BioWheels RTS principal, Stan Cross, recently participated on a Clean Technology panel at the Governor’s 2011 NC Entrepreneurial Summit in Durham, NC. Cross joined panelists from the biomass, energy efficiency, water system technology and carbon capture sectors addressing the audience of statewide entrepreneurs.
“The event was geared at entrepreneurial efforts in general,” Cross said. “My panel’s role was to highlight the growing and diverse clean technology sector. In doing so, we showcased efforts across the state that are proving to be profitable and job creating while also solving many fundamental environmental problems around energy.”
North Carolina is supporting the clean technology sector as study after study confirms that this is the sector where growth is happening and where the state is poised to lead the country.
“What was most exciting was the overwhelming number of participants who see business-as usual approaches to entrepreneurship as dead,” Cross said. “They see business plans that do not address the triple bottom line with integrity as out of step with the needs and desires of consumers. I left feeling energized that BioWheels RTS is headed down the right road and, despite our start-up status, are poised to help lead the way.
Information about the NC Entrepreneurial Summit can be found at www.ncentresummit.org