17 Nov November 18, 2025 – 10x Inc 5000 Stuart Draper and Environment Advocates Susan B. Inches
Stuart Draper – On a mission to create 1000+ millionaires
There’s got to be a better way… Aha moments that a lot of founders have
led to this idea of creating an up to date textbook and a simulation that would
give students a hands on learning experience.
Stuart Draper
Stuart Draper is the host of Startups with Stu, a podcast designed for aspiring entrepreneurs to learn what it takes to launch their startup to the moon. Before age 40, Stu’s businesses that he started had been on the Inc 5000 list a total of 10x. He is the founder of Stukent.com, an edtech company that has now helped over 1,000,000 educators and students in over 80 countries. Stukent is a 7x Inc. 5000 honoree in Inc. Magazine. Prior to that, he successfully bootstrapped GetFoundFirst.com (acquired December 2015), and it was on the Inc 5000 list 3x. He is the co-author of Digital Marketing Essentials, the bestselling text in higher education of its kind. He has experience doing digital marketing for companies that range from mom and pop shops to Fortune 500 companies. Stu’s work has taken him all over the globe to speak to audiences ranging from ten to north of 1500 people about entrepreneurship and digital marketing.
Susan B. Inches – Author of Advocating for the Environment: How to Gather Your Power and Take Action
People love their place… they’re going to do anything to protect it.
Sue Inches
Susan B. Inches, author of Advocating for the Environment: How to Gather Your Power and Take Action, since childhood, has envisioned a world that is compassionate, inclusive and environmentally aware. This vision guided her throughout her schooling and a 25-year career in public policy. As Deputy Director of the Maine State Planning Office she managed a portfolio of environmental policy issues on behalf of the Governor. Prior to this Sue worked with the fishing industries as a Director at the Maine Department of Marine Resources. Signature policy issues she’s worked on include fisheries, land use planning, smart growth, building and energy codes, renewable energy, energy efficiency, working waterfront access, community finance, and rural broadband. In 2018, Sue developed a unique college course on environmental advocacy, which she now teaches at Colby and Bates colleges. Few schools offer courses in advocacy skills, and students are eager to learn them. Demand for her course led her to write this book. Sue now works as a speaker, educator, and advocate with a focus on the environment and climate change. She helps people find their power, and provides them with the tools and guidance to address current environmental issues. Sue is currently working as a board member of Defend Our Health, and on the steering committee member of the Pine Tree Coalition, which seeks to establish the citizen rights to clean air, clean water and a healthy environment in the Maine Constitution. She also serves on the policy committee of Our Power, a coalition seeking to establish a consumer owned utility in Maine. She holds a BA in Human Ecology from College of the Atlantic, and MBA from the University of New Hampshire.