Profitable Ideas Exchange

You might have notice our page looks different. PIE is turning 25!

Founded in Bozeman in 2001, we’ve spent the past two and a half decades helping professional services firms build trust, deepen relationships, and accelerate growth.

Over the next few months, we’ll be sharing a 25th anniversary series featuring short clips and reflections from the PIE Pack — plus the moments that shaped our work and our community.

Follow along (and find every story in one place): https://www.profitableideas.com/pie-25/

PIE is seeking a Marketing Manager to join our Pack and help shape how we show up in the market during our next phase of growth. This role is a great fit for a strategic, hands-on marketing leader who enjoys translating big-picture vision into clear, compelling ex*****on and thrives in a collaborative, professional services environment.

As Marketing Manager, you’ll serve as a central connector across the firm, partnering closely with Business Development, Account Growth, Client Experience, and Service Line leaders to support long, relationship-driven growth. You’ll build on the strong foundation and vision already in place while bringing additional focus, momentum, and ex*****onal horsepower alongside our marketing and graphic design coordinators.

In this role, you will:
• Execute PIE’s marketing strategy, brand positioning, and market-facing messaging

• Partner with Business Development and Account Growth on account-based marketing and complex sales cycles

• Lead content and thought leadership efforts, including digital presence, books, podcasts, and events

• Manage and develop the marketing team while remaining hands-on with writing, editing, and positioning

• Ensure a consistent, high-quality brand and client experience across all channels

This is a senior, player-coach role for someone with professional services marketing experience who can seamlessly connect strategy to day-to-day ex*****on and elevate how PIE shows up in the market.

Learn more and apply at: www.profitableideas.com/about/careers/

Huge congratulations to our Packmate Kennedy Warnken for completing the Canyons Endurance Run 100k.

Kennedy shared: “Running highlights my passion for pushing through challenges, mental toughness, and showing up consistently day after day. Trail running teaches you to move beyond discomfort, stay present, trust the process, and take things one step at a time. I walk away with a renewed reminder of why challenging ourselves, both personally and professionally, truly matters.”

👏 Drop a comment to celebrate Kennedy!

Meet Bridger Sellegren, April’s PIE Caught Doing Good winner.

Each month, we celebrate team members who go above and beyond to live PIE’s core values. April’s focus was "Smile and Dial": showing up with energy, positivity, and persistence to create connection with meaning.

Bridger embodies this value every single day. He shows up eager and ready to add value at PIE and our clients, bringing relentless drive to his recruiting work and a positive attitude that lifts the entire team. His consistency, grit, and team-first mindset make him an incredible member of the PIE Pack.

Congratulations, Bridger, and thank you for setting the standard for what Smile and Dial looks like. We’re lucky to have you in the PIE Pack.

Learn more about Bridger and the PIE team at www.profitableideas.com/about/meet-our-team/bridger-sellegren/

Happy Mother’s Day to all Moms in every form, phase, and path to parenthood. Today we honor you.

As PIE's team continues to grow, we’re committed to supporting working parents through action with meaningful paid parental leave, flexibility, and care.

Join us in celebrating four of our incredible Project Coordinator Interns as they reach a major milestone in their academic and professional journeys.

Erika Hardy is earning her Bachelor of Science in Finance, with a minor in International Business. She will be staying on with PIE as a PCI through the summer, and we are thrilled to continue working alongside her. Erika is most looking forward to continuing to grow her skill set and connecting with her colleagues, an approach that reflects the curiosity and commitment she brings to everything she does.

Shelbee Austin is graduating with her Masters of Science in Innovation and Management and will be moving back to Denver, Colorado. While she is moving on from PIE, she shared that her favorite part of the experience has been the truly supportive and collaborative environment. From never hesitating to ask questions to working with an amazing group of people, Shelbee leaves with meaningful relationships and confidence built through hands‑on experience. We are so grateful for the time she spent as part of the PIE Pack.

Ava Palmberg graduated in December with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management and a minor in Agricultural Business. She will be staying on with PIE as an intern through the summer and officially joining the team full time in September. Ava is excited to continue developing her professional skill set and to keep working alongside the supportive and driven people that make PIE such a special place to grow.

Aeven Sylvester completed her degree with majors in Agricultural Business and Economics, along with minors in Finance and Business Administration. While she is moving on from PIE, Aeven reflected on how much she valued connecting with the people here and building her professional and communication skills. Her growth and thoughtfulness have made a lasting impression on our team.

We are so proud of each of these women and everything they have accomplished, academically, professionally, and personally. Congratulations on this huge achievement and best wishes for what comes next.

🏅 From the course to the podium, a moment Reid Goble never expected.

Former PIE Membership Representative Reid Goble recently stood on a Paralympic podium as a guide for Team USA, helping his longtime friend and athlete Jake Adicoff accomplish a rare four‑race, four‑gold sweep at the 2026 Games.

For Reid, the experience wasn’t just about speed or medals. It was about trust built over years of training, skiing smoothly and predictably so Jake could race at his best, and sharing something that individual sports rarely allow. As Reid put it, guiding felt “like being on a relay every day” a chance to win together, not alone.

One of Reid’s most meaningful moments came during the relay, anchoring the final leg under pressure, chasing down the leaders, and hearing the entire team line the course as they skied into gold. “Standing on the podium with the team,” he shared, “was surreal. I never really thought I’d be up there doing that.”

We’re incredibly proud to celebrate Reid not only for this achievement, but for the humility, preparation, and teamwork he brought to everything he did at PIE. As he prepares for medical school this fall, we’re cheering him on every step of the way.

Join us in congratulating Reid and the entire U.S. Para Nordic team!