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  1. VC Panel #babsonenergy: And that's the ballgame....
  2. VC Panel #babsonenergy: closing remarks.... everyone agrees it's a great time to start, "this will prove to be a great time to invest"
  3. VC Panel #babsonenergy: Sissi: great time to be a startup, look to grants to facilitate process and start building customer relationships
  4. VC Panel #babsonenergy: Landon: it's all about the risk in scale up—4 or 5 steps—so many things that can go wrong
  5. VC Panel #babsonenergy: Donahue: VC due diligence is extremely intense and entrprs often don't understand how tough it is to get capital
  6. VC Panel #babsonenergy: Rothstein: not too hard at B or C round; tough when it's spinning out of a lab and you have only proof of process
  7. VC Panel #babsonenergy: Robinson: don't give us too much too fast. expense costs are pretty easy to manage, what's tough is carrying costs
  8. VC Panel #babsonenergy: Q: with cap intensive projects, how much detail do you want from entrps. and how much vetting do you do?
  9. VC Panel #babsonenergy: Donahue: "at times like this when risk is least, it's perceived to be the greatest"
  10. Green IT & Energy Efficiency Panel concludes here .......
  11. VC Panel #babsonenergy: Robinson: consider the mkt segments of your investments and how attractive those segments are to potential acquirer
  12. Energy Efficiency Panel- process efficiency for residential market is important #babsonenergy
  13. VC Panel #babsonenergy: Rothstein: there are 20 or 30, multi-billion dollar problems out there to be solved
  14. VC Panel #babsonenergy: Q: what's the exit strategy?
  15. Energy Efficiency Panel- Ans. Res. is difficult piece - loss leader. Novell Approach: prod. subscription pays for utility #babsonenergy
  16. VC Panel #babsonenergy: Donahue: this next phase will be long enough that it creates an exit window for the VCs
  17. VC Panel #babsonenergy: Landon: one of the great challenges is that it's such a different model than what came out of the '90s
  18. Energy Efficiency Panel- Q: What's happening with energy efficiency in residential space? #babsonenergy
  19. VC Panel #babsonenergy: there are very niches that are quickly scaleable, and they're big bets when you find them
  20. VC Panel #babsonenergy:Robinson: first, do you have a great product, team and relationship w/investors: the numbers will work themselves out