Today, John Doerr, partner in the famed venture capital firm Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers briefed the National Governors Association on the emerging industry in green technologies. It was a masterful performance. I wish he had given its analog on the emerging school improvement industry when he founded NewSchools Venture Fund with Kim Smith in 1998. I wish anyone of his stature had done so then or anytime thereafter. I do remember Doerr making a good case for the need at NSVF inaugural conference (I even sat on a panel there about nonprofit sustainability), but nothing so concrete about what investors needed government to do. Maybe it was because he saw education as a nonprofit/philanthropic venture. Maybe he understands green technology and business models better than he did its counterparts in the education space. As an investor, KPBC did do well staying out of the sector.