National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA)

Karlson “Charlie” Hargroves

biography :: conference marerials

How does an integration of sustainability, environmental awareness, and social responsibility affect the opportunities for invention and the process of early stage venture development? This session features an introduction to the approach of Natural Capitalism in the context of technology development and technology entrepreneurship. Natural Capitalism integrates the ‘triple bottom line,’ (a term that refers to the business goals of profitability, environmental awareness, and social responsibility) into a single bottom line, fostering greater levels of operational efficiency within organizations.