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Leadership = action. Here’s a good example.
Mark Solon of Highway 12 Ventures fame announced recently that the founder and E.D. of TechStars are coming to Boise. You’ll be able to learn about the program and a new opportunity that will allow Boise entrepreneurs to apply to the Seattle program.
TechStars in a very innovative mentorship/funding program [...]

Her name is Bethany. She’s bright. She’s likes public television (she also helps out as IPTV). And now she’s a Rizen-ite. Or Rizitzen. Or Rizelandian. Whatever.
Anyway, welcome Bethany. We’re glad you’re here.
Also thanks to all those we got to meet during our search. We honestly appreciate you taking the time to get in touch with [...]

Wow. That was fast. More than 600 early entry tickets were given out for Ignite Boise | 04 in less than 1 hour 45 minutes. In fact, we went through 500 tickets in the first hour.
Didn’t get a ticket? Good news: seating opens to everyone who didn’t get an early entry ticket at 6:30pm. Just [...]

Turns out April 1st is a popular day to start a company. There is the famous one, Apple, of course. But several of our friends in the creative communications business were also founded on that day. So congratulations Mitchell + Palmer, Wirestone (on 10 years!), and Red Sky Public Relations.
A special thanks to Red Sky [...]

Mark your calendar: April 22–Earth Day–the Egyptian Theatre in downtown Boise will host Ignite Boise | 04. The 16 speakers for the event were announced this week.
The event will include talks ranging from urban gardening to ancient technology to an idea to use royalties to support animal conservation projects. It looks like it is going [...]

> Rebrand Global Awards Showcase: great examples of some corporate re-branding efforts. See it here.
> The Life Cycle of a blog post: from Wired. Cool on several levels. Worth clicking here to see it.
> New life to an old jingle: Verizon uses to the “Big Red” song to make its point.

Here’s your chance for (minor) fame, fortune (not really) and a free t-shirt (absolutely). Ignite Boise is now accepting submission ideas for Ignite Boise. The process is simple:
1) Come up with a kick-ass idea. Something your passionate about. Something interesting. Something powerful.
2) Write a short synopsis of it that conveys everything in step #1.
3) Submit [...]

Our friends over at Drake Cooper are bring Art & Copy to Boise. It’s an independent flick about the power of creativity.
Tickets are $10.00 and proceeds will benefit TRICA (Treasure Valley Institute for Children’s Arts) programs for kids in need. Should be a great event for a good cause. Please let me know if you [...]

T-shirts from Ignite Boise have somehow become a sort of collectible. People line up early for every event to make sure they get there hands on one. And only a few have an Ignite Boise t-shirt from all three events. Each were designed by our very own Ron Baker.
The next Ignite Boise, scheduled for April [...]

Several of our clients are on Twitter and because you are so smart and forward-thinking and smart, you probably want to follow some of them. Here’s a list:
Pioneer Title Company: @pioneertitleco
Boise Convention and Visitors Bureau: @boisecvb
Idaho Law Report (sponsored by Western Capital Bank: @IdahoLawReport
Boise Convention and Visitors Bureau: @boisecvb
Matt Miller (of the Nature Conservancy of [...]