Green Businesses Struggle to Find Talent
A new report in the Economist magazine talks about the great demand for executives and other top talent for companies responding to the Green movement.
In the article, Peter Rothstein, a venture capitalist, says “A lack of talent, especially entrepreneurial talent, was one of the biggest bottlenecks to growth we identified in the clean-tech industry.”
Read the whole article here. To counter the problem, some of the venture capitalists have set up a special training program to teach entrepreneurs what they need to know about the science, the government regulations, and the unique financing required in the clean energy business.
But also look at some of the excitement growing in the Twin Ports through programs like those set up by Sustainable Twin Ports.