Inside the lives of Idaho entrepreneurs, creators, thought leaders, and local icons
The Idaho Botanical Gardens, located off Warm Springs Avenue in Boise’s East End, is one of the Treasure Valley’s most beloved institutions. The garden was founded in 1984 by a small group of individuals who wanted to be able to share regionally specific grown plants with the community and expand the horticulture environment in the…
Jay Saenz holds two titles at Oliver Russell in Boise—Digital Marketing Manager and Helmsman for Good. His latest project is taking plastic that would typically end up in the waste stream and making it into durable, usable products at the new company PlasticWorks. Since its inception just seven short weeks ago, the company has built the machinery … Read the full story
Mark and Jeanette Priddy are the founders and owners of Happy Day Brands, a food product company built on the tenets of social entrepreneurship and change. For every product purchased across their brand, Happy Day donates one meal to a family in need. The couple relocated to Eagle, Idaho 25 years ago after deciding they didn’t want to raise their … Read the full story
Nine years ago this December in Ketchum, Idaho, Karen Morrison was working as an assistant to a physical therapist. It was there that she met a young woman named Amanda, a talented athlete who had been a four-sport rookie of the year at Yale when she was in a terrible car accident that left her completely unable to use the left side of her body. … Read the full story
Nick Crabbs is the super talented and very busy Boise tech leader who is a founding member of the software development company, VYNYL, and is the current Co-chair for Boise Startup Week. The popular event lasts for three days and packs in more than 120 talks, competitions and shows. With serious money and prizes on the line, talks by industry … Read the full story
Some topics are more difficult to talk about than others, but that shouldn’t excuse us from having those conversations. One of the most heart wrenching and disdainful practices is that of human trafficking, and Idaho certainly isn’t exempt from that activity. Whatever form human trafficking comes in, the consequences are years of trauma and … Read the full story
