Scott Cooney (
twitter: scottcooney) is an adjunct professor of Sustainability in the MBA program at the University of Hawai'i,
green business startup coach, author of
Build a Green Small Business: Profitable Ways to Become an Ecopreneur (McGraw-Hill), and developer of the
sustainability board game GBO Hawai'i. Scott has started, grown and sold two mission-driven businesses, failed miserably at a third, and is currently in his fourth. Scott's current company has three divisions: a sustainability blog network that includes the world's biggest clean energy website and reached over 5 million readers in December 2013 alone;
Pono Home, a turnkey and franchiseable green home consulting service that won entrance into the clean tech incubator known as Energy Excelerator; and
Cost of Solar, a solar lead generation service to connect interested homeowners and solar contractors. In his spare time, Scott surfs, plays ultimate frisbee and enjoys a good, long bike ride.
