#Tech Tapping the geothermal energy stored beneath the Earth’s surface as a way to generate renewable power is one of the new visions for the future that’s captured the attention of environmentalists and oil and gas engineers alike. That’s because ...
Sunday, May 2, 2021
Sunday, April 4, 2021
Backflip offers an easier way to turn used electronics into cold, hard cash
#Tech Mike Barile spent two years and racked up nearly $20,000 in credit card debt to bring his first startup, Backflip, to life. The former management consultant had spent years toiling in the startup grind, first at Uber, then, after taking a cod...
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Startups have about $1 trillion worth of reasons to love the Biden infrastructure plan
#Tech The sweeping infrastructure package put forward today by President Joe Biden comes with a price tag of roughly $2 trillion (and hefty tax hikes), but gives startups and the broader tech industry about $1 trillion worth of reasons to support i...
Sunday, March 21, 2021
Now approved in LA, Abodu’s backyard homes can now go from contract to completion in as little as 30 days
#Tech Abodu, one of a slew of startup companies pitching backyard homes and office spaces to Californians in an effort to help address the state’s housing shortage, has instituted a new “Quickship” program that can take an order from contract to co...
Friday, March 19, 2021
Co-founded by a leader of SpaceX’s missions operations, Epsilon3 wants to be the OS for space launches
#Tech Laura Crabtree spent a good chunk of her childhood watching rocket launches on television, and her entire professional career launching rockets, first at Northrup Grumman and then at SpaceX. Now, the former senior missions operations engineer...
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Farmland could be the next big asset class modernized by marketplace startups
#Tech Jim Jackson developed timber and farmland in Eastern Washington, protected from coastal rains by the peaks of the Cascade mountains, building out a clutch of apple farms and other properties on the state’s sunny side for 40 years. Traditional...