… The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (CBEY) will conduct research into how Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grants are awarded at the federal level. In partnership with Doug Rand, a CBEY Expert in Residence, we will engage and interview multiple … Foundation to develop a publication that explores the effectiveness of specific operational changes in their SBIR program over the last decade. Issue Summary: The federal government is …
… she got a job at Yale’s Office of Sustainability . It was her sophomore year and she and a small team were working to get students involved with sustainability efforts around campus. “I found I really enjoyed that type of work,” … became a Venture for America fellow, and, through that program, she joined Luxtech , a small LED design and manufacturing company. She was the company’s sixth employee. “Going …
… of developing leaders who are uniquely capable of addressing social and environmental challenges. The Gift The gift will help CBEY expand its rapidly growing focus on innovation and entrepreneurship, develop an online certificate program in clean energy finance, and increase the reach of the Clean Energy Finance Forum, an … forum to pursue and refine novel solutions to sustainability challenges, from new ventures with a triple bottom line Peter Boyd, one of CBEY's Executive Fellows to alternative …
… she found it when she learned about the potential for households to benefit from a sort of “energy arbitrage.” Due to the low marginal cost of renewable energy, electricity from … knew that she lacked the capacity to build the venture on her own, so she assembled a team with complementary skills and expertise. For instance, Ben Serrurier (FES ’17), brought … get the first thousand-dollar grant to guide me through the first steps,” she says. That small amount of funding was essential for lowering the bar to becoming an entrepreneur. She …
… financial performance, but “a positive contribution to society.” He does not stand alone with this opinion – nearly every major Silicon Valley venture capital firm backs companies … markets value companies. So if you’re an investor, what do you need to know? In partnership with Patagonia and wealth advisory firm Caprock , the Yale Center for Business and the … not by itself promise solid financial returns. Rather, these designations provide investors with a novel and increasingly robust lens through which to evaluate companies, says Managing …
… was galvanized through recent work at SilviaTerra, a company using remote sensing, big data, cloud computing, and mobile access to better manage forests. A 2010 recipient of … Sustainable Venture Prize, the company now employs seven full-time employees and works with many of the largest timber companies in the United States. “I’ve spent several years in … South America considering how technologies from the US can be appropriately applied to challenges in places like the Amazon rainforest,” says Wilcox. “DroneFlow embodies this …
… had a question for CBEY: How can we bring students from across Yale together to consider bigchallenges in sustainability? On October 7 th , that fledgling idea became a reality … Professor of Organizational Behavior at Yale School of Management, opened the conference with a discussion on the value of working in interdisciplinary teams and listening with … events for local residents. For example, considering the demographics of a particular neighborhood, the team suggested a “plotluck” dinner where community members can enter …
… Studies, School of Management, Law School, School of Public Health and Yale College, with projects that have impact across the globe, from New Haven to Ethiopia to Afghanistan … Treehouse Trading plans to be a forest-based commodities trading company, that sources from smallholder farmers in Ethiopia and create incentives to invest in high-value, … barrier for solar adoption in the rental market, to enable renters to access cheap, clean energy and landlords to increase revenue from their properties without any upfront …
… last week, Entrepreneurial Solutions to Climate Change , could not have been timelier. With the Yale Climate Conference taking place against the backdrop of a record-breaking … Grant added one more voice to the side of hope and leadership. Developed in partnership with The Yale University Office of Sustainability and the Yale Institute for Biospheric … the role Yale can play in researching innovative, creative solutions to complex global challenges,” says Melissa Goodall, the Associate Director of the Yale Office of …
… at Yale School of Management. Bringing together top teams from across the university with new venture ideas addressing public health and education needs, environmental issues … Innovation: MyHealth Ed . Launched by SOM student Vichi Jagannathan (SOM ’17) along with Elizabeth Chen and Christina Leos, MyHealth Ed has developed a mobile app called Real … Miller Prize: Arix Technologies . SOM student Dianna Liu (’18) came to Yale’s MBA program with a background in engineering from ExxonMobil and a vision for a new company that would …