About WaterCitizen.org and The WaterPreneurSHIP(TM) Initiative

WaterCitizen.Org was founded to be an educational and leadership development nonprofit organization for Water Professionals and Entrepreneurs who have big dreams, ambitious goals, and high aspirations to solve the biggest challenges impacting our water supplies, water resources, and the economy.

Since 2023, we have pivoted to focus primarily on The WaterPreneurSHIP Community including WaterPreneurs (starting a business or nonprofit to solve a water challenge) and the Investors, Funders, Clients, Advisors and EntrepreneurSHIP Programs that support them).

We find that most Water Professionals are trained in an area of technical expertise and then may get on-the-job experience learning to lead larger organizations and teams of technical experts - but do NOT learn the basics of Entrepreneurship:

* how to create and test and communicate an idea to solve a water challenge

* how to find a market and understand their water challenges and how they talk and think about this problem and who is part of the decision-making process

* how to attract and educate, engage and enroll specific clients or customers who have the problem they solve

We recognize that - whether you have an innovative product, project, program, policy, or practice - learning how to advance your innovation is essential for all Water Citizens.

We do NOT believe that Water Startup Founders should have to "chase" Investors, Funders, Client Innovation Seekers, Accelerators and other Entrepreneur Support Programs, running from conference to conference (while "burning" through their limited runway of largely bootstrapped funding) in the hopes of getting a little "facetime" with someone who could make a difference for their company (if they remember to take their request for a follow-up meeting). This "Chase, Burn, and Die" model doesn't support WaterPreneurs very well!

Since 2023, we have decided to focusing our efforts on our Water Entrepreneurship programs and events - which we now operate under our WaterPreneurSHIP(TM) Brand. We recognize that each WaterPreneur is "the Captain of My Ship [and] the Master of My Soul" - building our events with "Startups at the Center." Through our Annual Event in Washington, DC, and other in-person and virtual events and programs, we support WaterPrenuers to build Capacity, Contacts & Cashflow while finding the right members of their "Ship's Crew" (Investors & Funders, Incubators & Accelerators, Clients & Team Members) to help them "Sail to Success"!