Joel Serface Surfaces. “No pun intended”…

…Joel might ping me for this one, but I had to put a post up. This is the perfect gig for Joel. He knows a ton of people in Silicon Valley, and will do a great “PR” job for W down there in Texas with the launch of this Clean Tech incubator. My husband forwarded me this note, as we were wondering where Joel ended up, post Intematix.

Joel is a devoted green tech guy. I think he will do a wonderful job, and W is lucky to have the man back in his state, as Joel will make an impact on whatever he puts his efforts to. Joel has worked with some of the best.  He also has a head for thinking big-picture and strategy, while also having the experience of working in-house with start ups, to be able to make sense and what works and what won’t.

Not coincidentally, my guess is that Joel and Jim Robbins have been in touch, as Jim Robbins is one very key guy who knows all about creating incubators around the country - and globally. I have Jim to thank for one job I had a while back, as he was very patient as I was working on figuring out what my business would look like, and was kind enough to introduce me to www.springboardententerprises.org at that time.  In any event, Joel will probably have a lot of support he can pull on, and this incubator will probably pop with some very interesting stuff over time, thanks in no small part to what Joel manages to get his arms around.

For more info - here’s the article from which I pulled the news…:

VC to run Clean Energy Incubator

Austin Business Journal - November 14, 2006

The Austin Technology Incubator — a project of the University of Texas’ IC2 Institute — appointed a longtime venture capitalist as the new director of its Clean Energy Incubator.

Joel Serface will manage the first clean energy incubator of its kind, it says, developing clean energy ventures and accelerating their time to market.