EcoTrump and YourCar

James started following UCI Sustainablilty Sunset/Sunrise Policy and PolyChroma

James started following Mr. Power, Solar Fusion and Rencasa

James started following Energy Survival Solutions, L.L.C., CO2STORE and SmartHVAC

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