Jesse Johnson has spent his entire career focused on the intersection of business and environmental impact, from founding sustainable design firm Q Collection to running cleantech-focused funds and investing in over 200 early-stage companies with two successful exits to Fortune 50 buyers. Rather than working from a traditional tech hub, he has deliberately built an innovation and capital ecosystem in Telluride, Colorado—a mountain town of just over 2,000 people—co-founding the Telluride Venture Accelerator and helping catalyze the Telluride Venture Fund. Jesse Johnson has spent his entire career focused on the intersection of business and environmental impact, from founding sustainable design firm Q Collection to running cleantech-focused funds and investing in over 200 early-stage companies with two successful exits to Fortune 50 buyers. Rather than working from a traditional tech hub, he has deliberately built an innovation and capital ecosystem in Telluride, Colorado—a mountain town of just over 2,000 people—co-founding the Telluride Venture Accelerator and helping catalyze the Telluride Venture Fund.