Geolabe's AI Satellite Tech: The Future of Accurate Methane Tracking
Anywhere, 2024 Chris Thomas Anywhere, 2024 Chris Thomas

Geolabe's AI Satellite Tech: The Future of Accurate Methane Tracking

When it comes to mitigating climate change, much of the discussion centers on reducing CO2 emissions or trapping CO2. But methane, a greenhouse gas responsible for about a third of global warming to date, is a lot more efficient than carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere in the short term. As atmospheric methane levels reach an all-time high, governments and other organizations are realizing the urgency to address this issue and are looking to take effective remedial action. Curbing methane emissions is widely considered to be one of the fastest ways to slow global warming. The biggest challenge up to this point, however, is that no technology could detect methane emissions clearly and at scale.

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How Virtual Communities Support Science Entrepreneurs
Anywhere, 2024 Chris Thomas Anywhere, 2024 Chris Thomas

How Virtual Communities Support Science Entrepreneurs

Activate Anywhere helps entrepreneurs in the United States turn their ideas into products and find the best way to grow their technology. Most of the experience is virtual, with entrepreneurs participating in Activate programming and education through virtual meetings, supplemented by an in-person component held quarterly. These entrepreneurs gather at a designated location every three months to share successes and challenges, network with fellow entrepreneurs and investors, and tour commercial facilities and companies. As the Activate Anywhere Community enters its third year, a new cohort of ten companies will join this summer.

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From Bright Ideas to Hard Lessons: Insights from My Cleantech Startup Journey
houston, 2024 Sydney Lykins houston, 2024 Sydney Lykins

From Bright Ideas to Hard Lessons: Insights from My Cleantech Startup Journey

In the early 2000s, I worked as a mechanical engineer developing solar trackers and concentrators for a startup. Our goal? To build a commercially viable rooftop tracking solar concentrator. We had a team of tremendously smart and talented people who devised some clever and innovative designs. In our eyes, we were poised for success.

The only problem was that all that shine made us go a little blind. We didn’t realize we were about to stumble into some hard lessons—all of which I’m about to share.

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