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Retrospective

Steve Judy

Whatever Happened To: Coeur d'Alene 'boy mayor' Steve Judy

Former Cd'A politician uses leadership skills as exec in Boise area
October 12, 2023
Mike McLean
Steve Judy, once known as the Boy Mayor of Coeur d'Alene, says he sometimes misses the Lake City, but has never regretted the decision he and his wife, Michelle, made to pack up their family and move to southern Idaho in the fall of 2003 to be closer to
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—Mike McLean

Gizmo makerspace tries to make ends meet

Organization faces acute funding, site challenges
September 28, 2023
Mike McLean
Gizmo-CdA Inc., the nonprofit makerspace located in Coeur d'Alene, is facing its biggest challenges to date.
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Mike McLean

What's Happening With: Spokane's University District

Concepts include housing, improvement district
September 14, 2023
Mike McLean
Following a spate of highly touted developments, Spokane's University District Development Association is making plans on several levels for what might come next, says Juliet Sinisterra, the organization's CEO. Forward-looking concepts under
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What's Happening With: Former S3R3 director Todd Coleman

Economic development specialist revisits roots as engineer, manager
August 31, 2023
Mike McLean
Nearly a year ago, Todd Coleman left the West Plains public development authority known as S3R3 Solutions to work full-time on a new business. Now, he says the Deer Park-based excavation business, which he co-owns and manages with Mathew Miller, has
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Mike McLean

What's Happening With: the Zenbivy sleeping system

Sales of backpacking, camping bed doubling this year to top $5M
August 17, 2023
Mike McLean
Zenbivy LLC, which produces a line of camping and backpacking beds, is growing faster than anticipated, says Spokane entrepreneur Michael Glavin, the company founder. Glavin says Zenbivy will more than double its sales this year, with revenue expected
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Whatever Happened To: Ex-Kaspien CEO Kunal Chopra

E-commerce executive is now on ground floor of pet care marketplace
August 3, 2023
Mike McLean
Kunal Chopra, former CEO of Spokane-Valley based e-commerce company Kaspien Holdings Inc., having been back in Seattle for over a year, is now at the helm of a new startup called PawCare. 'I wanted to return to my entrepreneurial roots and build a
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Mike McLean

Whatever Happened To: Genetics Entrepreneur Lisa Shaffer

Experienced at launching companies, she hopes to bring cancer detection test to Inland Northwest
July 20, 2023
Mike McLean
While geneticist Lisa Shaffer considers herself semi-retired after selling two highly successful Spokane companies in which she was a founding principal, she still has several interests that she says keep her active enough.
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Mike McLean

What's Happening With: Slate Dental's electric flosser

Dentist sells practice; couple focus on venture that brought to market gum-health invention
July 6, 2023
Mike McLean
With a recent surge in sales, a Spokane couple believes as strongly as ever that their electric flosser is the next big gum changer when it comes to oral health. Since the Journal reported on Dr. Danny and Brynn Snyder and their startup company Slate
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—Mike McLean

What's Happening With: Bozzi Media

Spokane lifestyle magazine stays viable despite early struggles for young heir
April 13, 2023
Mike McLean
It's been over two years since Jordan Bozzi was thrust into the publishing business following the death of his parents, Emily and Vince, due to complications from COVID-19 during the height of the pandemic.
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—RumbleOn

Whatever happened to developer Marshall Chesrown

Former real estate mogul now heads Nasdaq-traded company that buys, sells used powersports vehicles
October 6, 2022
Mike McLean
Marshall Chesrown, the former prominent Coeur d'Alene-based developer whose ambitious real estate business collapsed during the Great Recession, has returned closer to his roots with a publicly traded company that buys and sells used vehicles.
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