Stuff You Can't Recycle When the news broke that China wasn’t going to take our plastic anymore, Jay and his colleagues approached the higher-ups at Oliver Russell and their partner company Humanista about getting involved with an open source … [Read more...]
IDS: 088 Jay Saenz – Oliver Russell (PlasticWorks)
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 … [Read more...]
IDS: 085 Nick Crabbs – Boise Startup Week
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 … [Read more...]
Chef E and Lime & a Coconut
Lime and a Coconut is a food stand that offers traditional dishes from various regions in Thailand. They host monthly pop-up dinners in downtown Boise, cooking workshops, and catering. You can find them at the Capital City Public Market and traveling … [Read more...]
IDS-076 Lime & a Coconut
Lime and a Coconut offers traditional dishes from various regions in Thailand. They host monthly pop-up dinners in downtown Boise, cooking workshops, and catering. You can find them at the Capital City Public Market and festivals throughout Idaho. … [Read more...]
Dan Balluff & City Peanut Shop
Exploring Entrepreneurship For more than 20 years whenever Dan Balluff’s parents and siblings heard him complaining about his corporate job at HP, they teased him that he should open up a peanut shop in Boise like the one he loved during his … [Read more...]
IDS-075 Dan Balluff – City Peanut Shop
Nine years ago, Dan Balluff left his corporate career to open the City Peanut Shop in downtown Boise. He now collaborates with craft breweries and other local businesses to create new products and host events. Visit them online or get the full … [Read more...]
IDS-072 Dennis Conforto – HouseCheck Foundation
Kicked out of his grandparents’ home the day after his high school graduation, Dennis Conforto spent a year homeless, living under an evergreen tree in Seattle, Washington. With a greater appreciation for homes, Conforto went on to found HouseCheck … [Read more...]
Dennis Conforto & HouseCheck Foundation
Experiencing Homelessness Separated from his parents at a young age, Conforto was raised by his elderly grandparents. “By the time I turned 18,” says Conforto, “I was homeless, living in Seattle on the streets.” Conforto attributes his grandfather’s … [Read more...]
Allen Traylor & UpCycle
From Healthcare to Holistic Fitness After graduating from the College of Idaho, Allen Traylor began his career in healthcare by working at Healthwise, a local non-profit. From the start of his career, he understood that the healthcare system was … [Read more...]