Gary Kremen is the Chairman and founder of Clean Power Finance (CPF), an interesting solar company. CPF provides a standardized software-as-service (SaaS) tool that lets solar panel installers vastly speed up the sales proposal, rebate processing, system design and lead generation.
Based in occasionally sunny San Francisco, the company aims to enable mass-market adoption of solar with an end-to-end solution that integrates software and financing into the sales process.
Solar installers work with trucks, ladders, tool belts and roofs. "They hate paperwork," according to Kremen. So, CPF runs that part of the business for the installer. "We help the installer close the customer,"...