As energy costs rise and the impact on the environment becomes clearer, clean tech has become an area of significant new investment. Quantify the trends driving this renewed investment interest. How would you evaluate and market size the clean tech opportunity?

Consider a software application you use regularly. What task(s) does it improve or enable? Suggest three ways the application could be improved. Would any of these improvements be considered an opportunity for a new venture? Why or why not?

Global sales of radio frequency identification tags (RFID) and related equipment have been forecasted to explode multiple times in the last decade. Describe the problems solved by RFID and the opportunities presented. What have been the barriers to commercialization of this technology? What types of opportunities will be created when RFID tags are widely adopted in products?