The latest winner, Jordan and Griffin Gamble with Composites Recycling Services, and previous winners Chris McCoy with Kombucha Town (which opened in Bellingham this year); Mark Alway with Penumbra Tables (which has distribution in Las Vegas, its targeted market, and elsewhere), and David Jagoe with Drillers Dashboard (p. 57). Other entries (alphabetically): Josh Bennett, Nova Technologies; Adam and Raegan Brown, Oracle Extracts; Brad Church and Bowen Smith, TimeFly; Thomas Cote, SimplyRent; Noah Judson, CoinBeyond; Jason Lindquist with FasterBids; Collin McLoughlin, Uttana; Mark Minor, AppA; Richard Salvador, My Promotion Guys; Steve Stedman, Uzility, and Jim Stratman, Dwellory. FasterBids, for example, went from an idea in a Lean Entrepreneur class to a fullylaunched tablet-app software company. The CEO, Jason Lindquist,
found that running a business out of a basement bedroom wasn't conducive to… well, running a business. Faster Bids sells a mobile platform application for deal[left-to-right] Former employee Katie Berry, office/events ers and contractors coordinator Angela Cloud, and volunteer Lettie Walker manfor bidding on winage registration and operations on behalf of Invent at a dows and doors. Bellingham Pitch Fest. “Bellingham Pitch Fest forced me to Angela Cloud coordinates the think through the other areas of the office and events for Invent. “We business model that I did not have are home and resource to more polished earlier, or even realized I than 35 Whatcom County startups needed to work through,” Lindquist here,” she said. “It is so exciting to said. be part of a community of entrepreAlong with rebranding, Invent neurs, and to witness the evolution has expanded. Space doubled with of many thriving companies.” an additional 4,000 square feet conFor information about space or taining seven new offices that overparticipation at Invent, Pitch Fest, or look an extended view of downtown other activities, phone (360.312.7291) or Bellingham. The space also features visit www.inventcoworking.com. an equipped photography and videography studio, development servStaff at Invent contributed reporting to ers, three conference rooms, and this article. phone booths.
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