sungevity was a solar electricity company based in oakland , california until its bankruptcy and sale in early 2017 .

founded in 2007 , sungevity used a proprietary remote solar design ( rsd ) tool to offer a quote and system design options without visiting the home .

the company designs home solar systems ; provides financing options ; and manages system installation , maintenance , and performance .

sungevity operated in the united states and europe .

within the united states , sungevity installed solar solutions in california , colorado , connecticut , massachusetts , maryland , new mexico , new york , new jersey , rhode island , vermont , delaware , and washington d.c .

in 2012 , the company reported having more than 250 employees , but in 2017 it laid off almost all its staff and was sold .

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owler has collected 16 screenshots of sungevity ' s website since oct 2012 . the latest sungevity website design screenshot was captured in jun 2018 .
sungevity ' s co - founder & ceo , andrew birch , currently has an approval rating of 64 % . sungevity ' s primary competitors are
sungevity designs and installs photovoltaic solar power systems for homes , businesses and government organizations . sungevity ' s headquarters is located in oakland , california . for every employee , sungevity generates $ 116 . 7k in revenue . sungevity has raised a total of $ 241 . 4m in funding . sungevity ' s top competitor is enphase , led by badri kothandaraman , who is their president & ceo . sungevity has 4 , 217 followers on owler .
since sungevity was founded in 2007 , it has participated in 11 rounds of funding . in total sungevity has raised $ 241 . 4m . sungevity ' s last funding round was on may 2016 for a total of $ 19 . 4m
sungevity didn’t immediately respond to this newspaper’s request for comment about the lawsuit’s allegations .
sungevity would only confirm that it reduced headcount at the end of last week .
sungevity currently has 18 , 571 followers on twitter . as of july 2013 sungevity had 6 , 356 followers . that ' s a 192 percent increase in 4 years
sungevity currently has 22 , 765 fans on facebook . as of july 2013 sungevity had 6 , 276 fans . that ' s a 262 percent increase in 4 years
sungevity posted a video
going solar could reduce your electricity costs .
on vimeo
sungevity has a european operation , which could make it more attractive to a company like ikea .
but as we have reported , sungevity ' s
asset - light
solar sales and installation approach did not stop cash burn . we covered sungevity ' s financial dilemma in detail here .
solar installer is one of sungevity ' s top competitors . solar installer ' s headquarters is in irvine , california , and was founded in null . like sungevity , solar installer also operates in the renewable energy industry . solar installer generates 6 . 13 % of sungevity ' s revenue .
last week , sungevity eliminated about 350 jobs , according to a source with knowledge of the company’s operations .
the board of sungevity “has extensively discussed and analyzed , in consultation with the company’s management , and financial and legal advisors , the alternatives available to the company , ” sungevity said in the court filing . after those consultations , sungevity determined that bankruptcy was the “best opportunity” to put the company back on firm financial footing .
troubled oakland solar company sungevity , now dubbed solar spectrum , said tuesday that is has merged . . .
recently bankrupt sungevity has sold assets to solar spectrum , a newly - established solar firm backed . . .
following approval from a bankruptcy court , california - based rooftop solar company sungevity inc . has . . .
the bright minds challenge team interviewed jan slaghekke , chief global officer at sungevity . they wa . . .
sungevity posted a video
it ' s easier than you think to save with solar .
on youtube
sungevity posted a video
don ' t choose between savings and service . get both .
on youtube
sungevity installers handle a solar panel on a bay area rooftop . a group of sungevity employees say they were laid off without notice from their jobs at the bankrupt solar energy company this month and are seeking back pay .
enphase is perceived as one of sungevity ' s biggest rivals . enphase was founded in 2006 in petaluma , california . enphase is in the renewable energy field . enphase generates $ 231 . 4m more revenue than sungevity .
sunrun has assumed ownership of some or all of bankrupt sungevity ' s solar financing agreements , accor . . .
the french energy giant made another move to expand its presence in the solar sector . sungevity filed . . .
but , according to emails obtained by gtm , jonna hensley , sungevity ' s
vp , people
wrote on march 21 ,
sungevity has filed a supplemental motion with the bankruptcy court ,
adding ,
the motion will be heard by the bankruptcy court on april 7th , and sungevity will look to reimburse employees for those checks .
perhaps there ' s still a chance for a graceful ending or an against - the - odds restart for sungevity .
in april 2018 , the sungevity rebrand was made official , and solar spectrum and horizon solar power be . . .
answers to common questions about sungevity ' s chapter 11 filing process q : what was announced ? s . . .
sungevity intends to sell itself to an investment group led by minnesota - based northern pacific group . the investors have agreed to provide sungevity with up to $ 20 million in financing . both the sale and the financing would require bankruptcy court approval .
sungevity installation crew member jeremiah eanes scales a roof on a home at 1236 6th avenue in san francisco , calif . , after installing solar panels on thursday , may 14 , 2009 . sungevity , which is based out of . . . more
sungevity billed itself as a lean ,
asset - light
residential solar company that could scale faster than the vertically integrated leaders like solarcity , vivint and sunrun . but as we have reported , sungevity ' s
asset - light
solar sales and installation approach did not stop cash burn . ( we covered sungevity ' s financial dilemma in detail here . )
sungevity imploded earlier this year . now its successor is resurrecting the brand in a new attempt to build a solar empire .
why the hell would anyone bring back that brand ?
was how one former sungevity employee reacted to the news .
“the actions we have announced will allow sungevity to emerge as a stronger and more competitive company , ” nettles said monday .
asi is sungevity ' s # 2 rival . asi is a private company that was founded in null in los angeles , california . asi competes in the real estate development & operations industry . compared to sungevity , asi has 567 more employees .
sungevity has employees and is the first highest among it ' s top 10 competitors . the top 10 competitors average 164 .
sungevity women leaders talk risk , resolve and respect in today ' s solar industry we know that it take . . .
do you smile when you get your energy bill ? sungevity customers do ! switch to renewable solar power a . . .
earlier this year , sungevity moved into the small commercial market and partnered with commercial - scale solar financier sol systems . sungevity will focus on what it calls the
underserved small business sector ,
with systems sized between 20 kilowatts and 300 kilowatts .
it ' s conceivable that e . on will market sungevity ' s services in some of the territories it serves . sungevity sells solar energy contracts to homeowners , designs the layout of the solar panels on the roof and hires people to install the equipment .
missouri and kansas utility kansas city power & light ( kcp & l ) worked with sungevity last summer to bu . . .
the east bay bicycle coalition announces the winners of the 2012 bike - friendly business awards : sunpower , sungevity and arbor cafe .
“the board of directors of sungevity and its advisers reviewed a range of options and ultimately decided that a court - supervised sale represents the best path forward for our customers , suppliers , employees and business partners , ” said andrew birch , sungevity’s chief executive officer .
“the agreement we have reached with the team led by northern pacific group and its co - investors is a testament to their confidence in the future of sungevity’s business , ” said william nettles , who has been newly appointed as the chief administrative officer of sungevity .
listen to the energy gang contemplate the meaning of the sungevity bankruptcy . what does it say about the national installation and sales model ?
another way to look at that is that whatever remains of sungevity just got sold for up to $ 20 million . sungevity had announced a total of $ 850 million in vc and project financing , with an estimated $ 200 million of that coming as equity funding .
oakland - based sungevity also has entered into an asset purchase agreement with a group of investors led by northern pacific group , a minnesota - based private equity firm . if approved by the bankruptcy court , northern pacific would obtain essentially all of the assets of sungevity .
sungevity has been named a winner of owler ' s 2016 hot in oakland award ! each year , owler recognizes t . . .
sungevity , inc . is a privately - held company which designs and installs photovoltaic solar power systems for homes , businesses , and government organizations . sungevity was founded in 2007 by danny kennedy , andrew birch , and alec guettel . it is a solar . . .
subject to approval by the bankruptcy court , the northern pacific investors have agreed to provide sungevity with up to $ 20 million in financing .
sungevity ' s revenue is the second highest among it ' s top 10 competitors . the top 10 competitors average $ 8 . 7m .
sungevity posted a video
when it comes to solar , you don ' t have to choose between savings and service .
on youtube
in an earlier interview , dave dunlap , sungevity ' s chief development officer , stressed that sungevity has a different model .
it ' s not vertical integration ,
said dunlap , adding ,
it ' s a platform model
focused on strategic growth through partnerships . viridian , a crius energy company , recently joined other sungevity partners such as lowe ' s , sierra club , uc berkeley and e . on .
