Mick Ebeling

Mick Ebeling
at Internet Week New York
May 18, 2015
Born (1970-06-26) June 26, 1970 (age 54) [1]
Alma materUC Santa Barbara ('92)
Occupation(s)Inventor, social entrepreneur, speaker, philanthropist

Mick Ebeling (born June 26, 1970)[1] is an American inventor, entrepreneur, author, speaker and philanthropist who focuses on developing technology that benefits humanity. Ebeling is the recipient of the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian of the Year Award[2] and was named as one of the Top 50 Most Creative People by Fortune Magazine, a Wired Agent of Change,[3] two time SXSW Innovation Award winner,[4] a two time Tribeca Disruptor Award winner,[5] and the only person to receive Time magazine's Top Invention of the Year two times – for the Eyewriter in 2010[6] and Bento in 2021.[7]

Ebeling is the founder and CEO of Not Impossible Labs,[8] a social tech incubator whose stated mission is to "create technology for the sake of humanity". Three companies have been spun off from the incubator: Bento, Music:Not Impossible, and Vibrohealth. Ebeling also founded the nonprofit organization The Not Impossible Foundation.[9]

  1. ^ a b Chang, Andrea (April 25, 2014). "Great Read: With ingenuity and a 3-D printer, group changes lives". Los Angeles Times. The 43-year-old graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a degree in political science
  2. ^ "Mick Ebeling and Daniel Epstein". Fortune. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  3. ^ "Engineering Creative Answers to Impossible Problemas". Wired. October 22, 2015.
  4. ^ "65 Finalists Announced for the 2017 Interactive Innovation Awards". SXSW. January 23, 2017. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  5. ^ "Disruptor Awards". Disruptor Awards. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  6. ^ Webley, Kayla (November 11, 2010). "The 50 Best Inventions of 2010 - TIME". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  7. ^ "Bento: The 100 Best Inventions of 2021". Time. Retrieved March 31, 2022.
  8. ^ "Not Impossible Labs". Not Impossible Labs.
  9. ^ "Mick Ebeling | Profile on". Ted.com. Retrieved October 4, 2012.