Weeds Never Sleep

The HotZot is the first tool to effectively kill weeds organically with scalding hot water combined with organic herbicides. So if you’re tired of weeding by hand and don’t want to use Roundup, the HotZot is the tool you’ve been waiting for.

Escrow Service, Legal Fees, Accounting, Marketing, Paid Advertising, Engineering & Prototyping, Salary, Office Overhead, Operating Capital Reserves

Bonnie Bruce - Co-Founder
Landscape Designer who has also practiced commercial interior design for many years. With over 30 years of plantsmanship and 20 years of focus on environmental stewardship to her landscape practice.
Experience: Interior designer for projects from $2 million - $50 + million, adjunct university instructor, landscape designer, lecturer, and design coach.
Education: BA Sociology, AA Interior Design, post-graduate work in Horticulture.
Prof. Member of APLD, LEED AP, Master Gardener, FIIDA

Michael Peterson - Co-Founder
Inventor of the HotZot, IT Consultant, Event Manager (US Rowing Association), Adjunct College Instructor (Marylhurst College, Oregon Institute of Technology, Oregon Culinary Institute) and co-founder of Portland/Vancouver Rowing Association, Residential General Contractor.
Education: BA in Psychology, MA Business Management

Zen Parry - Advisor
Industry Experience: International Corporate Leadership • Project Management • Operations and Strategic Management • SME – Small and Medium Enterprises • Contracts Administration • Policy Development • Enterprise Capacity Building • Troubleshooting & Turnaround Assignments • Strategic Planning • Marketing • Business Modeling • Scenario and Contingency Development

Charles Knechtel - Advising CFO
Charles has worked with a variety of businesses as their temporary or permanent-part time CFO. Clients include a manufacturing company with annual revenues in excess of $50 million, a large scale residential real-estate development group (250+ homes per year), a well funded high tech start-up, a local subsidiary of a multi-billion dollar Japanese conglomerate, and a $40+ million construction company.

Matthew Werbach, Werbach Content + Advocacy LLC. - PR, Social Media Consultant
Matt Werbach - writer and author with experience in marketing, PR, content creation, TV production, and journalism. Currently works with a small but active group of startups in the Pacific Northwest. His clients are in fields as diverse as candlemaking, hardware engineering, and documentary film. When he isn’t pecking away at the keyboard, you can find him running on Portland’s lush trails or playing with his four-year-old son at Gabriel Park.