“sungevity intends to be at the forefront of the industry as solar continues on its growth trajectory in the years ahead , ” nettles said monday .
the story of how sungevity came to be , as told by its three founders : danny kennedy , former greenpeace activist fighting climate change ; alec guettel , entrepreneur ; and andrew birch , former bp solar executive . find out about how sungevity is changing the world with solar at urltoken .
with the caveat that these are anonymous comments on glassdoor and sentiment is raw , let ' s look at recent postings from ex - sungevity employees .
last week , gtm ' s julian spector asked who might want to buy the remaining assets of solar sales and installation company sungevity at a discount .
this is not just about capital but a partnership with one of the leading utilities in the world ,
said andrew birch , ceo of sungevity , which runs operations in nine states and in the netherlands and australia . sungevity has raised over $ 200 million in equity since its start in 2007 .
* gtm research u . s . residential solar economic outlook , feb . 2016 . * * urltoken , sept . 2014 . future utility rate increases are not guaranteed by sungevity . actual future utility rates , and fee structures are subject to change by your utility and other entities that sungevity does not control .
how much could i save with solar ?
that ' s one of the most common questions we get at sungevity . in f . . .
oakland , calif . , aug . 19 , 2016 / prnewswire / - - sungevity , inc . , a technology - driven solutions provide . . .
the asset - light approach did not stop cash burn . we covered sungevity ' s financial dilemma in detail here . the company needed to significantly increase installations in 2017 and cut operating costs for each installation . that would , theoretically , allow sungevity to cross over from losing money to making a few million dollars .
pairing horizon ' s and sungevity ' s installations from q1 , the combined company would rank fifth among u . s . residential installers with 1 . 8 percent national market share , according to gtm research ' s pv leaderboard . the new sungevity says it has the momentum to reach fourth place by next quarter .
in its heyday , sungevity was the undisputed champion of solar customer service ,
said horizon president brian walrod .
sungevity did a lot of tremendous things for the industry , and although it didn ' t end in a great place , it doesn ' t erase the positive impact that it made .
sungevity then filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy on march 13 as part of an attempt to reorganize its finances and arrange its sale to a group of private investors .
sungevity , a one - time high flyer in the solar industry , has eliminated more than 300 jobs , filed for bankruptcy monday and plans to sell itself .
“sungevity is very proud to partner with kcp & l on its first utility - scale solar project here in greenwood , ” said dave dunlap , sungevity’s chief development officer . “we believe strongly that utilities will play a major role in solar energy’s future adoption , and applaud kcp & l’s forward thinking approach for this site . ”
sungevity billed itself as a lean ,
asset - light
residential solar company that could scale faster than the vertically integrated leaders like solarcity , vivint and sunrun .
oakland , calif , and brussels , belgium , aug . 24 , 2016 / prnewswire / - - sungevity , inc . , a technology - dr . . .
oakland — a group of former sungevity employees allege they were laid off without notice this month by the struggling solar energy company , and a lawsuit is seeking back pay .
the sungevity energy system is designed to meet your power needs today , with the flexibility to adapt as your needs change . it’s just a brighter way to do energy .
the san francisco chronicle recently reported on claims that sungevity held on to money meant for solar panel installers , who in turn had to place liens on customers ' homes .
what ' s more intriguing is what sungevity plans to do with one of the new investors in this round , e . on , one of the largest investor - owned electric utilities in the world . sungevity ' s executives hinted that they are working with e . on to expand their market reach , but they wouldn ' t say how .
with this merger come national aspirations , which solar spectrum inherited from sungevity . that marks a change of strategy for horizon , having grown within the borders of california so far .
a campaign launched by oakland , calif . - based sungevity called solar on the white house and another by urltoken founder bill mckibben tried to get obama to reinstall solar panels .
nearly 25 years after solar panels were removed from the white house , sungevity , a leader in residential solar panels , has launched an effort to bring solar power back ! sungevity ' s founder , danny kennedy , attended an earth day reception in the rose garden of the white house and offered to donate the system if obama would get on board— to which obama responded that he loves the idea of bringing solar to country ' s first residence . you can help make this a reality by signing the sungevity ' globama ' petition .
we appreciate the recognition from the east bay bicycle coalition and also appreciate that oakland is increasingly bike - friendly ,
said danny kennedy , sungevity ' s founder and president . the amenities at jack london are wonderful and there is nothing better than biking to work and having a spin along the waterfront .
how has sungevity created such a bike - friendly environment ? we heard from dozens of sungevity employees and many spoke to the company culture where biking is an integral part of a solar - powered , human - powered ,
no fossil - fuel
mission . and sungevity gets the infrastructure piece right too . the company provides a 1 , 200 square foot bike room with enough room for 20 % of employees to park at any one time , with showers . sungevity also encourages their employees to bike through awards where winning teams get to give $ 500 to a charity of their choice , taco bike lunch days , and bike commute lunchtime workshops . one employee reported that he has biked to work at sungevity over 400 consecutive workdays . that may be a record !
everything we do revolves around ensuring you get the sungevity energy system that’s right for you . maybe that’s why one in three of our customers are referred to us by a friend .
the customer wrote that sungevity
responded quickly , stating that the sale should have no effect on my lease ,
according to a letter ( pdf ) in a court docket .
even the lead generation , which appeared to be a key value - add of the model , was going out the door as sungevity focused on turning itself into a
platform .
sungevity installation crew member jeremiah eanes scales a roof on a home at 1236 6th avenue in san francisco , calif . , after installing solar panels on thursday , may 14 , 2009 . sungevity , which is based out of berkeley , calif . , installs solar panels on local homes and uses microsoft virtual earth to calculate how to install them and what they will cost . less
one would hope that sungevity , a solar sales firm that stressed its human and social mission , would not completely bilk its staff as it goes through a difficult bankruptcy and potential asset sale .
sungevity , a venture - backed residential solar company in california , said friday that it recently raised $ 70 million in equity . but that ' s not the most interesting part of the announcement .
one customer who bought solar panels online from sungevity , larry oatfield of san francisco , said the installation was more complicated than he expected because he had to get a new roof to support the panels .
smith ' s next goal , he said , is to get sungevity to make the software monitor the performance of his customer ' s solar panels so he can see how they ' re doing online .
data on sungevity ' s annual losses from 2007 to 2016 was recently added to the bankruptcy docket ( pdf ) . it looks like the firm has lost almost half a billion dollars since its inception .
sungevity has now raised more than $ 850 million in vc and project financing from investors including brightpath capital partners , home improvement store lowe ' s , vision ridge partners , oaklandimpact , greener capital , firelake capital , craton equity partners and eastern sun capital partners . european utility e . on was an investor in sungevity ' s $ 70 million funding round last year , along with jetstream ventures and ge ventures .
sungevity ' s market share peaked at 2 . 5 percent in 2014 and was at 1 . 6 percent in q3 2016 , and total capacity installed peaked in q1 2016 , according to gtm research data .
oakland — sungevity , a one - time high flyer in the solar industry , has eliminated hundreds of jobs , filed for bankruptcy monday and arranged a sale of all of its assets to an investment group .
we proudly support the initiative to put solar on the white house and strongly urge you to accept sungevity ' s offer to donate and install a comprehensive solar system , at no cost to you or taxpayers .
“plaintiff received notice of termination by mail without 60 days’ notice as part of , or as the foreseeable result of , a mass layoff or plant shutdown ordered by sungevity , ” adelman stated in the court filing .
last year , sungevity added a page to its web site that lets prospective customers plug in their home addresses and see how much various solar panels would cost and how much energy they could save over several years .
sungevity just filed for chapter 11 protection and entered into a court - ordered
asset purchase agreement
led by northern pacific group that promises up to $ 20 million to fund day - to - day operations .
sungevity filed for chapter 11 protection in march and entered into a court - ordered
asset purchase agreement
led by northern pacific group that promises up to $ 20 million to fund day - to - day operations .
press release : sungevity : us residential solar market growth of 33 . 12 % cagr by 2020 - analysis , technologies & forecasts report 2016 - 2020 - key vendors : nrg energy , solarcity , sunrun - research and markets
separately , sungevity in january filed a notice that it had decided to eliminate 66 jobs in oakland . together , the two actions would bring the total job cuts during 2017 at the east bay green energy company to roughly 410 .
solar sales and customer - acquisition platform company sungevity just raised $ 650 million in project finance and equity funding from private equity giant apollo global management . adjusting for inflation , that ' s a heck of a lot of money . andrew birch , ceo of sungevity , told gtm that $ 600 million was for project finance and $ 50 million was part of an equity financing by existing investors including ge ventures , as well as new investors including apollo investment corporation .
