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Idea Mensch

Featuring people with good ideas from all over the Internet.

People tagged to be from California.

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Paul Mabray – Wine Revolutionary making wine work online

Paul Mabray has been in the wine and spirits industry for over seventeen years. He has worked for Napa Ale Works, Niebaum~Coppola, WineShopper/Wine.com and also was the North American ...
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Amy Levy – Leading Public Relations Professional

Amy Levy has led her own firm, Amy Levy Public Relations, Inc. (ALPR) for eight years.  She boasts experience at national advertising and public relations firms, in house on ...
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Jon Leland – Visionary electronic media communicator

Jon Leland, president & creative director of ComBridges,  is a leading communications expert who has been a visionary media innovator for almost 40 years. In the seventies, Mr. ...
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Jon Jon Park – CEO and Founder of Legacy Gym

Jon Jon Park is the CEO and founder of Legacy Gym, a state-of-the-art personal training center in Los Angeles. Jon Jon has channeled his 30 years in health ...
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Bruce Silverman – What Hasn’t He Done?

Bruce Silverman is one of America's best known and well respected marketing-communication and branding experts. A broad-view strategist, he served as executive creative director at four of America's largest advertising ...
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Phil Baker – Author of ‘From Concept To Consumer’

Phil's specialty is to advise and lead small and large companies to bring their products to market quickly and cost effectively. One recent client with little product experience was ...
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Scott Eckstein – Executive Director of Aegis Living/Granada Hills

Inspired by a personal delight in bettering the lives of seniors, Scott Eckstein boasts a career in successfully creating and operating a range of residential alternatives for the aging ...
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CJ Bruce – CEO of Video Army, Technology & Media Nerd

CJ Bruce was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona. He studied Media Arts and Political Science at the University of Arizona and has been producing videos since he was ...
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Craig Newmark – Founder of Craigslist

Craig Newmark is the founder of craigslist.org, a site where people can help each other with everyday needs including housing and jobs. The site has a culture of trust, ...
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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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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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Mark Gantt – Executive Producer of The Bannen Way

Mark Gantt is the Executive Producer, and Star of Sony Pictures Television's web series, The Bannen Way, created by Jesse Warren & Mark Gantt. He plays a ...
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Chad Kukahiko – Content Creator and Freak For Good Stories

Originally from Hilo on the Big Island, Chad Kukahiko (also known as 100k) graduated from the Kamehameha Schools, Kapalama campus. He spent over half his life performing in over fifty ...
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Chris Wright – Product Marketing Manager at Google

Chris Wright was born in Butte (that's not meant to be funny), graduated from the University of Montana, and has been working at Google since 2003. He has ...
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Paige Dunn – Sport Psychology Consultant

As a Sport Psychology Consultant, Paige Dunn counsels and educates athletes on the mental component of athletic experience through her private practice, Xcel Sport Psychology Group. In her ...
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Ian Murray – Triathlon coach, entrepreneur, husband and son

Ian Murray grew up in Aspen, Colorado and had an alpine skiing career before moving to California and launching into triathlon. Ian is one of only 15 level three certified ...
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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 Halliwell – Technology Marketing Zelig

Chris Halliwell is an experienced business-to-business marketing professional focused on helping technology-enabled companies become market-driven.  Her teaching, consulting, and process facilitation clients include Analog Devices, Baker Hughes, Corning, Intuitive Surgical, ...
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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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Clark Benson – Founder of Ranker and serial entrepreneur

Clark Benson is the founder of Ranker, a consumer web startup that is a platform for ranking . . . anything.  Ranker is Benson's 5th startup; all prior startups were ...
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Evan Ferrari – Music geek and Strategic Planner

Evan is that guy you ask to hook you up with a new mixtape or playlist when your current one gets old, he talks a lot of trash about basketball ...
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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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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 ...