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
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