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NEW YORK CITY – Yesterday, Chris and I attended the Green Entrepreneur Summit in New York.  It was a completely sold out event, and rightfully so.  The panelists and audience were high-quality business leaders who are the lifeblood of the cleantech scene in New York.

I went back through my notes and there was some great insight shared by the Funding Strategies Panel on how to raise capital for a cleantech or sustainability venture. The panelists were heavy-hitters with long track records of successfully raising substantial amounts of capital (in the 10’s and 100’s of millions) and commercializing technologies in the ‘green’ space.

David Kistner — CEO, Green Apple Cleaners
Ron Bergamini — CEO, Action Carting Environmental Services
Franklin Madison — Technology Program Director, ITAC
Martin Saposnick – Mentor, Hudson Valley Innovation Center

Here are some of my favorite quotes:

One of the biggest challenges green entrepreneurs face is how to grow quickly in today’s economy and attract the right funding without losing control of their green vision.

If you can relate to this and have a green business generating at least $150K/year, you may be interested in our Green Entrepreneur Summit:  Scaling Up Without Selling Out on July 22^nd here in NYC.

There will be over 20 sponsors and two stellar panels discussing green marketing and financing strategies.  They have also managed to get a few very successful green entrepreneurs that will help us learn from their mistakes and successes.

Lastly, they won’t let you leave without creating a marketing and funding strategy for scaling your green business to the next level without selling out.

Sign up ASAP, because in the next few days all our sponsors will start promoting this event and it WILL fill up quickly.