From the Field
What closing the implementation gap looks like.
Real engagements embedding entrepreneurial operators inside science-heavy climate and conservation teams: what the organization was stuck on, what the operator built, and where it ended up.
- Natural Climate Solutions · Carbon Markets
- 8-week trial to hire
Ceiba Earth
Building the Operating Layer for a Science-Led Tropical Forest Carbon Venture
Validated tropical-forest carbon science and early buyer interest, ready for an execution layer. Over an 8-week trial the operator built the model, investor materials, and fundraising pipeline, and became full-time co-founder and COO.
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- Regenerative Agriculture · Natural Capital
- 24 weeks → extended through 2026
Farming for the Future
Building a Commercial Engine for Natural Capital Insights at Farm Scale
Strong science and deep advisory networks, but no scalable commercial model. Six months later: validated farmer demand, advisor channel partnerships in motion, and an engagement extended through 2026.
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Additional case studies for the Mycela team's work through The Nature Conservancy's Scale Facility, including the Natural Climate Solutions Accelerator, Global Free Rivers Accelerator, Water Policy Accelerator, Nature for Water, and Riparian Restoration, are pending legal review.
What hosts say
From the teams who brought an operator in.
“If our project is a construction zone, our operator is the foreman. She's also the person pounding the pavement and compacting the gravel so our team can lay the pavers when she's gone. We want her to stay full time.”
Brooke Atwell, Associate Director, Resilient Watersheds “Being part of the fabric of the team made such a difference: the pace, the trust, the depth of information, the quality of the product. I saw it and I drank the Kool-Aid.”
Amy Newsock, Global Deputy Director, Freshwater “Probably the best $35K I've spent. I don't know that I've ever gotten that much work out of that little funding.”
Andreas Hansen, Senior Director, Policy “If you're thinking about engaging with a Mycela operator, it's probably a bigger risk to not proceed with an engagement.”
Stephanie Simowski, Senior Program Manager, Carbon Markets
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