Ingrid Vanderveldt (iV) is the CEO of Green Girl Energy Inc. and the
creator of The GLASS (Global Leadership & Sustainable Success)
FORUM, a gathering of the top women in sustainability developing
a National Energy Transition Plan for the US. She is the CEO of
Vanderveldt Energy Inc. and managing partner of Game Change Ventures.
iV is an Advisory to the Energy and Environment Committee for the X-
Prize Energy Foundation. iV is a member of Richard Branson’s ‘Carbon
War Room’ movement. iV is also a strategic advisor to Fortune 1000
companies on sustainable initiatives, renewable energy and women’s
leadership and is the creator and host of the annual Green Love Event
Series.
Previously, iV founded and was the CEO Clean Air Conversions LLC
in January 2010 and sold in summer of 2010 leading to over $40M in
revenue to the parent company. iV created and hosted the powerful
entrepreneur series ‘American Made’ for CNBC, their first primetime hour-
long original series and Host of the online TV series for entrepreneurs
called On the Road with iV. She has been in the Wall Street Journal,
USA Today, New York Times and Inc. Magazine. She has appeared on
NBC’s the Today Show, CNBC’s The Big Idea and BNET’s Dog & Pony
Show. She has interviewed over 100 of the world’s top entrepreneurs
including the founders Starbucks, Whole Foods, Playboy, Clear Channel,
Craigslist, Harley Davidson and Paul Mitchell. She is mentored by Red
McCombs, founder of Clear Channel, sits on the board of WorldBlu, is
a founding member of The Billionaire Girls Club, the Annual emcee of
MOOT CORP, the world’s largest business plan competition and speaks to
entrepreneurial audiences around the country.
iV has been awarded a technology patent and has a Master’s in
Architecture and an MBA in Entrepreneurship. iV owns a ball-chasing
cocker spaniel named Willie G, lives on airplanes, reads non stop, ride
and races motorcycles, skydives and is addicted to CNN, USA Today and
Starbucks.I’m considering using a co-employer group to handle HR, payroll, benefits, etc? At what size does it make sense for your startup to use a service like this?
Co-employer groups are great, if they make financial sense. If you have an in-house comptroller or bookeeper at what point in the company's growth is it LESS expensive to outsource HR, payroll, benefits and let your inhouse talent help on other items? Every company is different. One company I had we used them from the beginning. Another? after we had 35 employees. The decision is Opportunity Cost.
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