Mark Dwight

Business adviser, Designer, Entrepreneur, Explorer, Idea generator, Marketer, Parent, Philanthropist, Social entrepreneur

MARK DWIGHT Founder/Owner, RICKSHAW Bagworks (San Francisco) Instagram: @markdwight, @rickshawbags Born and raised in Silicon Valley. Attended Stanford University (BS Mechanical Engineering 1982; MBA 1989). Enjoyed a long career in tech before getting into the bag business. Joined messenger bag company Timbuk2 as investor/CEO in 2002. Made Timbuk2 bags for TED 2005 and 2006. Sold the company, and launched Rickshaw in 2007. Introduced Rickshaw and our first product at TED 2008 (the last event in Monterey). We made Rickshaw bags for nine TED conferences, and now make bags for the TED Fellows.

bag design, small batch manufacturing, branding, graphic design, contemporary art, bicycles, fountain pens, stained glass, San Francisco

We are the only species with the power to change the world — and ourselves. Let's change for good.

Bicycling, Brand Development & Management, Consumer Marketing, Fashion and Textile design, Fountain Pens, Green Design, Small Batch Manufacturing, Socially Responsible Business, Stained glass

I attended my first TED in 2005, and it literally changed my life by introducing me to the world of sustainable design, and the amazing TED community. It was there I met Bill McDonough, co-author of Cradle To Cradle. C2C changed the way I thought about how I make things, and set me on a path to change my business. At Timbuk2, I designed and manufactured the 2005 TED backpack, and the TED 2006 C2C messenger bag. With Rickshaw Bagworks, I designed and made the TED 2008 computer bag and debuted my company at TED. Rickshaw has made the bags for nine TED conferences (incl. Long Beach, India and Oxford). I rode my bicycle from SF to Long Beach — 525 miles — for TED 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012. For the past 5 years I have been making custom bags for the TED Fellows.

Making stained glass windows.