“as a consequence of such a warn acts violation , plaintiff and other similarly situated employees of sungevity seek their statutory remedies , as well as unpaid wages such as accrued vacation pay missing from their final paychecks , ” adelman’s court filings stated .
a sungevity engineer can calculate these costs in about 10 minutes with help from microsoft ' s virtual earth - mapping software that helps him visualize the length , width , pitch and orientation of a roof and how much sunlight it can get .
francois hunter , center , a crew leader for sungevity , helps install solar panels with jeremiah eanes , left , larry galbert , second from left , and lionel gant , right , on a home at 1236 6th avenue in san francisco , calif . , on thursday , may 14 , 2009 . sungevity , which is based out of berkeley , calif . , installs solar panels on local homes and uses microsoft virtual earth to calculate how to install them and what they will cost . less
kennedy , who used to work with greenpeace , is the co - founder of sungevity , a berkeley startup that is using software to cut the costs of ordering , procuring and installing solar panels , a process that can be unwieldy and expensive .
however , his panels are generating 30 percent more energy than sungevity estimated - about 85 percent of his electricity bill .
even on that weekend we had rain , the panels were still sending out energy to the grid ,
he said .
francois hunter , center , a crew leader for sungevity , helps install solar panels with jeremiah eanes , left , larry galbert , second from left , and lionel gant , right , on a home at 1236 6th avenue in san . . . more
no - longer - bankrupt solar sales firm sungevity has laid off two - thirds of its remaining technical staff , breaking the news at a company meeting today , according to sources . the company will provide no severance to the laid - off employees .
sungevity , a one - time high flyer in the solar industry , has eliminated more than 300 jobs , filed for bankruptcy monday and arranged a sale of all of its assets to an investment group . pictured are installers for sungevitiy atop a house in kensington
the lawsuit , which seeks class - action status , listed 336 workers whom sungevity dismissed on march 9 . that included 160 workers in oakland , 57 employees in kansas city and 119 remote employees who reported either to oakland or kansas city , the documents showed .
separate from the march 9 job cuts , sungevity in january filed a notice that it had decided to eliminate 66 jobs in oakland . together , the two actions would bring the total job cuts during 2017 at the east bay green energy company to roughly 410 .
in a market where other leading residential solar financiers have pulled back a bit on growth , sungevity , the largest privately held u . s . solar company , just landed an enormous war chest that will spur approximately 400 megawatts ' worth of solar deployments over three years .
it was unfortunate what happened with sungevity , but we believe the brand stands for a lot of positive things ,
said horizon ceo frank kneller .
most important to us was their total commitment to the customer and ensuring the customer had a flawless experience .
had sungevity viewed itself as a solar software startup and licensed its customer acquisition platform for use by hands - on installers , it may have avoided the capital drain that comes from managing installations . instead , the leadership split the difference , becoming a software company that ' s not quite an installer , and an installer that ' s not quite a software company . even the lead generation , which appeared to be a key value - add of the model , was going out the door as sungevity focused on turning itself into a
platform .
sungevity ' s software streamlines applications for rebates and other solar paperwork . one installer in southern california , mark smith of solar forward , created an online portal for each of his customers so that all their documents , which can run more than 70 pages per customer , are visible .
lucid was among 19 recipients of the california clean tech
game changer of the year
award for its impact on california ' s clean technology industry . winners were selected from more than 200 nominees representing an elite group of innovators , including google , sungevity , and tesla motors .
a sungevity leasing customer , who expressed satisfaction with the company ' s service , wrote ,
my concern is that the assets i have leased from the company will be sold and my rights negatively impacted from such a transfer . i entered into my lease agreement in good faith that both parties would honor the terms of said agreement . i paid upfront all my lease costs for the entire term . i would expect any buyer to honor that payment and all other terms of my agreement . i contacted sungevity immediately upon receiving the court notice of the proposed sale .
andrew adelman has filed a lawsuit on behalf of himself and hundreds of other sungevity workers , seeking 60 days of pay . the lawsuit alleges that the solar installation and software firm violated government rules that require 60 days’ advanced notice of a layoff under the worker adjustment and retraining notification act .
according to reports : “due to confusion by our bank , we learned that some checks issued to former employees bounced , despite the fact that funds were available in our account , ” said sungevity spokesperson john ordona . “we have looked into the matter , and we are rectifying it . ”
oakland - based sungevity , the fifth - largest residential solar installer at the start of the year , combusted in a spectacular bankruptcy in march that resulted in mass layoffs , unpaid accrued vacation days and bounced final checks . the remnants of the company that emerged from bankruptcy assumed the name solar spectrum .
for those americans who exercise a less granular understanding of the ins and outs of the cleantech world , the bankruptcy might not have registered . say what you will about sungevity , that company knew how to spend money on marketing , and that investment could continue to pay dividends for the new ownership .
sungevity initially made waves with a solution for that : a digital platform that could give quotes and design rooftop systems without having to roll a truck . the leadership famously chose an
asset - light
strategy , investing in the software and outsourcing the capital - intensive elements like equipment , installation and financing .
sungevity founder danny kennedy , whose company designed and is donating the $ 30 , 000 , 48 - panel solar roof system for the maldives presidential residence , said the system will initially provide half of the residence ' s power and will save the maldives $ 300 , 000 over its expected 25 years of operation .
sungevity knew bankruptcy was looming and had to make a choice in a race against time : be straight with its employees and honor its human capital , or play a game of brinksmanship that leaves the bones of the company picked clean by a private equity firm and its laid - off staff deprived of money they ' ve earned .
the kansas city chapter of the construction specifications institute ( kccsi ) announced last week that our sungevity office project won an excellence in design award . the award is given to a firm that has demonstrated overall design excellence for aesthetics , clarity , creativity , functionality , building performance , and appropriateness with regard to fulfilling the client’s program .
the east bay bicycle coalition ( ebbc ) announces the winners of its 3rd annual bike friendly business awards . sunpower of richmond is the winner in the large business category ; sungevity of oakland is the winner in the medium - size business category ; and arbor cafe in the temescal district is the winner in the small business category .
sungevity has started relying more on sales through channel partners , as opposed to direct sales ,
said nicole litvak , a senior analyst who covers the residential solar landscape at gtm research .
they’re also not doing the financing , and they’re not doing the installation . really , they’re mostly a software company at this point .
the contracts are one way for consumers to use solar electricity without paying tens of thousands of dollars to own a set of solar panels . a homeowner who signs a contract , which typically runs 20 years , agrees to pay a monthly fee for the solar electricity . sungevity raises funds from banks and other types of investors to finance installations .
do you smile when you get your energy bill ? sungevity customers do ! switch to renewable solar power and you could get excited about your energy bills , too . find out how much you could save on electricity expenses with a free analysis from urltoken and learn how we calculate your savings estimates at urltoken sa . . . . show less
the top 10 competitors in sungevity ' s competitive set are enphase , asi , solar installer , america ' s solar company , sunsolarpros , jamar power systems , central california solar , sullivan solar power , delta solar electric and america ' s solar company . together they have raised over 213 . 9m between their estimated 1 . 0k employees .
when you decide to power your life with sunshine , it can be a bit hard to fathom the actual difference you make for the environment . so we put some numbers to it . the solar energy generated by an average 6 kw sungevity energy system over 20 years is estimated to offset about 118 metric tons of co 2 . * thatâ€™s equivalent to :
one theme we saw this year in our bike - friendly business award nominations is that alternative - energy companies like sun power , sungevity , and last year ' s award winners , sun , light & power , are living up to their mission by providing great support to their employees who bike . our bike - friendly business award winner in the medium - sized business category is a solar company with over 200 employees located in oakland ' s jack london square , a location chosen for its proximity to transit and increasing miles of oakland ' s bikeways . the founder and president of sungevity , danny kennedy , bikes to work almost everyday from his home , as do at least a third of the companies employees .
sungevity ' s market share peaked at 2 . 5 percent in 2014 and was at 1 . 6 percent in q3 2016 , and total capacity installed peaked in q1 2016 , according to gtm research data . the firm had announced a total of $ 850 million in vc and project financing , with an estimated $ 200 million of that coming as equity funding .
had sungevity viewed itself as a solar software startup and licensed its customer acquisition platform for use by hands - on installers , it may have avoided the capital drain that comes from managing installations . instead , the leadership split the difference , becoming a software company that ' s not quite an installer , and an installer that ' s not quite a software company .
the private equity firm northern pacific group , which bought the assets that became solar spectrum , acquired a majority stake in southern california installer horizon solar power from oaktree ' s gfi energy group on august 17 . now the plan is to nest the two solar companies under the umbrella of the sungevity brand , in what could soon become a platform for further solar acquisitions .
the actual installation business was largely out of sungevity ' s hands , though - - its employees monitored installation partners from afar . when money got tight , the leadership targeted its internal costs : employees . it can ' t continue on its own in this stripped - down state , so the question now is who might want to buy the remaining assets at a discount .
sungevity has filed
a number of customary pleadings with the court , seeking authorization to pay certain pre - petition obligations , support its business operations , and transition them through the sale process . these include the payment of employee wages , taxes , insurance , critical vendors , and utility providers , as well as the continuation of the company ' s customer support programs .
