Opportunities Abound!

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Presentation of Josh Becker, Partner and General Partner at New Cycle Capital. MIT/Stanford VLAB Event on The New Stimulus Package: What Does it Mean for the Valley? April 2009.

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Stimulating the Entrepreneurial Spirit

Donnie K “DK” FosterStimulated Entrepreneur

Making supplemental appropriations for:

• job preservation and creation, • infrastructure investment, • energy efficiency and science, • assistance to the unemployed, and • state and local fiscal stabilization,

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009

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$53B

Educationand training

$288B

* Tax Relief

$144B

•State and Local Fiscal Relief

$111B

Infrastructureand Science

$50B

Health Care

$8B

Other

$43B

Energy

$81B

Protecting the Vulnerable

Energy EfficiencyExpenditures

$ 3B – Dept. of Defense

$10B – Dept. of Energy

$ 2B – Science/ ARPA –E

$ 6B – Innovation / Loans

$ 2B – Other Dept.

$23B

It’s not too late

It’s never too late…..

Every business (small, medium, & large) is looking for ways to improve the bottom line while balancing financial, human, and natural resources for long-term benefit

In fact, there are three bottom lines (profit, people, planet)

The stimulus bill, especially around clean-tech provides opportunities for these forward thinking companies to hookup with innovative providers to achieve common good

recovery.com Federal AND State

Understand

Engage

Network

Succeed

ccr.gov fbo.gov EIN,DUNS, NAICS, FSC, PCS,

CAGE, MPIN

Legislators, Labs, Leaders/Mentors

Tenacious pursuit

Loans Grants Solicitations

Federal State Local

Direct ~> Indirect

195 page report:

$3.8 billion - infrastructure $2.1 billion - construction

($1.3 billion - hospitals $0.4 billion - medical fac $0.1 billion - housing $0.6 billion - Homeowner’s

Assistance Program (HAP) $0.3 billion - Near-term EE

technologies $0.1 billion - Energy

Conservation Investment Program (ECIP)

DOD Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program:

▪ Fuel Optimization for Mobility Platforms

▪ Facility Energy Initiatives

▪ Operational Efficiencies/Commercial Practices

▪ Domestic Energy Supply/Distribution

▪ Tactical power Systems /Generators

Practice and improve grant writing skills

274 opportunities in last 7 days

Clean Tech Open is an organization of leading entrepreneurs, academics, investors and companies, working together to accelerate the development of clean technology startups ~ sign-up by May 30, 2009

Ask about the SOAR (Stimulus Opportunities And Resources )

program

www.cleantechopen.comAir, Water and Waste * Energy Efficiency * Green Building * Renewable Energy * Smart Power, Green Grid and Energy Storage

Donnie K Foster

650 . 302 . 3219

DKF.C2C@gmail.comDKFoster@powerassure.com

TenacityUnlimited