Meat & Potatoes Podcast

Garrett Clark sits down with Wessly J. Anderson, Co-Founder of Agency VA. Agency VA is a Lehi-based virtual assistant (VA) platform for insurance agencies. In this interview, they discuss the founding story of Agency VA as well as Agency VA's startup journey. 0:00 Introduction to Agency VA 5:00 Disrupting poverty 7:00 Partnering with industries 11:00 Around the clock 15:00 More effective with time...

In this episode, Garrett Clark sits down with Sanjeev Thakur, Founder and CEO of Enlite Homes. In this conversion, they discuss the ethics of the solar industry and how Enlite Homes is breaking the summer sales standard. While attending BYU, Sanjeev did summer sales. Even though doing summer sales helped him grow his sales experience, he did not like the culture that summer sales brings. More spec...

In this episode of the Meat & Potatoes podcast Garret Clark chats with Julian Wilson, Founder and CEO of Orderprotection.com. Orderprotection protects online consumers by ensuring their online orders. They charge a small fee that guarantees they receive the product regardless of mishandling of shipping labels or porch pirates. With much of shopping happening online they develop partnerships with d...

In the 200th episode of Meat and Potatoes, Garrett Clark sits down with Brad Plothow, Chief Growth Officer at Intergalactic. Intergalactic is an Aerospace Thermomanagment Systems Operator currently based out of St. George, Utah.  Intergalactic specializes in creating products and systems that help regulate temperatures anywhere in the aerospace industry. According to Plothow, managing temperatures...

On this episode of The Meat & Potatoes Podcast Garrett sits down with Phil Alves, a successful entrepreneur and technology expert who is the founder and CEO of two innovative software development companies: DevSquad and DevStats. With more than 15 years of experience in the technology industry, Phil has established himself as a thought leader and an expert in software development and team manageme...

Garrett Clark sits down with Halda's Co-Founders Lance Hydrick and Dallin Palmer to discuss Halda's startup journey and how Halda is helping higher education institutions better personalize their websites. Halda personalizes websites by using AI-powered personalization tools that better helps marketers re-engage with individuals, leveraging data to create immersive content for each website visitor...

Garrett Clark and Emily Applegarth, CEO and Co-founder of Gamify, talk about how Gamify was founded and the growth Gamify has experienced within the past year. She also shares some upcoming features Gamify will add in the upcoming months and Gamify's most recent seed round. Emily has a background in music and initially launched a music school in American Fork. Unfortunately, the global pandemic ca...

In this week's episode, Garrett Clark sits down with Mark Campbell, Librettist, and Christopher McBeth, Artistic Director at Utah Opera, to discuss their upcoming event: The R(e)volution of Steve Jobs, the Grammy-Award-winning, "totally user-friendly" take on the complicated entrepreneur who changed our modern world forever. In partnership with the Utah Opera, Silicon Slopes is hosting an exclusiv...

Garrett Clark and Co-founder and Executive Director of Wasatch Mountain Arts, Stuart Derman, discuss the upcoming Wasatch Mountain Film Festival that is happening April 20-23 and how the film festival was founded. While studying in college, he and Co-Founder, Shane Baldwin, would attend outdoor-adventure film festivals; however, even though Utah is known for its diverse outdoor environment and com...

In this episode, Garrett Clark sits down with Lyndi Perry, Stem Coordinator, and Liz Vowles, Artisan and Program Manager, from Craft Lake City to talk about their upcoming event, DIY Fest, on August 11 - 13. Craft Lake City is a 501(c) Charitable Organization that works to educate, promote, and inspire local artisans while elevating the creative culture of the Utah arts community through science,...

In this episode, Garrett Clark meets with Joana McKenna, CEO of Jane. Jane is an e-commerce marketplace that houses more than 2,000 shops and big brand and designer names. In their discussion, Joana explains Jane's current business model and how Jane is planning on simplifying the process for designers to move their product directly onto Jane's marketplace platform. Joana also shares her life stor...

Garrett Clark, joined by Wuvvy Co-owner Dakotah Hoogland, discuss the startup journey for Wuvvy, a blanket company that makes swaddle blankets for all ages. In their interview, Dakotah shares how the company was founded and how the company has managed to scale its business with its increasing demand nationwide. They also discuss how colors for the blankets are picked and where Wuvvy's blankets cou...

Dale Majors, Co-owner of Grand Trunk, and Garrett Clark discuss the growing pains most entrepreneurs experience when starting their own businesses and strategies on how to better prepare for them and how to overcome them. Dale Majors is an entrepreneur and adventurer. His love for bikes helped Majors found Bikewagon. As CEO, Dale helped steer the startup from a garage to a 25,000 square foot wareh...