“sungevity failed to pay plaintiff and each of the class members their respective wages , salary , commissions , bonuses , accrued vacation and personal time off for 60 days following their respective terminations , and failed to make the pension and 401 ( k ) contributions and provide employee benefits under cobra for 60 days from and after the dates of their respective terminations , ” the court filings alleged .
pv magazine reported yesterday that a bankruptcy court approved the sale of sungevity ' s assets to private equity firm northern pacific group for $ 50 million , allowing
the company to invest $ 20 million in the company immediately .
an unsubstantiated rumor suggests that the firm has begun requesting pre - petition privileges from some of its suppliers , offering 40 cents on the dollar for its existing and outstanding liabilities .
other bay area creditors that sungevity says it owes include : menlo park - based sharespost 100 fund , owed $ 1 million ; piedmont - based dinwoodie meservey family trust , owed $ 1 million ; berkeley - based greener capital partners , owed $ 750 , 000 ; san francisco - based jim sandler , owed $ 460 , 000 ; and mountain view - based google , owed $ 387 , 000 .
the project is the solar technology’s first expansion since opening its doors in 2007 . the 82 , 000 square - foot space speaks to the heart of sungevity’s culture of openness , interaction and energy . the space is composed around an open central hub that overlooks the adjacent four - story atrium . this central hub links social areas and meeting spaces in an open and interactive environment , and provides easy access to work areas .
in the u . s . some activists have called on the obama administration to bring solar back to the white house roof—and solar company sungevity has offered to install 102 of its photovoltaic panels for free .
i think barack obama knows this problem , and he tries to correct that historical mistake ,
chen says .
he appointed steven chu as energy secretary , and steven chu is a well - known supporter of renewable energy .
the company ' s model sounded good on paper : use software to generate quotes without the need for site visits , but outsource the hardware , installation and financing , keeping those items off the balance sheet . the company could focus on customer relations without investing in all the capital - intensive parts of the solar business . a forbes article published in september called sungevity ' s platform
a sophisticated departure from the way companies usually sell customers on solar .
among the 20 largest creditors with unsecured claims against sungevity , the five largest listed in the bankruptcy filing were boston - based eastern sun capital partners , owed $ 4 . 5 million ; san jose - based trina solar , owed $ 4 . 2 million ; fremont - based solaredge technologies , owed $ 2 . 9 million ; new york city - based mario palumbo of millennium partners $ 2 . 1 million ; and san francisco - based orrick , herrington & sutcliffe , owed $ 1 . 9 million .
gtm ' s julian spector broke the news last week of a 66 percent layoff of sungevity ' s remaining workforce . at the time , the company had declined to pay severance or accrued vacation days - - it handed out checks for the last pay period and sent people on their way . the company had already cut dozens of workers in january after an expected merger fell through at the close of 2016 , taking with it the promise of a $ 200 million cash infusion . we covered that failed merger here .
so many of the national residential solar companies , like sungevity , have gone under in the past two years that it has started to look increasingly like the national model just doesn ' t work ,
said allison mond , a solar analyst at gtm research .
that said , horizon solar power is the largest residential company operating solely in california , and it has been doing really well , with double - digit growth and successful reduction of customer acquisition costs despite difficulties across the board in the california market .
gtm ' s julian spector broke the news of a 66 percent layoff of sungevity ' s workforce in march . the company had already cut dozens of workers in january after an expected merger fell through at the close of 2016 , taking with it the promise of a $ 200 million cash infusion . ( we covered that failed merger here . ) at the time , the company had declined to pay severance or accrued vacation days - - instead , it merely handed out checks for the last pay period and sent people on their way .
more and more businesses in the east bay are promoting bicycle commuting for their employees and their customers ,
said renee rivera , executive director .
companies like sungevity have discovered that cycling to work makes their employees healthier , happier and more productive , and they ' ve taken innovative steps to encourage bicycle commuting . not only that , many east bay retailers are discovering that bicycle commuters are a boon to their bottom lines . bicycle commuting is good for the planet , good for business , and great for the local economy .
system size , cost , and availability vary according to location , electricity usage , and utility company . a 6 . 5 kilowatt system lease starts at $ 65 - 155 per month with an annual increase of 0 - 2 . 9 % each year for 20 years on approved credit . payment terms vary by location and are not available in all areas . zero due at lease signing . no security deposit required . sungevity is not a lender . all loan terms are determined and subject to approval by third party lenders . ma hic 168430 .
, the leader in online residential solar power , has sent a request to the obama administration and the department of the interior to accept their offer of a free solar power system . to encourage the white house and department of the interior to accept the offer and demonstrate true environmental and fiscal leadership , sungevity is today asking the public to show their support and sign the electronic globama petition . the petition , which can be signed at www . solaronthewhitehouse . com , will be shared with the president once it has received 10 , 000 signatures .
e . on ' s interest in sungevity reflects a few trends . a growing number of power companies are seeking to add renewable energy generation or related investments to their portfolios . they also see fewer risks in betting on solar than they did even just a few years ago as they witness a continual growth in the u . s . solar market . the residential solar business has been growing quickly . new home solar installations jumped 60 % in 2013 , and its growth will likely outpace the commercial and utility market segments again in 2014 , said gtm research .
please help to get president barack obama to install solar panels on the white house in washington d . c . and thereby setting a good example for americans and the global communities around the world . this care2 petition is being created for one purpose : to support the signatures of the thousands of individuals who are unable to sign the original
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petition excerpt : dear president obama , we proudly support the initiative to put solar on the white house and strongly urge you to accept sungevity ' s offer to donate and install a comprehensive solar system , at no cost to you or taxpayers . this achievement will be an important symbol to the world that the united states is committed to realizing the environmental and economic benefits of clean energy . sincerely , people for solar on the white house = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > the original and official
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the white house itself once harvested the power of the sun . on june 20 , 1979 , the carter administration installed 32 panels designed to harvest the sun ' s rays and use them to heat water .
here is what carter predicted at the dedication ceremony :
in the year 2000 this solar water heater behind me , which is being dedicated today , will still be here supplying cheap , efficient energy… . a generation from now , this solar heater can either be a curiosity , a museum piece , an example of a road not taken or it can be just a small part of one of the greatest and most exciting adventures ever undertaken by the american people .
for some of the solar panels it is the former that has come to pass : one resides at the smithsonian ' s national museum of american history , one at the carter library and , as of this week , one will join the collection of the solar science and technology museum in dezhou , china . huang ming , chairman of himin solar energy group co . , the largest manufacturer of such solar hot water heaters in the world , accepted the donation for permanent display there on august 5 . after all , companies like his in china now produce some 80 percent of the solar water heaters used in the world today .
but they are based on the same technology developed here in the u . s . and once manufactured in warrentown , va . , by intertechnology / solar corp . , the company behind the carter panels . * roughly three meters long , one meter wide and just 10 centimeters deep , the blue - black panels absorb sunlight to heat water piped through their innards . the carter administration set a goal of deriving 20 percent of u . s . energy needs from such renewable sources by the turn of the century . today , the u . s . gets a mere 7 percent of its energy from renewables , the bulk of that from the massive hydroelectric dams constructed in the middle of the 20th century . solar thermal and photovoltaic technology combined provide less than 0 . 1 percent .
