Spring 2012 Sponsors
THANK YOU TO OUR SPRING 2012
SPONSORS

Socratic Technologies is a leader in the science of computer-based and Internet research methods. We are a full-service marketing research agency that conducts Web-based surveys, builds online panels, and performs Website usability evaluations. We specialize in product and services research and statistical analysis for the high technology, financial services, business-to-business and consumer products sectors.
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Hanson Bridgett has been a San Francisco and California mainstay since 1958. We have represented institutions like the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District for over three decades. With over 150 attorneys today, we have grown steadily through the years. And while our offices are based in Northern California, our clients span national and international borders.
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Fixing America’s Economy From the Ground Up… Starting with Food.
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GIIRS, a project of the independent non-profit B Lab, will assess the social and environmental impact (but not the financial performance) of companies and funds using a ratings approach analogous to Morningstar investment rankings or S&P credit risk ratings.
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SJF Ventures is a venture capital fund focused on delivering superior financial returns through investments in high growth, positive impact companies. The fund provides strong expertise and networks in the cleantech, sustainability and technology-enhanced services sectors. SJF Institute is an affiliated nonproft that connects, inspires, and accelerates sustainable entrepreneurs and the fields that support them.
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Clean Edge, Inc., founded in 2000, is the world’s first research and advisory firm devoted to the clean-tech sector. The company, via its publications, events, and online services, helps companies, investors, and governments understand and profit from clean technologies. Clean Edge, with offices in the San Francisco Bay Area and Portland Oregon, offers unparalleled insight and intelligence on emerging clean-tech trends, opportunities, and challenges. Among its many activities, the company publishes the annual Clean Energy Trends and Clean Tech Job Trends reports; produces the annual Clean-Tech Investor Summit (along with IBF); maintains a number of benchmark clean-tech stock indexes with NASDAQ OMX including CELS, QWND, and QGRD; and produces Clean Edge Jobs, a leading online jobs board for clean-tech job seekers, employers, and recruiters.
To keep abreast of the latest clean-tech news; access industry reports; learn more about Clean Edge, or sign up for the firm’s free e-newsletters; visit www.cleanedge.com

We are experts in corporate social responsibility, sustainability and cause marketing communications. Our experienced team of professionals has helped leading organizations, both large and small, from all corners of the globe get their message out. We are dedicated to helping businesses have a positive influence on society and the environment through information sharing that leverages technology and social media.
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An initiative of the Center for Social Innovation at Stanford Graduate School of Business and the Conversations Network, Social Innovation Conversations shares the voices of the movers and shakers of this world. Hear their thoughts and lessons learned in audio lectures on environmental sustainability, government, social entrepreneurship, and more.
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CSRwire is the leading source of corporate social responsibility and sustainability, press releases, reports and information. CSRwire members are companies and NGOs, agencies and organizations interested in communicating their corporate citizenship, sustainability, and socially responsible initiatives to a global audience through CSRwire's syndication network and News Alerts. CSRwire content covers issues of Diversity, Philanthropy, Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) Environment, Human Rights, Workplace Issues, Business Ethics, Community Development and Corporate Governance.
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Net Acceleration is an Interactive Firm located in the heart of San Francisco, CA specializing in creative and up to date website design/development, mobile application development, social media development, online based marketing and search engine optimization.
Net Acceleration, with over 10 years of experience and hundreds of satisfied clients, offers unique technological solutions for every entrepreneurs idea. Your idea + technology = success!
Just ask our friends at Investor's Circle how they like their website we developed!
Please go to our website netacceleration.com to learn more.



