Call for
Pitch & Reverse Pitch Applications
OPEN NOW for the
May 4-6, 2026 WaterPreneurSHIP Experience!
at DC Water's HQO Waterside Events
Super Early Bird Registration
Available Now through Friday Jan. 23rd
Register NOW for
Our Lowest Rate and Most Bonuses Including:
Bonus #1) Keys to Water in Congress for Entrepreneurship Live Virtual Training - and Your Opportunity To Be Selected to Participate in the WaterPreneurShip Congressional Briefing May 6th (KWIC-E Training Offered LIVE ONLINE Late-Jan Thru Feb)
Bonus #2) Water Innovation Nation Celebration Virtual Summit - Interviews Recorded in Feb for March Release (with Live Chat!)
Bonus #3) Virtual Pitch Prep & Practice Session with Top WaterPreneurship Pitch Coaches to Prepare You for the WaterPitch! Water Startup Matching Extravaganza during the WaterPreneurSHIP(TM) Experience!
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 engage in "Chase, Hope and Burn" - that is:
- Chasing Investors, Funders, Client Innovation Seekers, Accelerators and other Entrepreneur Support Programs - running from conference to conference while ...
- Hoping to get a little facetime with someone who can help advance their business (if they remember to take their request for a follow-up meeting) while ...
- Burning through their limited "runway" of largely bootstrapped funds!
Since 2023, we have decided to focusing our efforts on our Water Entrepreneurship programs and events. We recognize that each WaterPreneur needs to be "the Captain of My SHIP [and] the Master of My Soul" - so we build our events with "Startups at the Center" - while also creating a "One-Stop Shop" for Investors, Funders, Clients, and Entrepreneur Support Programs.
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"!
At WaterCitizen, we are architects of opportunity
in water innovation & the water workforce.
We've built programs, events and media to create an ecosystem that thrives on
the principles of innovation, collaboration, and empowerment.
COLLABORATION & EMPOWERMENT
EVENTS
We produce events designed to build collaboration and transformation, bringing together diverse water leaders and innovators from throughout the Water Ecosystem!
WATER WORKFORCE MASTERMINDS
We provide water professional with small group virtual masterminds and mentorship programs to support them in becoming the leaders they were meant to be!
THOUGHT LEADER EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Our interactive online programs are designed to produce results while teaching invaluable skills for Water Professionals and Entrepreneurs who want to communicate, build community, and create an impact - especially online!
WATERCITIZEN
NEWS & MEDIA
We provide unqiue online water media outlets (podcasts, summits, virtual events) - created by individuals with who understand the breadth and depths of the Water Industry and Water Professionals - plus opportunities for Water Thought Leaders to get their knowledge to their best audiences!
WaterPrenuerSHIPTM Experience!
(Formerly WaterPitch! The Water Startup
Matching Extravaganza Continues!)
MARK YOUR CALENDARS for our 2026 WaterPitch!
Water Startup Matching Event May 4-6, 2026
Including Prep & Pitch Days @ DC Water's HQO
Followed by May 6th Policy & Partnerships Day
(Including our Washington Insiders' Breakfast, Congressional Briefing,
and NEW WaterPreneurship Goes Global Workshop!)
Our signature WaterPitch! events bring together the most innovative startups, top industry leaders and government agency officials, and water investors in a unique matchmaking experience, fostering growth and innovation for the industry.
ABOUT WATERCITIZEN.ORG FOUNDER: DrCat Shrier
DrCat Shrier is the Founder & CEO of WaterCitizen.Org, a leadership development nonprofit that transforms diverse water professionals and entrepreneurs into industry and societal changemakers. DrCat offers more than 35 years experience in Water & Environmental Science, Engineering, and Policy - primarily focused on the adoption of innovations!
In 2012, DrCat launched WaterCitizen, starting as an online media and education organization that has become a champion for Water Professionals and Entrepreneurs.
In 2023, WaterCitizen launched The WaterPreneurship Initiative, featuring the Annual WaterPreneurSHIP Experiene in Washington, DC (which includes the WaterPitch! The Water Startup Matching Extravaganza) - a Startup-Centric, high-energy, high-engagement event connecting entrepreneurs with investors, funders & clients, and accelerators or other entrepreneur support programs that want to work with them.
This initiative also includes the Waterpreneur Elevation Leadership Lab (The W.E.L.L.). DrCat is a Certified Mastermind Facilitator who has led The W.E.L.L. as well as WaterCitizen's League of Extraordinary Women Of Water Mastermind and Women's Water Leader CIrcles. In addition, DrCat has created and leads courses including the Virtual Water Entrepreneurship Lab.
DrCat understands that becoming a Changemaker in the Water Space takes leadership, a circle of support, the right connections and opportunities for exposure. At WaterCitizen we are here to guide, mentor, and connect you to the resources you need for success and make the difference you were meant to make in this world!
Get in touch!
Interested in becoming a WaterCitizen Partner, Sponsor, or Client? Fill out the form here with your request and DrCat will get back to you soon!
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