by 1986 , the reagan administration had gutted the research and development budgets for renewable energy at the then - fledgling u . s . department of energy ( doe ) and eliminated tax breaks for the deployment of wind turbines and solar technologies—recommitting the nation to reliance on cheap but polluting fossil fuels , often from foreign suppliers .
the department of energy has a multibillion - dollar budget , in excess of $ 10 billion ,
reagan said during an election debate with carter , justifying his opposition to the latter ' s energy policies .
it hasn ' t produced a quart of oil or a lump of coal or anything else in the line of energy .
and in 1986 the reagan administration quietly dismantled the white house solar panel installation while resurfacing the roof .
hey ! that system is working . why don ' t you keep it ?
recalls mechanical engineer fred morse , now of abengoa solar , who helped install the original solar panels as director of the solar energy program during the carter years and then watched as they were dismantled during his tenure in the same job under reagan .
hey ! this whole [ renewable ] r & d program is working , why don ' t you keep it ?
after they came down it took a soft - spoken administrator from a small environmental college in maine to rescue the carter panels from being a forgotten curiosity stored in the dark corner of a vast government warehouse .
a long , strange trip in 1991 peter marbach was newly minted development director at unity college in maine , which was facing a severe budget crisis . marbach needed to find a way to bring attention—and hopefully donations—to the struggling college and its mission : environmental education . leafing through a magazine , he stumbled across a picture .
there was this photograph of the solar panels , but they were all sort of disheveled and sort of tossed in a corner in this government service warehouse in franconia , virginia ,
he recalls .
it was just such a waste .
marbach , lithe from years of mountain climbing and other outdoor pursuits , seems slow to anger , but his eyes , crinkled at the edges from years of smiling , still flash when asked to recollect what inspired his rescue mission . yet he doesn ' t sound angry , so much as bemused .
it was in that instant where i was just so filled with anger and disappointment that : how could this happen ?
he says .
wouldn ' t it be something if i could somehow find a way to get these panels and resurrect them ?
marbach wrote to former president carter , who wrote back :
it would please me very much to see those panels in use again .
he also enlisted the aid of maine ' s former u . s . senator , william cohen . armed with carter ' s letter and cohen ' s support he contacted the general services administration —the independent government agency that is landlord to other government agencies and generally runs the physical stuff of government . the gsa determined unity was eligible as an institution of higher learning to take the panels for an administrative fee of $ 500 .
the panels weighed more than 45 kilograms each and there were 32 of them . marbach just had a battered , blue school bus that was mostly used to carry the school soccer team to away games nearby .
the soccer coach was giving me a hard time ,
marbach chuckles as he remembers .
he said , ' you realize that if you take that bus and drive it down there i have no excuse to ask the administration to get us a new bus because that will prove the bus can go that far . '
marbach pressed on , stripping the seats out of the bus to make room for his cargo and enduring a bumpy and loud trip down the eastern seaboard . once in virginia , he pulled up to the grounds of a federal warehouse he describes as much like the fictional one used to store the ark of the covenant in the first indiana jones movie ,
just bigger
and stacked with unused furniture and crates of office supplies rather than mysterious archaeological artifacts . a golf cart and an attendant drove marbach through the cavernous space , where he found the solar panels in a dim corner gathering dust instead of sunlight . some were broken .
it just looked like there was not a lot of thought given to taking care of these things ,
marbach says .
a new dawn ? there was a lot of thought given to installing the 32 solar panels in the first place , not least because the system could not alter the look or profile of the white house in any way . in fact , morse , who first got involved with solar during the nixon administration by being asked to assess its potential , spent years determining what could be installed . ultimately , he had to make parts of the panels white , rather than a darker ( more sunlight - absorbent ) color . on june 30 , 1979 , the panels were unveiled , although they remained invisible from the ground .


nortal is a multinational strategic change and technology company headquartered in tallinn , estonia , with operations in europe , the middle east and africa .

nortal provides public sector and private sector clients data-driven business transformation .

most notably a large part of the digitalization of estonia ’s governmental e-services has been planned and implemented by nortal and its estonian predecessor webmedia .

nortal is a keen promoter of good governance through e-government focusing on removing obstacles of human development , reducing hidden transaction costs in societies , increasing transparency of administration , reducing waste and increasing overall procedural efficiency .

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nortal headquarters in tallinn , pictured under its pre - 2012 merger name webmedia .
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through the merger , nortal will acquire all shares of element ab , while the latter ' s shareholders , including the company ' s management and employees , will join the ranks of nortal ' s shareholders alongside the existing 34 shareholders who are all nortal employees . element ceo jonas ander , meanwhile , will join nortal as its new chief marketing officer .
while the merger will mark nortal ' s expansion to sweden , it will simultaneously mean the expansion of element ' s service offering to the baltics , finland , germany and the middle east , where nortal already maintains a growing presence . nortal ceo priit alamäe said in a press release .
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bq invited the 35 - year - old founder and chairman to lunch , to discover nortal’s “secret sauce” , and how he intends to build on nortal’s stellar success in europe , the middle east and africa .
as a result of the merger , the swedish company will be bringing 17 marketing science consultants to nortal .
the aimtec company and nortal signed an agreement of cooperation at the end of 2015 . the common goal is to find new business opportunities with dcix solutions . in the early stages of partnership the cooperation also covers assistance in implementation projects and trainings of nortal representatives . trainings of nortal representatives are focused on sales , consultation and dcix solution implementation .
reaching the level of platinum partnership with liferay is yet another proof and guarantee of nortal ' s competencies . also , a unique competitive advantage in estonia and in the region ,
said oleg shvaikovsky , board member , nortal .
we are proud to see nortal reach this milestone ,
said joseph shum , director of operations in europe .
nortal has established a impressive deployment track record across many industries , most recently within the telecom and energy sectors .
more than just tech company , nortal provides the strategy and change management expertise needed to make any large project a success .
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you have no career advancement opportunities in nortal . if you started on some position , you will be on the same place forever .
frankfurt am main – ( march 24 , 2015 ) – liferay , inc . , which makes enterprise , open source portals , announced that nortal has achieved platinum partner status . as a partner since 2009 , and the only liferay partner in estonia , nortal works with clients to design and implement various enterprise level self - service systems using liferay portal . major clients for whom nortal has implemented liferay portal solutions include estonian telecom ( emt ) , tallink , and estonian energy .
problem is when i am integrating my application with nortal sdk . i am getting events but i am not able to receive the data along with the data .
nortal is an international high - end software development solutions provider in public and private sector . through a deep understanding of technology , business domains and the impact of change , nortal builds seamless societies and delivers the best quality mission - critical solutions to clients in selected industries across europe , middle east and africa . nortal ' s expertise covers solutions for e - government , manufacturing & logistics , telecom , public finance management , healthcare , financial services , energy & resources . nortal ' s offering for private sector customers includes building self services , e - shops and e - channel solutions , but also supporting the change through business analysis and system implementations .
our newcomer ' s day is ending ! we would like to say big thanks to everybody who came . let ' s build a seamless society together . # nortal
we are honored to be a certified liferay partner . nortal will continue to offer the best technological solutions for our customers with complex and demanding it needs .
few business leaders can boast of never having taken paid employment , even briefly , at the start their careers . the nortal chairman’s entrepreneurial essence runs pure as the priciest vodka .
poland - based private equity firm enterprise investors has exited its 41 % stake in estonian enterprise software developer nortal to the company’s founders and management in a €12 . 3m deal .
census records can tell you a lot of little known facts about your nortal ancestors , such as occupation . occupation can tell you about your ancestor ' s social and economic status .
when i comment the following statement in my application remotingconfiguration . configure (
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census records can give you a fascinating window into the day - to - day lives of your nortal ancestors - like hours worked per week , level of education , veteran status , employers , and more .
the technology behind the invest easy portal was created by nortal , a company which has had huge successes with similar projects in other countries , most notably estonia . nortal collaborated with oman’s ministry of commerce and industry and the information technology authority to bring this concept into the public business arena to ensure that oman continues to be a place where business can be carried out quickly and easily as well as with honesty and transparency .
nortal’s predecessor webmedia was his second business started “just as the dot com boom was crashing in 2000” . the difficult birth , he now believes , was an advantage , though it didn’t seem like that at the time .
nortal has created a business framework model that uses interfaces to link software to the agile business engine , the nerve center of the outermost level of the business’s operations . the solution helps companies get back in the driver’s seat of their business . .
