[quote style=”boxed”]…through creativity, design and a good programmer, you can truly change the world.[/quote] Russ Stoddard got bit with the entrepreneurial bug back in the lemonade stand days, and he hasn’t changed since. He has created five companies and helped start five nonprofits during his career, which spans jobs ranging from a whitewater river guide […]
Ryan Woodings – Founder and Chief Geek of MetaGeek
[quote style=”boxed”]Little bets. Test your ideas as quickly as possible before you’ve invested too much. This allows you to test more ideas to find the winners, and reduces the risk of spending all of your resources on a bad idea.[/quote] Ryan is the founder and chief geek of MetaGeek, LLC. After becoming frustrated with the […]
Brian Tooley – Founder of Driven Inc
After returning from my tour in Iraq (04 to 05) with the Army I wanted to create a vehicle that would serve inspire and uplift others. After some thought I came up with the idea to create a lifestyle apparel company that everyone could wear. No matter who you are or what your profession or […]
Bjorn Borstelmann – Inventor of the Tie Tee
When Bjorn Borstelmann invented the Tie Tee, a T-shirt with an attached necktie, he created a symbol for the kind of leaders the world desperately needs – ones that work for the betterment of the planet instead of merely profiting from its destruction. By commandeering the iconic shape of the necktie and attaching it to […]
Pat Ford – Executive Director of Save Our Wild Salmon Coalition
Pat Ford was born in Nebraska in 1948 and grew up in Idaho. He attended Columbia University in New York City and fled just short of graduation into some years of hibernation. At some point the Idahoan by accident became one by choice. He went to work for the Idaho Conservation League in 1977, and […]
Todd Jones – Co-Founder of Teton Gravity Research
Todd Jones is a co-founder of Teton Gravity Research. Jones helped start the production arm of TGR in 1996, and has since been an executive producer and co-director of 29 action sports films and over 40 hours of original television programming for Fuel TV, NBC, and Showtime. Jones has also directed and filmed numerous nationally […]