Only through this integrative approach can we fully address the challenges of financing innovation and developing the next generation of innovation leaders.
At CircleUp, we are taking a bottom-up approach to financing innovation, but, as the examples above illustrate, industries far and wide will be disrupted by bottom-up innovation.
That solar lease financing innovation has spurred an explosion in residential solar installations by Sungevity and rivals such as SolarCity and SunRun even as the economy has sputtered.
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The value of networks to improve access to financing, innovation, and resources is a given.
The value of networks to improve financing, innovation, and access to resources is a given.
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Financing and innovation opportunities and challenges were common discussion items.
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But the hobbled financial system will make it hard for cash-hungry start-ups to get financing, so innovation will suffer.
In fact, the looming threat of IPAB, increasing barriers at FDA and failure of our capital markets, have already reduced VC financing for early medical innovation over 50% in the past five years.
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Germany has become a leader in solar and wind through public-private financing mechanisms to finance energy innovation as well as strong demand side policies, such as the solar feed-in tariff policy adopted by the government in 1991.
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These funding mechanisms will take into consideration the work done in this field so far by others and will align its functioning with other initiatives by the World Bank and EC, providing parallel co-financing and further enhancing the innovation potential of the programme.
The president of the Ontario Medical Association was only going a step further when last year he denounced the 1984 law as stifling innovation and barring new financing options (translation: fees for acute care).
The central government also contributes to financing education in the form of educational innovation projects.
The crisis in financing is having a chilling effect on biomedical innovation.
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