With more than 30 years of experience in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry, Venture Coaches Managing Partner Claude Haw believes that cleantech is a great investment area and that today more venture capital is going into cleantech than ICT on a global basis. In dollar terms, for example, he estimates the water industry alone is double the size of ICT.

Another guest on the OCRIRadio.com cleantech podcast is Joanne Harack, a Toronto-based succession planning coach for cleantech and life sciences companies. She says that Ottawa cleantech companies should consider hiring from the city's strong pool of ICT talent.