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CleanTech Management

16 Key Lessons after 20 years as a Serial Entrepreneur

Over 20 years ago, I started my first business. As a successful serial entrepreneur, I would like to share some key lessons with you, so that you don’t have to make some of the same mistakes.

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Management

Real Estate Owners and Managers are Failing with Facility Management Procurement Models

I have worked in many areas of energy and infrastructure, and one area that I have always found interesting is Facility Management.

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CleanTech Management

How Municipalities Can Lead by Developing Data Road Map and Master Data Licensing Agreement

Municipalities need to take better control of data in their communities.

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Management

9 Steps for Preparing Back to Work

Some provinces and states are opening up again, and the rest will open in the coming weeks, and there is much to do to prepare.

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Investing Management Utilities

8 Ways An Urban Utility Can Survive

While I believe that the death of the urban regulated utility is in sight, I can also see a pathway to salvaging their value.

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Development Investing Management Utilities

Regulated Utilities Operate Out Of Greed Or Fear

Every day I see articles or studies on how microgrid will take off, and while I agree that there will be numerous disparate energy systems operating across North America, I just don’t see any useful involvement by current regulated electric utilities.

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Development Investing Management Utilities

Regulated Utilities Are Too Expensive for Urban Customers

I am not keeping or gaining any new utility friends, but regulated utilities are holding urban society back from achieving greater success in low-carbon economy.

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CleanTech Development Management

3 Keys to Selling a Premium Value Proposition

In almost everything I’ve done in my life, having a unique “approach” has always been my calling card on how to be different, differentiate among competitors.

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Management

Creating Invaluable Content

I have conveyed that becoming and sustaining a Trusted Advisor status is critical in creating customer stickiness and keeping them happy, but how do you sustain this status?

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Management

Becoming and Sustaining Being a Trusted Advisor

I ran a business development consulting company for 20 years. The most important key to success is being the customer’s Trusted Advisor.