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Alaska Is Offering Entrepreneurs a Huge Renewable Energy Opportunity

Alaska Is Offering Entrepreneurs a Huge Renewable Energy Opportunity

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog, Contributed Article

It’s crazy that Alaska is more than twice the size of Texas but its largest city has only 304,000 people. It’s isolated from the rest of the country. Due to its weather, terrain and lack of adequate infrastructure, Alaska has the highest cost of energy in the nation...
3 Big Throw Downs Challenge Today’s Grads

3 Big Throw Downs Challenge Today’s Grads

WE NEED HELP!

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Business Blog

We are excited to go to a friend’s graduation who just completed his Masters in Engineering from Stanford. When we asked him what he was going to do with it, his response came lightning fast, “I’m going to extend the range of electric vehicles another 200 miles!” Now...
A Message to the Graduates

A Message to the Graduates

DEADLY COCKTAIL OR HOPEFUL OPPORTUNITY

by Michael Houlihan & Bonnie Harvey | Article, Business Blog, Education

We attended the Stanford Commencement ceremonies to support our young friend Zach Stuart who was graduating in Mechanical Engineering. He was part of nearly 3,000 recipients in several different disciplines to receive their degrees this year from this paramount of...
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