Ken Johnson was born in Stavanger, Norway and grew up between London, Indonesia, and Texas before attending the University of Vermont where he studied Literature, Sociology, and Philosophy. He took a job at a performing arts theatre and pursued a career in music – a passion since his first guitar…
Aaron Wall is a search engine marketer, blogger and author of the popular “SEO Book.” After blogging for a couple of years, working on over one hundred websites and reading many thousands of pages about search and SEO, Aaron Wall usually knows the answer to most SEO questions, or who…
Robert and Jeffrey Wolfe run Crowdrise day to day. In addition, they started and built Moosejaw, the successful multi-channel retailer that combined humor, crowdsourcing, social commerce and creative marketing to create an intensely loyal customer base. As CEO and COO of Moosejaw they were recognized by Ad Age in 2008 on its list of…
Molly Moon is the owner of Molly Moon’s Homemade Ice Cream. Molly Moon’s shops are Seattle’s favorite ice cream boutiques, located in Wallingford and Capitol Hill. Molly keeps busy with a cute, bright blue ice cream truck roaming the streets of Seattle and the East Side and plotting the build-out…
Denver-based musicians Nathan and Patrick Meese, formerly of the band Meese, recently formed a new band called The Centennial. The trio is rounded out by Patrick‘s wife, Tiffany. The debut EP from the group, entitled “Second Spring,” is available now for free digital download via the band’s official website, or…
Julien Mayot was born in Lille, France. At age 6, while living in Paris, he started his first business: selling chestnuts! He would send his two sisters collect chestnuts from the trees of his backyard in the heart of Paris. He would then bag them and sell them in the neighborhood,…
Anibal Damião is the CEO and co-founder of InfluAds, an Advertising Network serving simple, yet highly relevant ads that people actually want to see. Anibal is a Portuguese dude living in Denmark. He is driven by minimalism and relevancy, both professionally and personally. Anibal is a Computer Scientist at heart….
Within the last 5 years Alezandra Russell has added a handful of new titles to her ever expanding resume: wife: social entrepreneur: traveler: foodie: and bi-continental citizen. Reluctant to fall into daily complacency Alezandra quickly woke-up to the brutalities facing our globe’s most vulnerable when she visited Thailand in 2009…
Meet Alezandra Russell – Chief Recycler of Recycled Child Project
Dan is the founder of Namesake, a new online business community centered around conversations. He is an entrepreneur and technologist who specializes in designing social and communications software. He also works with sophisticated optimization algorithms, user data analysis, and various economic tools. Prior to Namesake, Dan was co-founder of Ad.ly…
Nate St. Pierre is the founder of ItStartsWith.Us, a global group of people committed to changing the world in just 15 minutes a week. He consults with organizations of any size on building and engaging community, while making it easy to mobilize their members to make a difference for others. Nate utilizes…