About
Our mission
CrowdSolve is a community of innovators and mentors committed to nurturing and advancing bold ideas for the climate. We cultivate connection and collaboration to prepare climate startups for their next phase of growth.
Who is the crowd?
Everything starts with Innovators – the founders & entrepreneurs who are creating climate solutions. But they aren’t alone. We’re bringing together mentors, sponsors, accelerators, universities, and partners.
What are they solving?
The defining issue of our time is also the defining opportunity - to get our planet back. The climate crisis requires radical collaboration, a spirit of celebration, and a conscious urgency. We’re not too late. It’s not too big.
Meet the Team
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Tim Wolters
CO-FOUNDER & CEO
Software nerd, machine learning expert, Web3 enthusiast, and serial entrepreneur who founded 1000 Gretas and three venture-backed software companies with three successful exits.
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Leah Bowes
CO-FOUNDER & COO
Seasoned customer experience and operational executive with an impressive career creating world-class customer experiences and scalable solutions for SMBs and early-stage entrepreneurs.
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Rob Kellogg
DIRECTOR OF INNOVATION
Over twenty years of experience working with businesses, governmental agencies and nonprofits in various leadership and entrepreneurial roles across diverse sectors, with 5+ years teaching social entrepreneurship and engaged in impact investing.
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Allie Reitz
DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT DESIGN
Experienced founder, product strategist, UX designer, no-code developer, design thinker, and entreprenerd. Allie has big passion for the power of no-code tools and mission-informed design to spark impact-driven startups.
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Jack Fritzinger
DIRECTOR OF PARTNER CHANNEL
Entrepreneur and business development specialist who loves to grow climate-focused startups. He especially enjoys thinking about the climate talent transition, early-stage venture creation, and community building. Jack is based in Denver, Colorado but can often be found exploring other parts of the world in a converted sprinter van!
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Amanda Vrbas
DIRECTOR OF CUSTOMER SUCCESS
Seasoned leader across sales, account management, and customer success with a passion to understand what makes a business unique to create operational excellence.
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Brandon Line
DIRECTOR OF PRODUCT MANAGEMENT
Seasoned product leader in software startups, co-founder and treasurer of 1000 Gretas Foundation, closet data scientist, and inhabitant of planet Earth.
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Naphtali Obed
INNOVATOR-IN-RESIDENCE
An entrepreneur, passionate about solving environmental and energy-related challenges, SDG7 (affordable and clean energy) and SDG13 (climate change) through research, consulting, and activism.
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Tim Schuster
MARKETING
Founder & CEO of Pop Up Think Tank. Co-Founder, LegalQ app (Techstars ‘21). Entrepreneur, Thrivent Financial (Fortune 500). -
Kenzie Yates
MARKETING
Growth Marketer bringing a background in social enterprise and global development. Founder of the Simbi app.
Advisors
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Ronald Hans
ADVISOR & VP OF SPONSORSHIPS
Founder of Metrocap Partners (an NYC-based advisory firm) with deep experience increasing digital access across 80+ international markets.
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Lynn Booth
ADVISOR
Principal at GS Consulting. An innovator with a passion for solving complex challenges and governmental and corporate sustainability initiatives
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John Bliss
ADVISOR
Serial entrepreneur, attorney, business strategist and startup advisor with decades of government relations experience at the international, federal and state level.
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Josh Forman
ADVISOR
Leadership coach, startup advisor, and tokenomics expert with decades of experience leading engineering teams.
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Elizabeth MacBride
ADVISOR
Entrepreneur, award-winning business journalist and an author with deep expertise in finance, technology and international business. She has been on the founding team of four startups.
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Jon Leland
ADVISOR
Chief Strategy Officer at Kickstarter with more than 10 years experience in the crowdfunding industry. A committed climate activist leading sustainability at Kickstarter and as an advisor to the Environmental Defense Fund.
Our Values
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Collaborative DNA
We work together for the collective goal of making the earth cooler*
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Founder Fanatics
We believe in the people behind the ideas and celebrate their wins, losses, and learnings along the way
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Conscious Urgency
We maintain a bias towards action - because we only get one earth