About Us

Empowering the Next Generation of Entrepreneurs

Founded in 2020, Crowd Bootstrap is a graduate of Y-Combinator startup school. It’s on a mission to transform young people in emerging economies into extraordinary entrepreneurs who develop innovative solutions to everyday challenges. By providing cutting-edge AI tools, training, and mentorship, we empower ordinary people to reimagine profitable solutions to public problems that currently impede local economic growth.

Our Impact & Expertise

With over 25 years of experience harnessing emerging technologies, we have empowered Fortune 500 companies to enhance competitiveness and efficiency while reducing costs and cycle time. Now, we have re-purposed our expertise in program management to orchestrate a network of strategic partners, who collaborate to cultivate a pipeline of high-performance entrepreneurs across Africa, the Caribbean, and the African diaspora. We then guide our startups to tackle the most critical challenges that currently hinder local economic growth. This unique business model drives impactful, profitable and sustainable solutions to local public problems.

Strategic Partnerships

To create an environment where entrepreneurs can build, scale, and dominate, we have forged powerful partnerships:

• Governments – Provide access to land, permits and other regulatory support to unleash entrepreneurship in each of our world-class AI innovation hubs.
• AI Innovation Hub Builder – Design and build dynamic AI incubation hubs that foster collaboration and empower entrepreneurs to scale their ventures.
• Reality Show Producer – Showcase the brightest startup entrepreneurs through our entertaining YouTube TV series, that combines analysis from a panel of experts, with the wisdom of the crowd, to select founders and startups who solve high-impact problems while offering high-growth potential.
• AI Accelerator – Operate our AI Innovation Studios, providing hands-on guidance to our startups empowering each to refine their business model then scale their solution.
• Web3 AI Agent Platforms – A Web3 Exchange that monetizes the AI Agents that our startups create to solve local problems.

Meet the Team

• Togbui Fiti V – Lead Advisor, who ensures strategic alignment with community and economic development goals.
• Mark Lawrence – Founder, visionary leader, and business model strategist.
• Jason Bullen – Director of AI Innovation Hubs, who drives the design and development of our global entrepreneurial facilities.
• Antonio Ramos – CFO, who is responsible for managing the financial health of our network of AI Innovation Studios.

Engaging with Our Community

We actively connect with our audience through our YouTube TV show and social media platforms, to share AI expertise, entrepreneurial insights, success stories, and opportunities with young innovators worldwide.

Our Vision

Crowd Bootstrap is preparing to launch AI Innovation Hubs in Ghana and Guyana, with plans to expand to additional countries in the near future. These AI Innovation hubs serve as AI centers of excellence where the next wave of entrepreneurs, investors, and industry leaders collaborate to unleash local economic growth and shape their own future.

Get in Touch

For more information, visit our Contact Us page and join us to shape the future of entrepreneurship for emerging economies!