Ecopreneurist.com is website dedicated to help you get the best prices and information on environmentally positive products and technology.
It’s been a long journey….
We started our first solar information portal back in 2010, and ever since we have been dedicated to growing this part of our business though many iterations, acquisitions, mergers and redevelopments to get to ecopreneurist.com.
Our core aim is to provide you with the best information we can, so you can make informed decisions about the various eco products available.
If you compare quotes with us, we make a small fee from the installer. It will never cost you more than going direct, and helps us pay for our content team, developers, marketing and some profit to (hopefully).
A bit about our company & team
Funding:
James Lindsay, an ex-Deutsche Bank prodigy, funded the business in 2018. Additional capital came from expert sure CEO Ollie Smith’s exit money from his last company. Together they raised a seed round of £75k to build a minimum viable product and bring it to market.
Management:
Oliver Smith – CEO (contact)
James Lindsey – Capital & Legal
Status:
Private Limited
Trading name
B2B Quote Services LTD Trading as ecopreneurist.com
Contact phone number
0800 118 2264
Location:
Filwood Green Business Park
1 Filwood Park Lane, Bristol, BS4 1ET
The Filwood Green Business Park has won three awards that recognise its design quality and outstanding environmental credentials. The latest is the Bristol Civic Society Design Award (June 2016), which means we have a Blue Plaque. We chose this park as it’s inline with our environmental goals and ethos.
Management team
Ollie Smith – CEO
Executive Bio
Ollie started his first business at just 18 years of age with a loan from the Prince Charles Trust For Young Entrepreneurs. Learning the essentials of business from experience – making mistakes and working to constantly improve the bottom line – Ollie Smith fell in love with entrepreneurship, and has dedicated his career to it ever since.
James Lindsey – Venture Capital Funding
Executive Bio
James hails from the land of the long white cloud but decided to pack his bags at the age of 21 several years ago and embark on a journey that would take him around the globe which continues to this day.
Having set foot in London, he began his career bright eyed and bushy tailed, in the world of contracting in big UK organisations that game him a view as to how the world really worked and what makes people tick.
Operations Team
Serhii Nadolskyi
Hailing from Europe, Serhii Nadolskyi is a seasoned IT professional with a Master’s degree in Information Technology. Commencing his programming journey in 2013, Serhii has developed a wealth of experience in coding for various platforms.
Throughout his career, Serhii had the privilege of working with industry leaders, including prominent cryptocurrency companies like eToro. This experience not only showcased his expertise but also provided invaluable insights, contributing to his well-rounded proficiency.
Eager to learn and fueled by a passion for programming, Serhii consistently approaches his work with dedication, delivering exceptional results. Renowned for his commitment, he ensures every task is completed at 110%, reflecting his unwavering dedication to excellence.
Leonardo David
I specialize in energy consulting and financial analysis, and hold two academic degrees from the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (Tecnológico de Monterrey): B.Sc. Mechanical Electrical Engineering (98% GPA, Summa Cum Laude) and Master in Business Administration (96% GPA). My fields of interest for business development and consulting are energy efficiency, renewable energy, information technologies in the energy industry, education and sustainable development.
My experience includes energy consulting, project financial evaluation, technical writing, academic research, project management, electrical design and specifications, and education. I have worked as an energy consultant in projects funded by the Inter-American Development Bank, in Central America and the Caribbean, and have also collaborated with international clients through the Upwork freelancing platform (USA, Canada, UK, Austria, Australia, United Arab Emirates, etc.).
Jastine Beatrice Yap
Jastine Beatrice Yap is a writer who tackles topics on science, business and sustainable living. She has a passion for theater and dreams of starting a non-profit that will use theater as a primary agricultural extension tool in the Philippines.
Founding Team
Founder
Zach Shahan founded SolarLove.org, ecolocalizer.com and ecopreneurist.com in 2012, all 3 sites are now merged into ecopreneurist.com. Zach is also the director/editor of CleanTechnica and Planetsave. Zach is recognized globally as an electric vehicle expert, landing on a top 20 list with Tesla CO & Chairman Elon Musk, President Obama, Renault & Nissan CEO & Chairman Carlos Ghosn, and other automotive executives for his “fuel economy influence.” His EV sales reports and commentary have been referenced by the New York Times, Washington Post,Chicago Tribune, and plenty of other media outlets. If you would like Zach to speak at an EV conference or event, connect with him via social media. You can connect on any popular social networking site you like. Links to all of his main social media profiles are on ZacharyShahan.com.
Vice President of Biz Development
Kyle Field is a tech geek passionately in search of actionable ways to reduce the negative impact his life has on the planet, save money, and reduce stress. Live intentionally, make conscious decisions, love more, act responsibly, play. The more you know, the less you need. Kyle and his wife own a Tesla Model S and a Mercedes B-Class Electric. Kyle’s performing a long-term review of the Model S for CleanTechnica.
Chief Inspector of Commas
Derek Markham lives in southwestern New Mexico and digs bicycles, simple living, organic gardening, sustainable lifestyle design, slacklining, bouldering, and permaculture. He loves good food, with fresh-roasted chiles at the top of his list of favorites. Derek has been covering solar power and energy efficiency for years, and lived off the grid for awhile. Catch up with Derek on Twitter, Google+, or at his natural parenting site, Natural Papa!