when i am enabling the remotingconfiguration . configure (
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pursuant to the parties ' agreement , the merger transaction value will be kept confidential , however element financials will be consolidated into nortal ' s financial results as of october 2016 , bringing the group ' s total estimated revenue to 50 million euros in 2017 .
nortal ' s customer tallink uses liferay for almost all its external and internal sites , counting over 20 different sites in different geographical locations and languages , including a business units support portal . the company chose liferay for their new intranet project as the key platform .
but the nortal story turned out to be just the hors d’oeuvres . the main course was its founder’s impassioned advocacy of a lean and globally - ambitious estonian it sector , one that thinks in terms of “consolidating the balance sheets of others , not being consolidated ourselves” .
nortal , a leading software provider for mission critical solutions in the fields of government , healthcare , industry and time ( telecom , internet , media , entertainment ) is greatly reducing the stress for new companies with its latest innovation , the invest easy portal ( urltoken ) .
swedish company element , a b2b marketing and sales strategy and technology firm located in northern europe , is slated to merge with estonian software developer nortal via share swap . the merger will also mark a brand new service offering in the estonian company ' s portfolio — revenue science .
in fact nortal’s software systems are attractive to governments in developing economies , including oman , qatar , and botswana , precisely because of what they can do to prevent corruption . in nigeria for example , the company has been working on a us $ 30m world bank - financed pilot to build a core financial management system for the world’s seventh most populous nation . nigeria’s entire federal budget preparation and treasury management , are now managed through nortal software . recent reports claim the project has already saved the nigerian government us $ 160 million by centralising payments and eliminating fraud .
nortal oy ( former ccc ) is an international provider of high - end business solutions and on - line services for public and private sector . their success is built on long - lasting customer relations , understanding customer ' s business processes and successful deployment of mission - critical solutions and services .
alamäe is proud of the speed at which the baltic states recovered from the crash of 2008 - 9 , although he is only half - joking when he says he wishes that the recession in estonia had continued longer , forcing more “complacent” companies to do as nortal did and retool for international competition .
an unusually short lifespan might indicate that your nortal ancestors lived in harsh conditions . a short lifespan might also indicate health problems that were once prevalent in your family . the ssdi is a searchable database of more than 70 million names . you can find birthdates , death dates , addresses and more .
a stronghold in scandinavia has put nortal , which employs 600 people worldwide , on a solid platform from which to leverage internationally its know - how in public systems software . much of which is oriented at healthcare , both in hospital - level administration and in highly sensitive health records and patient administration procedures .
“the project is currently about half way through , ” said peeter smitt , business area director of nortal . “to date there are 23 services available . many of these services formerly required coming to the front office but now with the new technology they can be completed online , within a matter of minutes . ”
tallinn - based nortal is a multinational full - service strategic change and technology company that provides services to governments and leading businesses around the world . it operates in nearly 20 countries , employing over 500 specialists who carry out high - quality , mission - critical and high - impact projects across europe , the middle east and africa .
this is a story that deserves to be told over a sumptuous meal . estonia is recognised as a pioneer of e - government systems , and nortal has built between a third and a half of estonia’s software infrastructure . “if you follow the deductive method of our friends mr holmes and dr watson , that makes us world leaders” .
nortal believes liferay is essential to fulfilling the growing needs of the enterprise , especially those who are looking to move beyond the constraints of their current technology platforms . liferay portal provides key functionalities to meet the needs of modern users by enabling the delivery of mobile applications , both native and web , mobile responsive design and audience personalized content targeting .
invest easy portal , created by international business consultations and software development solutions provider nortal , has substantial impact on local business environment , giving entrepreneurs access to government e - services in oman and making different processes , such as starting a company , easier , more effective and faster . record time for registering a company using invest easy portal is 1 minute and 50 seconds .
“strategy , technology and marketing are converging disciplines , the common denominator being big data ,
explained ander .
big data is a fundamental consequence of the digital marketing landscape . nortal , being a thought leader in the field , is the partner we have been looking for to be able to deliver predictive marketing analytics , sustainable change and impact to our clients .
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most likely this is a world record time for registering a company , according to peeter smitt , middle east region managing director at nortal . „in estonia it takes about one day to register a company and as far as i know , the record is 18 minutes . however , in most countries it is not unusual that this process takes weeks or months , “ added smitt .
it appears to me as if your configuration file contains invalid information that doesn ' t allow the client to properly connect with the server . this may be as simple as an invalid / non - existing server name and / or ip address and / or port - number . however , i cannot speak to the specifics about your problem with the backend system , since i don ' t know what the
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russia’s chief interest to him nowadays is not its cuisine but its potential as a market for nortal’s moscow - based subsidiary . given the heightened political tension of the putin era , how sanguine is he about growth prospects in that country ? “if anyone could predict what was going to happen in russia in the next five years , that person would be very , very rich . but ultimately russia needs the rest of the world , as much as the rest of the world needs russia .
”the aimtec solution is a great addition to our existing solution portfolio , because of its holistic approach on operative material management throughout the supply chain . i am impressed by dcix configurability and interconnection of logistics and production , and integration of subjects within the entire logistical chain . ” comments nortal business development manager janne juola the reasons behind the cooperation . “looking forward to improve our customer’s operational efficiency and seamless communications between the stakeholders by dcix , truly creating a meaningful impact , ” continues mr . juola .
this spirit has been rampant over a decade in which the estonian’s a43m - turnover software development company webmedia , specialist in customised systems for government and healthcare providers , has become one of europe’s fastest growing it businesses . in october the firm announced a major contract with one of a string of big international wins , most significantly the a7 . 3m acquisition in may 2011 of finland’s ccc corporation , which led to the rebranding as nortal . barring global economic turbulence , the firm expects to grow by 50 % over the next two years .
in today’s fast - paced changing environment , it is crucial for organizations to be flexible enough to . . .
monday , april 2 , 2012 started like any other day , however , tension and anxiety was in the air . it wa . . .
a three week training session was organised as part of the induction and orientation in preparation . . .
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yes , all federal government spending units including the missions abroad will be linked to gifmis .
this portal includes the service new commercial registration , which allows businesses to complete their company’s registration procedure online in a matter of minutes . the portal allows companies to manage their processes online with minimal paperwork . in the stringent testing phase , the new technology has proven over 99 per cent success rate and in addition to a web portal is also available as an app for android and iphones .
the new commercial registration was officially launched recently at intercontinental in muscat . before that , more than 3 , 500 companies were registered during the testing phase of the service .
he added , “our goal is to create services that provide meaningful impact to the society and the new commercial registration service is a prime example . we are not only translating a paper service to digital , we are in fact making the whole registration process less bureaucratic , faster and more transparent than ever .
element offers services within b2b sales and marketing processes , ranging from strategy consulting , process transformation marketing automation , crm , content marketing as well as other marketing and sales software solutions . the swedish company delivers a professionalization of their client ' s revenue processes , increased conversion of qualified leads to customers and shorter sales cycles . element currently has operations in all nordic countries , germany and the middle east , with offices in stockholm and helsinki .
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last year , 25 of the eu ' s 28 member states committed to the permanent structured cooperation ( pesco ) scheme , spurring a wide array of specific military projects and investment pledges , french president emmanuel macron ' s european intervention initiative being one of them .
leaders of the estonia 200 political movement consider it very likely that the movement will develop into a political party this autumn already .
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in his rise to becoming a world - leading administrative software developer , priit alamäe prides himself in never having to address anyoneas boss : “apart from my wife of course” .
the venue for lunch was the tchaikovsky , a russian restaurant , in the telegraaf hotel , on a cobbled street at the heart of tallinn’s unesco - protected old town . the dining room is a stagey evocation of imperial russia , dominated by a brooding portrait of the swan lake composer .
the tchaikovsky has long reigned as one of tallinn’s finest dining spots , the head chef vladislav djatsuk offering up variations on old - time russian staples - pelmeni [ dumplings ] , trout with yogurt , roe and bisque , beef tartare , borscht with pirozhiki . these dishes are sprinkled artfully over a menu that contains a larger number of more familiar , frenchified dishes , posing less of a challenge to unadventurous western business visitors .
humorous and open but brisk , alamäe is no smalltalker . i start by asking him about the milestone finnish acquisition , made all the sweeter after webmedia’s failed foray into that country a few years previously . he describes as a psychological breakthrough for an estonian - “a bit like challenging your big brother” - in that it reversed the time - honoured flow of capital from the nordics to the baltics .
the merger has gone “surprisingly smoothly” he says . “one of my friends said very nicely that business is all about being in the right place at the right time , but you have to put in s * * * loads of work to get to the right place at the right time . ”
“a lot will depend on what the world economy is going to do but provided the global outlook remains the same or more positive , we are expecting within the next two to three years , at least 50 % total growth . ”
“let’s see if we can do it . we have lots of strategies we can put on paper , but let’s see if they work out . ”
the company’s strategies have progressed fairly steadily since its first big contract wins in 2001 . since then they have been “trying to be present in the areas which are critical for the functioning of government such as taxation , public finances , back - end systems . we have been working on public financial management , budget automation , revenue collection , things like that . ”
as we dip fancy bread sticks in an exceptionally tasty savoury tomato paste , alamäe surveys the tchaikovsky’s dining room and reflects on its role in estonia’s three - act economic drama . although only a third full on a monday lunchtime , he remembers the heady pre - crash days when you had to fight to get a table . and it’s not because the food has gone downhill .
