Like the other two individuals who have commented before me, I too did not like the direction of Larry's presentation. I was in no way shape or form interested in the industry from which Larry has his background, but I feel like I still would have been able to get something from the presentation if Larry had divulged deeper into topics about entrepreneurship and how he came to own his own business. I think it is beneficial to my pursuit of one day owning my own business if I am exposed to different avenues by which to explore or tackle certain obstacles that may arise for an entrepreneur, but I do not feel like I was exposed to that on Wednesday.

I agree with the sentiment expressed by the others in this forum. The exact thing that I was thinking last week when I left the lecture was, "I wish he had delved deeper into the formation and development of his alternative energy technology venture." I would have liked to hear more about his entrepreneurial path and received more business lessons. That being said, I still think his presentation was interesting. Solar, like most alternative energies, is at a pivotal stage of growth in the global market and talking about the future of the industry identifies that there is great future potential for this industry. I also wish that he had talked more about where the industry stands in terms of competition with other energy sources as well as competition within the industry between solar companies.

I actually think the talk was too specific.  He spent altogether too much time describing the solar-brush technology, its advantages, and the future of solar energy.  While, I did find this information interesting it was not really what I would have asked him about.  I would like to have learned more about the how of managing a team of technical people, how to get all the people involved in the company to understand each other, and how to motivate them to produce a great product.  This talk was a lot more like a pitch to a VC than an inside look at the company.

Larry Bawden's presentation is a good example of the differences between VCs and entrepreneurs.  As Donna Novitsky pointed out in an earlier ETL lecture, entrepreneurs are more focused on a specific technology or industry.  Bawden's technical lecture is evidence of his knowledge in solar energy.  It was also evident that Bloo's business model is still in development.  A business proposal for a solar energy company can be hard to create, since the corresponding industry is filled with alot of hype.  I believe students were hoping that the presenter would reveal more details on how bloo is going to gain market share.  Sometimes, the best technology is not the most marketable.

I believe that this presentation was a little general as well. It is evident of his knowledge in solar energy, but we need more talk about the entreprenurialship of his business, and of his person. Half the battle is finding an idea, but we also need to market the idea well. I agree with eduardo, sometimes the best technology won't win against better marketing, just look at Windows versus Linux.

I would agree with the comments above. I think we all agree that sustainability and green and renewable energy are all great ideas of our times so it was like LArry was preaching to the choir. I think his message was enthusiastic and his concern sincere. I would have liked to get an idea of how the technology they are developing would be a business that could succeed and this was an area where I would have liked to see some more depth. The one slide Larry used to describe market transforming innovations (wagonmakers did not invent cars) ignores the fact that many innovations have been developed in huge corporations and not only startups. A better reasoning would have been the agility with when they can move to bring this to fruition. In any case, it was a good topic, enthusiastic speaker but did lack depth.

Overall, I must agree that the surface-level treatment of renewable energy issues and corresponding absence of detail/depth in the presentation definitely took away from the quality of the talk sa a whole. It would have been great to have learned more about the specific technology / technologies that they were working on and how they could structure a viable business model around this core technology (e.g. creating / building out a grander market for renewable energy in a practical sense). Additionally, it would have been fantastic to learn about how his company plans on interacting with, partnering with, and fighting for market share with the big energy companies that currently dominate the competitive landscape (big oil, nuclear power plants, conventional energy companies, etc.), since there wasn't much detail on this either. A little less breadth and some more depth would have truly helped add to the talk as a whole.

Among the lectures that are given including Larry's lecture, I was not able to see the lecture like his because he was not only concentrating on business but also on other topics such as energy and science and technology.  However, as a prospected engineering student in stanford,  I personnally enjoyed his lecture even though some people may have been disappointed with it.