Senior Reporters
Tina Casey is a freelance writer specializing in military and corporate sustainability, advanced technology, emerging materials, biofuels, and water and wastewater issues. She is a regular contributor to CleanTechnica and TriplePundit. She is also currently Deputy Director of Public Information for the County of Union, New Jersey. Many of Tina’s articles have been reposted on Reuters, Scientific American, and other mainstream media sites. You can also follow her on Twitter @TinaMCasey, and on Tumblr.
Joshua S Hill is a Christian, a nerd, a geek, a liberal left-winger, and believes that we’re pretty quickly directing planet-Earth into hell in a handbasket! Josh is an author and writer from Melbourne, Australia. His first book is in the “looking for an agent” phase right now while he writes his second. He also reviews fantasy books over at Fantasy Book Review (.co.uk). Josh loves words with a passion, both creating them and reading them. You can follow Josh on Twitter @JoshSHill.
Steve Hanley writes about the interface between technology and sustainability from his home in Rhode Island. He is a car nut with a salacious sense of humor who is passionate about addressing global warming. Current writing obsessions include Tesla, Elon Musk, electric cars, electric trucks, rooftop solar energy, home energy storage, and ecotourism. You can follow Steve on Twitter.
James Ayre has predominantly focused his education on geopolitics and history, but he has an obsessive interest in pretty much everything. After an early life spent in the Imperial Free City of Dortmund, James followed the river Ruhr to Cofbuokheim, where he attended the University of Astnide. That’s where he briefly considered entering the coal mining business, before logical health concerns kicked in. He currently writes for a living on a broad variety of subjects, ranging from science, to politics, to military history, to renewable energy. You can follow James and his prolific work on Google+.
Mridul Chadha currently works as Head of News & Data at Climate Connect Limited, a market research and analytics firm in the renewable energy and carbon markets domain. He earned his Master’s in Technology degree from The Energy & Resources Institute in Renewable Energy Engineering and Management. He also has a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering. Mridul has a keen interest in renewable energy sector in India and emerging carbon markets like China and Australia. You can follow Mridul’s green tweets @mridul (looks like he was an early Twitter adopter).
Susan Kraemer writes at CleanTechnica, CSP-Today and Renewable Energy World. She has also been published at Wind Energy Update, Solar Plaza, Earthtechling PV-Insider, and GreenProphet, Ecoseed, NRDC OnEarth, MatterNetwork, Celsius, EnergyNow, and Scientific American. As a former serial entrepreneur in product design, Susan brings an innovator’s perspective on inventing a carbon-constrained civilization: If necessity is the mother of invention, solving climate change is the mother of all necessities! As a lover of history and sci-fi, she enjoys chronicling the strange future we are creating in these interesting times. Follow Susan on Twitter @dotcommodity.
Carolyn Fortuna writes from her home in Chepachet, RI, where she advocates with her lake association for chemical-free solutions to eradicate invasive species. She’s an organic gardener, nature lover, and vegetarian (no red meat since 1980) who draws upon digital media literacy and learning to spread the word about sustainability issues. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook and Google+
Contributors
John Farrell directs the Energy Self-Reliant States and Communities program at ILSR, and focuses on energy policy developments that best expand the benefits of local ownership and dispersed generation of renewable energy. John authored Democratizing the Electricity System, which describes how to blast the roadblocks to distributed renewable energy generation, and Energy Self-Reliant States, which serves as the definitive energy atlas for the United States — detailing state-by-state renewable electricity generation potential. Farrell regularly provides discussion and analysis of distributed renewable energy policy on his blog, Energy Self-Reliant States. John Farrell can also be found on Twitter @johnffarrell, or at jfarrell@ilsr.org.
Giles Parkinson is the founding editor of RenewEconomy.com.au, an Australian-based website that provides news and analysis on cleantech, carbon, and climate issues. Giles is based in Sydney and is watching the (slow, but quickening) transformation of Australia’s energy grid with great interest. Giles has a particularly strong focus on decentralization of the electricity grid, and especially rooftop solar. He also provides very insightful commentary on Australian and global climate policy and politics.
Roy L Hales is the editor of the ECOreport, a website dedicated to exploring how our lifestyle choices and technologies affect the West Coast of North America. He is a research junkie who has written hundreds of articles since he was first published in 1982, but is particularly fond these days of writing about energy storage, clean transportation options, renewable energy, and the wacky world of modern politics. Roy lives on Cortes Island, BC, Canada.
Adam Johnston is in the process of becoming a freelance social media coordinator for small businesses. He is a graduate of the University of Winnipeg, with a three-year Bachelor of Arts degree in both Economics and Rhetoric, Writing, and Communications. Adam is a ‘bright green’ environmentalist who believes in the power of economic and business opportunity in cleantech to bring more people to environmental issues. Beyond cleantech, you can also find his writings about soccer and other technology topics, including video games, on www.adammjohnston.wordpress.com and various other sites. You can follow Adam on Twitter @adamjohnstonwpg.