In this episode of Meat & Potatoes, Rafe Nielsen, Director of Marketing at Browning, walks us through the history of Browning and the recent challenges the industry has had to overcome. Browning is a firearm and outdoor gear company headquartered in Morgan, Utah and has offices and factories in many different countries. Outline of the Show:  0:00 Introduction 1:00 History of Browning 5:00 Changes...

Steve Shillingford, Founder and CEO of DeepSee, and Garrett Clark discuss global banks and their slow adoption of tech in their business. They also discuss DeepSee's recent involvement with JP Morgan and its journey of helping big financial institutions make more intelligent decisions by processing large scale information. According to Steve's biography on DeepSee.ai, Steve Shillingford is the cur...

Garrett Clark and Bentley Wilson discuss the problems of product development. In this interview, they discuss how timelines are built during a product's development life cycle, why these timelines are often incorrect, and what Cardagraph offers. According to Bentley, Cardagraph can help companies answer three crucial questions: When will the product be finished, what does the company still need to...

In this episode of Meat and Potatoes, Jessop Boden of Ducks Unlimited joins Host Garrett Clark to dive deeper into the story behind Ducks Unlimited. Jessop Boden is the Director of Development in Utah, Nevada, and Arizona for Ducks Unlimited. Jessop has been with Ducks unlimited since 2017. Ducks Unlimited is a 501(c) nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation of wetlands and associated...

In this episode of Meat and Potatoes, Garrett Clark and Jake Wood discuss Groundswell's startup journey, what Groundswell does, and why Groundswell was founded. Jake Wood is the founder and CEO of Groundswell, a software company that enables companies to make philanthropy an employee benefit. Groundswell launched in 2021 after raising $15 million in venture capital led by GV (Google Ventures). Pri...

Host Garrett Clark sits with Dusty Heyrend, Magnum's Customer Support Specialist, to talk about Salt Lake City based electric bicycle company, Magnum. In their conversation, they talk about the key differences between riding a normal bicycle and an E-bike. Magnum's startup journey and how the company expanded its reach to bike dealerships and how Magnum bikes are made. Finally, they discuss the fu...

Host Garrett Clark sits down with Clint Curtis, Co-founder and CEO of Zapmoto, a DoorDash-like service company where instead of food, customers order cars straight from the dealership. In their discussion, Clint Curtis talks about Zapmoto's startup journey and how the company found success. Clint also shares the greatest lessons he has learned while starting Zapmoto and how every "no" from a ventu...

This year's deadline for applications is less than one month away (Friday, March 3). If you are interested in more details, please reach out to a member of our team at eoymountainwest@ey.com or nominate someone today at eoy.ey.com. 0:00 Introduction 1:00 Information on the event 2:30 Requirements to be a nominee 5:15 Judgement process 6:15 Industry, size, revenue 8:00 Derrick Porter CEO, Beauty In...

What first impression is your company giving? In this episode of Meat and Potatoes, Garrett Clark (host) and Peter Stevenson (partner at modern8) talk about the importance of branding and marketing. modern8 is a Salt-Lake-based organization that consults with companies on how to make strategic branding decisions, ultimately helping them better differentiate and express themselves correctly. Outlin...

Outline of conversation: 0:00 Introduction 1:00 Sizes, layouts, stacking 3:30 Modular solutions 4:40 Sustainability 7:00 Technological evolution in home building 10:00 Strictly business 13:00 Buying process 15:30 No more supply chain constraints 18:30 Raising capital 21:45 Regulations and permitting 24:00 Closing   Show links: https://www.stackhomes.com/?gclid=CjwKCAiAk--dBhABEiwAchIwkUssf3lu6FHwT...

Aniza Brown talks to Garrett Clark about Catalyst Campus and innovation, collaboration, and modernization initiatives to support the DoD to ensure they are modernizing faster than their adversaries. Their conversation covers accelerator cohorts, companies and products that are a good fit, how to identify the underlying capability in each product, pushing the boundaries of innovation outside of the...

Garrett Clark talks to Cory Cozzens and Chad Staheli from Philo Ventures about the three arms of their Utah-based Venture Studio: Philo Studio (0-1 startups), Philo Development (real estate and early stage land development), and Philo Fund (traditional VC). Their conversation covers the magic that happens when you focus on the early stages of value creation, the possibility and excitement that com...