In 2 weeks, I'll teach you my 5-step capital raising process and help you avoid costly startup mistakes (I've been there!). 🌎 💰
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Over $100 billion has been invested in climate tech startups since 2020.
14% of all venture capital dollars are flowing to climate tech companies.
What's your piece of that?
Did you know that 2021 saw $40 billion invested in 600+ companies across 1,400 climate-curious investors?
If your blinders are on, you'll miss the climate megatrends, wasting time and money.
Learn which sectors are most crowded, and which big problems still need solutions.
The days of a 40-page business plan are dead.
The world is changing quickly. So is your team. And so are you.
It's time to rethink old assumptions.
Create a process for gathering the wisdom of your team, without just settling for group think.
40+ climate tech companies have become unicorns, raising $45+ billion.
But thousands of impact entrepreneurs want to tackle climate change.
Don't just be another green lemming.
Build your moat of competitive advantage. Define your most likely exit strategy.
45% of businesses fail in the first five years.
But you don't need to step in the same dung patties as everyone else.
Conduct a pre-mortem analysis.
Define ways to mitigate key risks — before they happen.
"A new bus comes for investors every 5 minutes."
That is, they see A LOT of pitches.
Yours needs to be simple, clear, and convincing.
You'll practice pitching to peers and get access to dozens of sample pitch decks.
99% of investors are likely to say no.
Yet many people think that finding growth capital is easy and only done every 18 months.
Not true.
It is an evergreen process with proven rules for greater success.
With this course, you'll get...
Plus, this course is new and improved since the last cohort:
Leapfrog common mistakes and partner with the right investors to avoid $100,000 in opportunity costs.
You can't afford that risk.
And the planet can't either.
Entrepreneurs
Pre-seed. Seed. Series A. CEO. COO. CFO. Business development. Strategy leader.
Future entrepreneurs
Freedom seekers. World changers. Climate experts who want “MBA skills.”
Career Switchers
Got experience in other sectors but want to help climate tech startups find the right capital? Join us!
Mr. Quick Money
"I'm into climate tech just for the profits. The mission stuff is for tree huggers."
Mrs. Know It All
"I'm a savvy business pro, so I really have nothing new to learn."
Mr. What's In It For Me
"I'm too busy to give feedback to my fellow entrepreneurs. I'm #1."
I’m on a mission to tackle climate change through investment, startups, and education.
To get there, we need more shots on goal:
More solutions. More companies. More investments.
That’s where you come in.
I want to help you fund your current (or future!) climate tech startup.
Why me?
I have made too many mistakes in this sector to keep them all to myself.
This experience comes from $1B+ of investment experience as a former environmental PE investor and impact investment banker, 3x founder, climate CEO coach and mastermind leader, and professor with 60,000 students taught at Duke University, UNC-Chapel Hill, and Coursera.
Want to learn more?
Climate CEO Mastermind peer groups that I lead – Current members manage $8+ billion in market value:
My newsletter – A weekly 3-minute summary of climate tech, startups, better habits, and deep work:
My podcast – Interviews with climate investors and CEOs where we cover business insights, life lessons, and personal growth:
So, who's going to solve climate change by funding the growth of new businesses?
You are!
After this course, you'll have...
Interviews with climate tech CEOs and climate investors via Entrepreneurs for Impact. Listen here.
My 3-minute weekly summary of climate tech, startups, better habits, and deep work. Read it here.
I've taught 60,000+ students in my "Renewable Energy and Green Building Entrepreneurship" course, with 4.7 out of 5.0 stars. View it here.
I know, I know. Kind of boring. But worth a scan if you're having doubts about signing up for this course. See it here.
This course focuses on live workshops and hands-on projects
You’ll be learning in public through breakout rooms and an engaged community
Surround yourself with like-minded people who want to grow alongside you
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