Limpert Tech "SullyCast" on ALT 105.7 and iHeartRadio 1/9/21 - Jonathan Quarles and His New Book

Rick is joined on iHeartRadio this week by Jonathan Quarles to talk about his new book, MAKING DOLLARS WHILE MAKING CHANGE: The Playbook for Game Changers.

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Inspired by the ongoing Flint water crisis, Quarles founded Quartz, a company whose mission is to offer clean water solutions to communities who desperately need them around the world by using advanced technology that pulls water from the air to deliver safe drinking water. He is also the founder of The BTL Group, a strategic business development and relationship management platform dedicated to using entrepreneurship as a platform for social impact.

His new book MAKING DOLLARS WHILE MAKING CHANGE: The Playbook for Game Changers focuses on how to use business as a force for good.

Jonathan Quarles has always had a passion for building businesses and creating change. As a serial entrepreneur, he started his first business as the top-selling paperboy in his neighborhood at the age of 8. Thirty years later, Jonathan has created and developed more than 10 businesses, ranging from a custom T-Shirt operation to a creative printing company. He is an avid angel investor, setting his sights on fast-growing, disruptive companies with a social impact component.

In 2003, Jonathan fused his unparalleled ability to build bridges between people and ideas with his business acumen to launch The BTL Group. As Founder and CEO, he has transformed both multi-billion dollar corporations and non-profit organizations by helping them connect the dots on critical resources, important community dynamics, and lucrative partnerships. Jonathan’s work has unlocked more than $200M of value across the private and public sectors, earning him a place as one of the most sought-after advisors for identifying business growth opportunities and as one of Detroit’s most well-known “connectors.” Today, The BTL Group continues its journey as a thriving strategic consulting business and has now expanded its geographic footprint to several countries outside of the United States.

As a native of Flint, Michigan, Jonathan couldn’t sit on the sidelines as a devastating water crisis plagued his hometown. As he leaned into the research, he realized that Flint had become the U.S. epicenter for what was actually a global crisis – 1 in 3 people around the world don’t have access to clean drinking water. Jonathan knew that a challenge of this scale called for an unprecedented solution – with that, he founded Quartz Water Source (fka SolAir Water). In its initial phase, Quartz is bringing cutting edge atmospheric water generation (AWG) technology – quite literally water made out of air – to the cities and states that need it the most. The technology is reliable, low maintenance and capable of supplementing a municipal water source provided that a power source is available. As part of its future growth, Quartz is exploring the bottled water market as well partnerships with private sector companies whose supply chains heavily rely on water.