“before 2008 , the whole of our society went mad . this restaurant is not the cheapest in town , but it was always full . a lot of the patrons were construction workers , who were making so much money , as people were throwing up buildings everywhere .
“what happened here in estonia was the same as what happened in spain and in ireland , if you take any economy that is too much focused on capital investment , it’s just not sustainable . look at china . the capital investment ratio to the whole economy is far too high . ”
he takes a grim satisfaction in his country’s status as “world champions of budget cutting” , both in the public and private sectors , contrasting it to southern european crash victims like greece and spain : “what part of ‘there’s no more money’ do they not understand ? ” he snorts .
“imagine 25 % budget cuts in britain . it would be like ‘oh my god , they’re taking away our welfare ! ’
“i think estonia is the only country in the world where , if you ask people on the street what the national priorities are , they will say that the budget has to be balanced ! we have a saying here that debt is someone else’s money . ”
priit alamäe’s career started while an 18 year - old student at the university of tartu , when he launched a political and social research company .
entrepreneurialism was ingrained - his father , an engineer , was one of the first estonians to register a business ( electrical repair and parts ) after the soviet - era restrictions were relaxed in 1991 .
“if you start a business at the height of the boom , you get to take things very much for granted , and usually it will not pan out once the boom comes to an end . ” in webmedia’s case , not only were the economic circumstances hostile to growth , so was the infant company’s product .
“we started out as e - commerce and e - marketing killer website engineers , but the market realised that that was not where the money was , at least in the short term . so in the modern parlance we had to instantly “pivot” into classical software engineering , going from the fancy webshop portals , to the down - and - dirty back end systems that actually drive our economy” .
“one thing we realised is that people don’t actually care what is behind the facade . if you have a smartphone you don’t really care how the processor is working , and how the memory and the os work , you don’t care . you care about the usability experience . “most software engineers were run by people from a hard soviet - era computer science background , you know the kind who tend to avoid eye - contact ? “we had to differentiate ourselves .
although we’re not so audacious as to compare ourselves with apple , in our small scale , we were doing the same kind of thing : putting designers and business people at the forefront of decision - making and working out ways to tell customers about things they didn’t previously know they wanted” .
the arrival of the starters gives alamäe the chance to draw breath . they include the trademark red russian soup and priit knows a good borscht when he tastes one . “we grew up with this soup” he jokes , avoiding further comment on estonia’s grim decades under russian rule . “the secret is to fry the vegetables before you boil them so that they don’t get too soft , and use beef stock rather than lamb stock . ” this leads him to muse on other “legendary” russian dishes on the tchaikovsky’s menu , including steak tartare . “the cossacks used to tenderise the meat before slicing by riding with it under their saddles . must have tasted great . ”
“we have also been working in the development sector in russia and as in any country you have the good and the bad and ugly , same would go for estonia , russia , nigeria , and the uk . i don’t think there is any country in the world that is corruption - free , it just comes in different sizes . in the uk and the us its legalised and called lobbying . ”
students of estonia’s success often point out how its tiny domestic market forces its well - networked ‘mafia’ of entrepreneurs to think and act globally from the outset . as the main course arrives – roasted estonian beef fillet with asparagus , potatoes and juniper sauce for him , roasted duck with citrus , alpha [ homemade russian noodles ] and malt sauce for me – alamäe warms to the theme that estonia needs to think more ambitiously .
“whatever we do as a tiny country – and the same goes for the other baltic states – we need to ensure that we have headquarters .
“what we have been trying to preach is we don’t have to produce everything , but we do need to make sure we are leveraging the full potential of our work forces . ”
“our traditional idea of exports is making things here and sending them out by plane and train . but you need to have companies that are consolidating the balance sheet of others , and not being consolidated ourselves . that is where the wealth and the growth are coming from , the leverage of capital .
as we savour the tchaikovsky chef’s handiwork , alamäe , who speaks russian and swedish as well as elegant english ( “we don’t delude ourselves that anyone else is going to learn estonian” ) ranges compellingly over a global conversational landscape . topics include the importance of “playing in your own league” and avoiding giant asian markets , admiration for oman and the potential of the gulf states , the impact of us shale gas , the excessive complexities of east asian time - zones , latvia’s accession to the eurozone , how the baltics disproved the keynesian theories of us economist prof paul krugman ( he’s not a fan ) . he also quotes approvingly mrs thatcher’s view of socialism “pretty soon you run out of other peoples’ money . ”
like the late british prime minister , his attitude to business and politics might be described as ‘robust’ . he expands on an arresting theory that the estonian recovery from the 2008 crash happened too quickly , and that a longer period of austerity would have enabled more reform .
“when you have a disease , you can delay the medication to bring rejuvenation , but our government administered shock therapy for the whole country . it really forced companies to change their modus operandi . a lot of the country turned to exports , while local consumption died down . people who had had a nice cosy life living off local markets had to look for alternatives , but the recovery was too quick , a bit more pain would have brought about more thorough reform as when we recovered , the reform stopped .
“what i am worried about in estonia is that we get too comfortable and think that we have already done it . complacency is the death of any successful system . ”
does he think the explosion of estonian it is becoming a bubble ? “of course it’s a bubble , and it has been inflating for some time . why do i think it will not burst ? because the sector is highly diversified . it’s a collection of globally oriented start - ups , which have a totally different cycle than companies which are working for the estonian market , and even here there is strong diversification between public and private sector . ”
i want to press him more on this , and much else besides , but lunch is abruptly over as priit has another meeting .
he sweeps out of the restaurant leaving bq to drink a restorative coffee , settle the bill , and digest this privileged close - quarters display of energy and intuitive , keep - it - simple , commercial sense .
estonia has only a 1 . 3 million population , but can a country that contains a network of entrepreneurs with ambition of this kind be meaningfully described as small ?
on vene street , a short walk from city square in the heart of tallinn’s 13th century old town , the tchaikovsky is part of the 86 - room hotel telegraaf , an impressive classical block , built in 1878 to house an hq and exchange station for estonia’s first telegraph company . as well as the restaurant , and lobby cocktail bar , the hotel’s summer terrace is a well - known oasis and business rendez - vous .
voted the third - best fine dining venue in recent survey , the tchaikovsky presents high quality and good value . with starters costing around a9 , main courses averaging a18 , coffee at a2 . 90 , mineral water at a hefty a4 . 50 for 33l bottle , our lunch bill came to a respectable a78 . 20 , including vat , but not including service . although we steered clear of the tchaikovsky’s wine list , it is recognised as one of the best in tallinn , for “old world” wines at least ( australia , nz , chile and the us have only a token presence ) . prices for the extensive french , italian and spanish selection ranging from the a30 - 50 mark , to eye - popping amounts for the finest vintages , for example a 1996 château latour , premier grand cru , pauillac at a1450 a bottle .
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according to smitt , invest easy portal gives entrepreneurs an access to a wide variety of necessary e - services that in estonia , for instance , are considered already a standard that most entrepreneurs can’t imagine operating without . „before , one needed to apply for a licence to start a business or engage in any type of commercial activity in oman . this was time consuming and relatively complex process that included visiting different government authorities . today , already 210 economic activities in oman are unlicensed , meaning one can start with business activities right after the registration is completed . invest easy project does not only focus on digitalisation of paper based services , but makes the business environment as a whole easier , more effective and has a strong impact on local entrepreneurs and business climate , “ he added .
the portal gives omani entrepreneurs access to government e - services such as : starting a business , updating company info in commercial register , finding information for licensing terms and submitting digital licence application , preparing financial report , closing business and various other important services for the entrepreneurs . today , invest easy brings together 66 different services to one easy portal .
