Hands-on
Coaching

GrnTek / Hands-on Coaching

The incubator also pairs the participant with a mentor. The mentoring process provides years of business knowledge to the entrepreneur’s idea.

Meet our coaches:

Trip Critz

Venture Coach

Trip – (57) brings over 29 years of entrepreneurial leadership, sales development, and corporate growth experience to companies positioned to launch their business model in complex market environments. With strategic focus and seasoned experience in corporate growth, Trip brings fresh perspectives and synergy in working with tier-1 teams across a broad spectrum, including: sales and distribution, on-hold marketing and advertising , restaurants, franchise development, non-profit and NGO’s, community development and renewable energy. Trip served as the Co-Founder, Director and Chief Financial Officer of Poverty Dignified, Inc. from September 27, 2013 through May 27, 2020. Trip currently holds the position as the Director of Global Operations for Sun Ovens International, Inc. Trip brings a unique approach to entrepreneurial leadership, and is able to cultivate and inspire unity, value and structure through the entire growth process. His true passion is to empower companies to recognize and embrace the right opportunities, with the sole purpose of tapping their full potential.

Forrest Garvin

Venture Coach

Forrest Garvin started his professional career serving in the US military as a US Air Force NCO with the 317 MAC and JSOC SOLL II out of Pope Air Force Base. Forrest leveraged his military experience into a technology and security position for the Strategic Technology Group for NationsBank and Bank of America.

His entrepreneurial spirit drew him into creating several technology startups, as well as an incubator space that led to many successes.

In the survival and prepping space, Forrest founded the Carolina Preppers Network, which he grew into the national organization PrepperNet. To date, PrepperNet has over 64,000 members across the world.

Currently, Forrest is the Chief Executive Officer of Sun Oven International. Under Forrest’s leadership, Sun Oven offers a variety of products dedicated to making solar cooking available throughout the developed and developing world. To further their benefit to the third world, Sun Oven uses a portion of their earnings to fund the delivery of Villager Sun Ovens. Villager ovens are capable of cooking for an entire community without the use of fuels. Many communities have built businesses around them, which furthers the entrepreneurial spirit in these developing nations.

Forrest lives in North Carolina dedicating his life to his family, Christian fellowship, and preparing others to grow their own businesses.

Gray Man

Venture Coach