Dandelion is a home geothermal company, spun out of Alphabet's X, that designs, builds and install geothermal systems. Geothermal heat is the cleanest, most efficient, and most technically advanced way to heat homes. We are the market leader and in hyper-growth. Dandelion's vision is to electrify heat. Globally, we burn as much fossil fuel heating homes as we do driving cars. Electric vehicles have arrived; we need to do the same with electric heat.Dandelion has been covered in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, CNN, FastCompany, Engadget, TechCrunch, Greentech Media, and more. Interested in our systems? Visit dandelionenergy.com.

The Spice House is the leading purveyor of quality spices in the US. Founded in 1957, our exclusive global network of producers, built up over 60 years in the trade, gives us access to the very best spices for every cuisine. We grind, sift, blend and package fresh spices every day, with direct delivery from our warehouse. We offer the freshest, highest quality spices, with the broadest selection and at lower prices than anywhere else online or in-store. For the serious cook there is only one serious choice: The Spice House. www.thespicehouse.com.

NRDC works to safeguard the earth—its people, its plants and animals, and the natural systems on which all life depends. We combine the power of more than three million members and online activists with the expertise of some 700 scientists, lawyers, and policy advocates across the globe to ensure the rights of all people to the air, the water, and the wild.

I have been an investor and advisor to various startups over the past decade. Companies that are going strong: Seat Geek, Lovevery, Udemy, Brighthire.ai, Juvo, Last Energy, In Class Today, Clarity Surgical.Companies that have exited: Unity, Peak Dental, Flixster, Avid Pharmaceuticals, HomeZen, Crowdflower, Consero, Bridge International Academies.

Opower (NYSE:OPWR), now part of Oracle Utilities, is the global leader in cloud-based energy efficiency software. Using data analytics and behavioral science, Opower delivers energy efficiency programs and analytics to millions of consumers around the globe. As co-founder and CEO, I led Opower through a $1Bn+ IPO in 2014 and its sale to Oracle in 2016. Opower's client base included more than 100 utilities across the globe, reaching more than 50 million homes and businesses and warehousing trillions of meter reads. Opower’s services saved more than 13 terawatt hours of energy, making it the largest US residential clean energy company at the time. Our impact was equivalent to building a second Hoover Dam, but this time using software and behavioral science instead of concrete and steel. As CEO, I was recognized as an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, one of Fortune's 40 under 40, and a Washingtonian Tech Titan.

Edusoft was an educational software startup providing one of the world’s first enterprise SaaS platforms. Dan and his co-founder led the company from inception to national success with millions of students and recognized leadership in the market. Dan is credited with the technical design of Edusoft’s novel paper-to-web scanning solution that consequently transformed the educational testing market. Houghton Mifflin acquired Edusoft in 2004 for ~$40M.

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