„the total number of legal persons registered in oman increased from 19 228 in 2014 to 26 699 in 2015 , “ said smitt . starting a business using invest easy portal is gaining popularity and in april 2016 already 30 % of registrations were completed using the portal .
the invest easy portal is an initiative led by ministry of commerce and industry ( moci ) and information technology authority ( ita ) . the backbone of the portal is oman’s national business register . standardisation and re - organisation of the register has been a substantial part of the project . today 14 governmental authorities have joined the business register , further complementing it and using the data available via portal .
for identification , electronic id - cards are used , a solution relatively new to oman , but widely used for all egov services and digital signatures in estonia , for instance . first pki - activated ( public key infrastructure ) id - cards were issued in oman in 2013 .
portal development started in the beginning of 2014 , work has been completed in stages and project is due to be finalised summer 2016 .
growth in europe and the baltic states the eu enjoyed strong growth of 2 . 4 % in 2017 , which is the highest in more than a decade . however , businesses are increasingly concerned about a fall in business confidence . recent drop in confidence coincides with strong underlying factors , e . g . improving labour market conditions , a supportive global growth and relatively accommodative monetary policies .
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great perks , the company has a lot of ambition . a nordic work - life balance is also something that many people appreciate .
a company that grows quickly has growing pains and requires strong leadership , which means trusting people , not a steel chain of command . the left hand doesn ' t seem to know what the right hand is doing most of the time . the company was also too dependent on people with a technical background , so the people - facing side is usually the one that suffers when the two clash .
one of the best competence development systems in estonia tech companies . quick career development for the talented . possibility of international work experience .
very project / customer sales oriented . limited movement between projects . a lot depends on individual project / customer team setup .
more experimentation in estonian business areas : ) more co - operation between business areas .
innovative , progressive , strong leadership , growing , excellent work environment from office to perks , great culture with strong emphasis on values . entrepreneurial dna , just enough structure to foster scalability and clarity .
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the income tax law was first issued in the sultanate of oman in 1971 .
in 1981 , the income tax law for companies was issued by royal decree no 47 / 81 to replace the income tax law of 1971 . income tax law for companies contained fourteen chapters and four schedules . it is considered more organized than the previous law for the details contained thereto as regarding incomes subject to tax , exemptions , methods of tax assessment , collection , etc . many amendments have been added to the law , the last one of which has been promulgated by royal decree no . 13 / 2004 .
in 1989 , the law of profit tax on establishments was issued by royal decree no . 77 / 89 for the purpose of imposing tax on individual establishments owned by a natural person ( whether omani or non - omani ) but it had only been effectively implemented on omani establishments in tax year 1994 . at first , its application was restricted to commercial and industrial establishments but , as from 2001 , professional establishments were added . the law provides that provisions of the income tax law on companies shall apply where no particular provision is provided for in this law . many amendments have been made to the law , the last one of which has been issued by royal decree no . 55 / 2003 .
it has been long time since the issue of the above two tax laws . in order to keep pace with financial , economic , trade and investment developments witnessed by the sultanate in the past , keeping in mind especially that the sultanate has concluded various economic agreements such as free trade agreement and joined as a member of the world trade organization ( wto ) and to remove any ambiguity that may occur due to existence of several tax laws as well as the amendments which were issued from time to time since 1981 , the new income tax law was promulgated by the royal decree no . 28 / 2009 to aid accomplishing such goals .
the new income tax law consists of various tax benefits aimed at adopting a strategy capable of boosting the investment climate and the efforts for diversifying the national income resources in the country . the most important features of the new law are :
simplify tax procedures , especially for the small omani establishments and companies to reduce the tax burden thereupon .
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the global and european business landscapes have changed since nordic business report last evaluated the nordic’s top thinkers in 2013 . in spite of overall sluggish growth in advanced economies , pioneering business advocates in innovative sectors such as digital have bucked the trend to register corporate success and shape the contemporary world . this year we reboot the thinkers 20 and cast the net beyond the nordics to encompass the baltic states estonia , latvia , lithuania and russia .
the essential criteria for evaluating possible candidates included impact on industry and society , originality and practicality of their ideas , results achieved , social and environmental responsibility and international outlook . future potential was an additional consideration for the ranking .
national juries submitted lists of candidates , following which work began on evaluating nominees from all nine countries . the ranking reflects the juries’ perception that this year , entrepreneurs and business leaders made outstanding contributions by translating ideas into action and shaping their communities .
few finnish entrepreneurs have demonstrated the power of thinking big and broad like ilkka paananen , co - founder and ceo of supernova gamemaker supercell . established in 2010 , supercell is one of the country’s premier money - spinners and a model of corporate responsibility . two 2012 releases , hay day and the perennial favorite clash of clans generated staggering revenues of usd 2 . 5 million a day in 2013 . in 2015 supercell posted revenues of usd 2 . 3 billion , which it converted into usd 924 million in profits . not surprisingly , supercell has been an investment magnet . in 2013 , the japanese company softbank paid usd 2 . 1 billion for 51 % of the game firm , upping ownership to 73 % the following year . in 2016 , the chinese internet giant tencent holdings picked up 84 % of the company for usd 8 . 6 billion , making supercell europe’s first decacorn , or startup valued at over usd 10 billion . paananen is also co - founder and chair of the me . foundation , which funds programs for marginalized youth .
a consummate serial entrepreneur , ilja laurs has established more than 10 successful business projects since 1999 , including lithuania’s largest hotel reservation system lithuanianhotels . com , mobile payment system micropay , mobile game studio midas games and 3d professional photography portal geoglance . com . in 2002 laurs set up getjar , one of the world’s largest independent app stores , which he later sold to the chinese company sungai mobile for usd 50 million , and where he remains chairman of the board . in 2014 he founded nextury ventures , a venture capital fund that bankrolls early stage startups as well as fast growth and potentially high - value ideas . in 2011 laurs was named european manager of the year by the european business press association , was nominated one of the wall street journal’s 25 european tech leaders , and was also dubbed technology pioneer 2011 by the world economic forum .
it would not be an exaggeration to credit norwegian aviator , lawyer and business magnate bjørn kjos with upending the game for consumer air travel in the nordics . kjos is the ceo and founder of norwegian air shuttle , the second - largest airline in scandinavia , and the third - largest budget airline in europe . in 1993 kjos collaborated with former employees to purchase the bankrupt airline busy bee , which they later refloated as norwegian air shuttle . kjos chaired the company from 1993 to 1996 and took over as ceo in 2002 and has since developed the airline to become one of the leading commercial air carriers in the region . norwegian reported revenues of usd 2 . 7 billion in 2015 , when it transported nearly 26 million passengers and employed just over 4 , 500 people . kjos is the airline’s largest shareholder with a 20 % stake in the parent company and his net worth has been estimated at usd 304 million . norwegian has been consistently ranked among the top carriers worldwide .
statesman and top - tier executive , since 2007 german gref has successfully implemented a series of reforms at russian state - owned savings bank sberbank , resulting in improved efficiency and a turnaround in corporate culture . prior to his appointment to sberbank , gref served for seven years as minister for trade and economic development of the russian federation . together with the minister for finance aleksey kudrin , gref created the stabilization fund , whose primary goal was to facilitate repayment of russia’s foreign debt . by the time gref left the ministry , the fund had grown to over usd 130 billion . with gref at the helm , sberbank launched a range of digital services , which have seen some 30 million active users of online banking services , 11 million active users of mobile banking apps and 27 million active users of its mobile bank text message service . in 2015 sberbank earned usd 3 . 5 billion on roughly usd 15 billion in revenue and now employs over 330 , 000 employees in 22 countries .
in 2015 johan forssell took over as president and ceo of investor ab after overseeing the firm’s core investments , such as engineering firm atlas copco and financial services institution seb , since 2006 . originally established in 1916 by the wallenberg family of industrialists , investor has holdings in high - quality , international companies across a range of industries , including ericsson , electrolux , wärtsilä , abb , nasdaq , saab and astrazenica as well as small companies with interesting technology . in 2015 , the firm recorded profits of over usd two billion and the value of net assets stood at around usd 32 billion . forssell joined the company in 1995 and prior to his appointment as president and ceo , he held positions such as head of research , head of capital goods and healthcare sector , analyst at investor ab core holding and project director at aleris . forssell also holds board positions in atlas copco , saab and investor subsidiary patricia industries .