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Could Solar Power The Next Industrial Revolution?

The Horizons Tracker

Swedish company Alight have been working to help encourage larger companies to utilize solar energy to power their operations. The company, which was founded in 2013, currently has around 46 solar installations generating over 500 megawatts across Europe. Solar as a service. consumption. It’s estimated that around 3.5

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It’s Time To Stop VCs Driving Entrepreneurship

The Horizons Tracker

Indeed, globally venture capital investments are at a record high, with data suggesting that around $300 billion was invested in the first half of 2021, which is more than the entirety of 2020. This has made the once-fabled unicorn a much more frequent sight, with recent valuations hitting the frothy heights of 40-50 times revenue.

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The Sequestration Cuts that Are Harming Health Care

Harvard Business Review

Between October 1 and 17, the federal government ceased all nonessential operations because of a partisan stalemate over Obamacare. noted the irony that because of sequester cuts, NIH funding was reduced for the research that resulted in Yale’s James Rothman sharing in the 2013 Nobel Prize for Medicine. Cuts to 2013 budget: $11.08

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Robo-Advisers Are Coming to Consulting and Corporate Strategy

Harvard Business Review

trillion by 2021. Companies are both operators and investors. These numbers represent more than three times as much as was invested in 2013. Companies in every industry can benefit from making more data and algorithm-based decisions in areas of internal operations and finance. Finally, A.T. Insight Center.