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Ample’s John de Souza on the merits of B2B, company culture and investors who get it

Ample co-founder John de Souza shared the merits of a B2B GTM strategy, how to create a fun and functional company culture and what it takes to go after the idea most people say won't work.

Investors Clara Brenner, Quin Garcia and Rachel Holt are coming to TC Sessions: Mobility 2021

The transportation industry is abuzz with upstarts, legacy automakers, suppliers and tech companies working on automated vehicle technology, digital platforms, electrification and robotics. Then there

From the ashes of nearly a billion dollars, Ample resurrects Better Place’s battery swapping business model

A little over 13 years ago, Shai Agassi, a promising software executive who was in line to succeed the chief executive at SAP, then one of the world’s mightiest software companies, left the comp

Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi launches $1 billion corporate venture capital fund

The world’s largest automaker, Renault–Nissan–Mitsubishi, has launched a $1 billion corporate venture capital fund to focus on investments in “new mobility” including ele

Tesla completes the world’s largest battery for Australian wind farm

Tesla has managed to deliver something on time, even if it \’s falling behind its projections for the Model 3 electric car: It has completed production of a massive battery farm in South Austral

A New Place For Better Place, As Bankrupt $800M+ Backed Electric Car Startup Sold For $12M

Looks like we have a final chapter for <a target="_blank" href="http://www.betterplace.com/">Better Place</a>, the electric car tech startup that raised <a target="_blank" href="http://www.crunchbase.

Electric Car Tech Company Better Place Hits The Deadpool, As The Greentech Shakeout Continues

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/better-place">Better Place</a>, the Tel Aviv- and based electric car battery technology company that's raised more than <a target="_blank" hr

Better Place Board Quietly Removes CEO Shai Agassi, Places Evan Thornley At Helm

The board of switchable battery makers Better Place have quietly removed CEO Shai Agassi and replaced him with Better Place Australia CEO <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_Tho

Cleantech Investment On The Rise Again In The US – $1.5 Billion In Q2 2010

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/tesla.jpg" class="shot2" /> According to an <a href="http://www.crunchbase.com/company/ernst-young">Ernst & Young</a> analysis based on d

Better Place Raises $350 Million To Make This World A Better Place

<img src="http://tctechcrunch.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/betterplace-215x170.png" width="215" height="170" />I've been quite fascinated by electric car firm <a target="_blank" href="http://www.better

America helps Japan in the distribution of electric car stations

Palo Alto-based Better Place, a company that builds electric-vehicle networks and is led by famous entrepreneur Shai Agassi, announced it will help the Japanese government in a pilot project to encour