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What if you could go online, get a solar quote in under a minute, and bypass door knocking sales reps? That's the promise of Project Solar, a Utah-based startup with over $23 M in Series A funding, that's changing the way residential solar is sold.
Founders Matthew Smith and Trevor Hiltbrand are disrupting the solar market with a direct-to-consumer model that eliminates the middleman, offering transparency and simplicity. Leveraging their deep e-commerce expertise and entrepreneurial backgrounds, they created a platform that empowers homeowners with clear, low pricing and a streamlined process. Their journey has been defined by significant early success, even acquisition offers, and almost immediately finding the coveted “product-market fit”, all while maintaining a rabid focus on customer experience.
It’s rare that I think someone is truly, actually, changing the way we do things - Project Solar is one of those rare finds.
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Want to know how Project Solar is bringing transparency and simplicity to the solar buying process? Listen in to learn how their direct-to-consumer online platform is transforming the way solar is sold!
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Working Backwards
by Colin Bryar and Bill Carr
The Goal
by Eliyahu M Goldratt
and Jeff Cox
“Our whole focus is simplifying and bringing transparency to this industry.”
— Matthew Smith
“We want people, first and foremost, to understand that, it’s just an amazing investment, that benefits the environment, and it benefits their wealth, their income, and so just really changing the perspective of how people perceive solar.”
— Trevor Hiltbrand
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Nico is an Investor, Executive Coach, and 16-year veteran of the solar industry, having led development in the US and Latin America for global companies like Trina Solar and Conergy.
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