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DQ News: Video: The Innovators

A reader wrote:

Traveling with Entrepreneur Magazine in 2011 we’ve interviewed some of the brightest innovators all across the U.S.A. We decided to bring them all together in this short film.

The Innovators from SPARKHOUSE on Vimeo.

After the jump, all of the innovators featured in the video.

• Bre Pettis of MakerBot Industries
• Dennis Crowley of Foursquare
• Jack Dorsey of Square
• Ben Kaufman of Quirky
• Daniel Lubetzky of KIND Healthy Snacks
• John Laramie of ADstruc
• Cyriac Roeding of Shopkick
• Jodie and Danielle Snyder Dannijo Jewelry
• Limor Fried of Adafruit Industries
• Scott Hamlin of LooptWorks
• Scott Belsky of Behance LLC
• Angelo Sotira of DeviantART
• Sara Blakely of Spanx
• Maggie Nemser of Blackboard Eats
• Trip Hawkins of Digital Chocolate
• Adam Rich of Thrillist
• Joe Fernandez of Klout
• Ann Mincieli of Jungle City Studios
• Peter Shankman of HARO
• Scott Flora of Blik Wall Graphics

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