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Top Trends in US Business Startups

Business Consulting Agency

Renewable Energy and Clean Tech : Facts : Startups in renewable energy and clean tech sectors play a vital role in sustainability efforts. The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) reports an increase in renewable energy consumption, reaching 12% of total energy consumption in 2020.

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The Impact of Carbon Taxation on Supply Chains in China

Comatch

From an operational and supply chain perspective, many companies have focused on tracking their operations and assets (Scope 1) and their own purchased energy electricity, heating, cooling, etc. China is facing a domestic energy crisis and is likely to accelerate its efforts. The tax will be implemented in stages.

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Fourth Industrial Revolution: Robots, Artificial Intelligence Will Destroy 5.1 Million Jobs by 2020

MishTalk

I expect millions of truck hauling and taxi jobs will vanish soon, in the USA alone, by 2025. On the energy side, fracking is an environmental disaster, and a bust for now, perhaps for a long time. And much of the clean energy systems only work with government subsidies. Trucks and Taxis What about truck and taxi drivers?

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Bad Deal Math: I have a Product, But Please Don't Buy It

MishTalk

She’s run the California Air Resources Board since 2007, championing the state’s zero-emission-vehicle quotas and backing Pres­ident Barack Obama’s national mandate to double average fuel economy to 55 miles per gallon by 2025. It's quite likely that energy mandates are a lose-lose proposition for everyone involved.

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Companies Are Working with Consumers to Reduce Waste

Harvard Business

billion by 2025. At the same time, surveys on consumers in the US and UK show that they also care about minimizing energy use and reducing waste. As consumers, we are very wasteful. Annually, the world generates 1.3 billion tons of solid waste. This is expected to go up to 2.2 Insight Center. Operations in a Connected World.

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We Interviewed 57 Female CEOs to Find Out How More Women Can Get to the Top

Harvard Business

But what if there were a way to make breakthrough progress by applying research-based tools and strategies to boost these numbers faster? ” With women apparently expending more energy to achieve the same result, the longer runway gives them fewer years to have an impact in the top job.

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Stop Focusing on Profitability and Go for Growth

Harvard Business

Our models suggest that by 2025 global financial capital could easily surpass a quadrillion dollars, more than 10 times global GDP. The ready access to low-cost capital should change the way business leaders think about strategy, and in particular the relative value of improving profit margins versus accelerating growth. Related Video.