ABOUT US

Our mission

CrowdSolve is a community of innovators and mentors committed to nurturing and advancing bold ideas for the climate. We create connection to mentors and capital, and catalyze startups for their next phase of growth.

Who is the crowd?

Everything starts with Our Startups – the founders & entrepreneurs who are creating climate solutions. But they aren’t alone. We’re bringing together mentors, sponsors, accelerators, universities, and other partners.

What are they solving?

The defining issue of our time is also the defining opportunity - to catalyze climate solutions. 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

    FOUNDER & CEO

    Serial entrepreneur (both as CTO and CEO).  Started 4 companies and 1 non-profit (1000 Gretas), raised venture capital and sold all 3 prior companies. Built the CrowdSolve curriculum.  Expert in AI, machine learning, graph analysis, and venture development.  Holds 2 patents in AI.

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  • Brandon Line - VP of Product

    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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  • Director of Sales/Operations

    Patrick McHeyser

    DIRECTOR OF SALES/OPERATIONS

    Patrick McHeyser is an entrepreneur and startup strategist who blends wilderness leadership with business acumen, honed through years as a NOLS instructor, mountain guide, and multiple venture launches. After navigating the highs and hard lessons of building service-based businesses from scratch,

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Advisors

  • Don Springer

    STARTUP ADVISOR

    Founded 3 venture backed companies, 2 with the CEO, Tim Wolters. Expert in sales and marketing and startup ventures.

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  • Lynn Booth

    POLICY 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

    LEGAL 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

    TECH ADVISOR

    Leadership coach, startup advisor, and tokenomics expert with decades of experience leading engineering teams.

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  • Elizabeth MacBride

    FINANCE 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

    FINANCE 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.

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  • Leah Bowes

    OPERATIONS ADVISOR

    Customer Experience leader with 20 years of experience building and leading customer teams at high-growth startups, former CrowdSolve COO, and climate advocate.

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  • Mike Rowan

    STARTUP ADVISOR

    Mike is a serial entrepreneur who was on the founding team at the unicorn startup, SendGrid. He has a special passion for helping startups.

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Our Values

  • Collaborative DNA

    We work together for the collective goal of making the earth cooler*

    *both figuratively and literally

  • Founder Fanatics

    We believe in the people behind the ideas and celebrate their wins, losses, and learnings along the way

  • Conscious Urgency

    We maintain a bias towards action - because we only get one earth