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Idea Mensch

Featuring people with good ideas from all over the Internet.

Things categorized as 'startups'

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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 – Idea Mensch Founder

Mario 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 lived in ...