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Idea Mensch

Featuring people with good ideas from all over the Internet.

Things categorized as 'startups'

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Markus Stolz ­- Greek Wine Insider On A Mission

Markus Stolz is today a leading authority on the wines from Greece. In the beginning of 2009 and after having spent most his career in finance, he decided to ...
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Scott Belsky – Founder of Behance

Scott Belsky believes that the greatest breakthroughs across all industries are a result of creative people and teams that are especially productive. As such, Scott has committed his professional ...
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John Funk – Entrepreneur Addicted To Great Products and People

John Funk is both a Principal and the Chief Product Scout at Evergreen Innovation Partners . John also is President and co-founder of TrashCo Inc.  ...
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Chris Hytry Derrington: CEO of Rural America OnShore Sourcing

Christopher Hytry Derrington has 27 years of management experience including 16 years as CEO. He loves solving the complex problems of how to take a new technology to market; ...
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Jill Salzman – The Momtrepreneur Maven

Jill Salzman is The Momtrepreneur Maven. From her position as CFO (Chief
 Five-Year Old) at her first lemonade stand, Jill has come a long way. In
 high school, Jill ...
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Richard Kahn – CEO of eZanga.com

Richard K. Kahn, CEO of eZanga.com, has been a leader in the online advertising industry since 1993. He founded SEM and search engine eZanga in 2003. Over the past ...
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Giancarlo Massaro – Entrepreneur and Founder of AnyLuckyDay

Giancarlo Massaro is a college student and 20-year-old entrepreneur who has built the business AnyLuckyDay around giving away products for free. He started his entrepreneurial journey at ...
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Nick Vivion – Travel Filmmaker & Co-Founder of Unicorn Booty

Nick Vivion is a 27 year-old traveler and filmmaker currently based in Seattle. Thanks to an ex-Army brat father, Nick has been traveling since he was very young. ...
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Marsha Stopa – Winter Blues Coach, Author & Energy Therapist

Marsha grew up in Detroit, a town where people always expected to get one job and retire comfortably. She has tried so many different things, some sane and some ...
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Andrew Warner – Founder of Mixergy

Andrew Warner is the founder of Mixergy.com, a popular interview site that helps ambitious people who love business learn from experienced mentors. In his 20s Andrew created ...
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Thubten Comerford – CEO of Social Potency, Avid Idea Igniter

Thubten grew up in Malibu, California in the 1970s surrounded by 
celebrities. His classmates included Charlie Sheen, Chris Penn, Rob
Lowe, Dean Cain, Robert Downy, Jr., Holly Robinson Peete and ...
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Scott Crawford – Founder and CEO of DebtGoal

Scott Crawford is the founder and CEO of DebtGoal. A self-described econ geek and spreadsheet junkie, Scott has worked in the Congressional budget office and for HSBC ...
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Sue Wilkowski – Teacher, Artist, Author & Founder of textSAT

Sue is the co-founder of textSAT,  a national service that delivers daily SAT learning tips, via text message, thus offering teens and tweens a way to be ...
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Gary Whitehill – The Relentless Entrepreneur

Gary Whitehill is the Founder of The Relentless Foundation and New York Entrepreneur Week (NYEW), both of which reflect his entrepreneurial drive and relentless energy. Today, Gary's energy is devoted ...
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John Burch – Business Coach to 100+ Small Business Owners

An adventurous 16 yr old kid, John Burch entered the United States Air Force and quickly 
realized that he was meant for other professions after his four year enlistment
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Anthony Adams – Entrepreneur Who Created The Hangover Cure

Anthony Adams is the creator of THC-The Hangover Cure at www.drinkthc.com, an all-natural powder drink mix formulated to alleviate symptoms associated with, you guessed it, a hangover. ...
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Aviv Hadar – Owner/Founder of Think Brilliant and SoulPancake

In 2007, Aviv Hadar founded Think Brilliant Media Studios in Portland, Oregon. The group is easily one of the most talented and innovative teams to hit the technology ...
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Suzanne Akin: Owner of Akinz, Founder of Morningbird Collective

Suzanne Akin is a freelance graphic designer that has a thing for starting companies. Her pride and joy is her personal clothing line, www.akinz.com which is geared towards the snowboarding and ...
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Ryan Born – Founder of AudioMicro

Ryan Born started his career in the Atlanta office of PricewaterhouseCoopers' (PwC) Assurance and Business Advisory Services Practice where he gained experience in an array of industries. He later transferred ...
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Chris Logan: Entrepreneur, Lover of skiing, wine and technology

Chris is the Founder and CEO of ccSync, a service that provides groups of mobile and non-mobile coworkers real-time short messaging that is instant, private and continuous - plus one-click ...
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Owen Gue – Owner of The Cycling House

Owen Gue is president of The Cycling House, an all-inclusive training destination for cyclists and triathletes.  Owen is from Missoula, MT where he spends the summer and fall then migrates ...
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Steven Speldewinde and Eric Zirgulis – FishTwits Founders

Steven Speldewinde and Eric Zirgulis are the Co-Founders of FishTwits.com. Steve (a law graduate from Australia) and Eric (a history graduate from California) met whilst pursuing Masters Degrees in Entrepreneurship ...
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Richard Thalheimer – Founder of The Sharper Image/RichardSolo

Richard Thalheimer, founder and former CEO of The Sharper Image, was born and raised in Little Rock, Arkansas. After attending public school there, he received his Bachelor of Arts degree ...
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Justin Bigart – Lifestyle entrepreneur, reluctant business person

A serial entrepreneur, Justin currently splits his time growing Wisetail, driving the technology and marketing behind Sage Spa Living which he co-founded with his wife, serving on the Board of ...
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Jesse Lakes – Serial online entrepreneur, full time bum

Jesse Lakes is an online entrepreneur with an addiction to building web based companies.  His first start up began with high school graduation money and he is now fully engaged ...
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Steven Sundheim – Founder of Grupthink

Sundheim earned a B.A. in Geography from the University of Montana in 1999, specializing in cartography and town planning. He earned the department Faculty Award, given to one senior each ...
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John Stepleton – Innovator, Entrepreneur, Steward

John Stepleton provides insight so others are better able to see what is possible.  A serial entrepreneur and 3-time Inc. 500 Growth Company owner, John’s unique experience and perspective sheds ...
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Russ Fletcher – Evangelist for the economic future of Montana

Born in Omaha with stops in a number of states and countries, my wife, Alexis, and I spent the bulk of our time together in SF and London before we ...
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Schuyler Mann – Openlink Mobile Business Guy, Explorer, Angler

After graduating with an MBA from the University of Montana (‘09), Schuyler co-founded Openlink Mobile, a company that builds mobile marketing solutions for small business needs. The first product ...
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Stephen Webb – Investment Analyst turned Internet Entrepreneur

Stephen Webb is the Director of Market Development at Portfolio Monkey, a San Francisco based startup that provides simple web based investment tools for the DIY investor.  Previously, Stephen worked ...
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Will Johnston – Entrepreneur and Owner of Growandmake.com

Long time entrepreneur involved with multiple startups and Silicon Valley Fortune 500 companies. Successfully launched multiple websites and products for a variety of Internet and e-Commerce businesses. Love to innovate, explore new ...
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Mario Schulzke – IdeaMensch Founder

Mario Schulzke was born in Germany,  raised with the help of his Prussian great-grandmother, educated by nuns and is in constant attempt to live an interesting life. He has ...