Meat & Potatoes Podcast

In this podcast, we are joined by Bruce Behymer, CEO, and Keith Leonard, VP of Operations and Client Services, at Samaritan Technologies. Samaritan Technologies is a volunteer management software serving hospitals, schools, and college programs by helping connect those who want to volunteer with programs needing volunteers. Samaritan Technologies has also helped provide volunteers to assist in the...

Kimberly Cassady is the newly named Chief People Officer at MX – a company that helps individuals have access to their money across all financial institutions. Kimberly's role as CPO focuses on education and awareness, especially around inclusion initiatives helping include those who are part of marginalized groups. Listen to learn how MX handles company changes as well as the initiatives MX uses,...

Dan Hemmert, Executive Director of Go Utah, is the guest on this podcast. Dan shares what happened at the recent One Utah Summit and explains the fun events coming up, including the Southern Swing at SUU on Oct. 11 - 13 and the Aerospace and Defense Industry Event in Northern Utah on June 24. Additionally, hear Dan discuss the Utah Manufacturing Modernization Grant – a program that incentivizes Ut...

Matt Roger is the CEO and Co-Founder of Pestie - a direct-to-consumer pest control service. Pestie helps consumers take control of their pest control by giving them the tools and products they need to solve their own unique pest issues. Listen to this podcast to hear how Pestie effectively uses marketing and other techniques to grow their company within a $20 billion industry.

In this podcast, hear from Landon Fielding, Co-Founder and COO of Brite. Brite bridges the gap between providing insurance benefits to a company's customers and providing information on what those benefits entail and how to use them in a more scalable way. Listen to Brite's founding story and the story of Brite taking part in the Ycombinator startup accelerator program. Visit https://getbritehr.co...

When Gladymir Philippe's sister approached him about finding a job after graduating college, he noticed a problem: corporations that need projects completed are often not connected with college students capable of completing those projects. The team at Kado strives to solve this issue by making these connections simple and easy. Listen to how Gladymir, CEO, and the Kado team are helping students s...

Tyler Dow and Jesse Empey are the co-founders of WETx— a company that removes the frustrations commonly caused by the current water transaction environment. Instead of worrying about water brokers, attorneys and civil engineers, and handshake deals, WETx allows interested parties to list, understand, and negotiate over collateral water rights in a matter of minutes for a fraction of the traditiona...

Abe Shreve is the CEO of Business MAPS Training & Coaching - a company that "creates sacred partnerships" between coaches and individuals, helping them achieve greater profitability. With the motto "fight for clarity", Business MAPS coaches strive to create clarity for their clients' goals, objectives, and results. Abe is also the host of the podcast "Choose Difficult" - a podcast that explores th...

After consulting for major corporations such as IBM, AT&T, McDonald's, and Huawei, Brad Hall founded Hall & Company—a consulting firm that improves effectiveness/productivity for technology companies. Listen as Brad provides a simple framework that can help any organization increase its performance and techniques to resolve assumptions.

How do we convert diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts from a "check the box" exercise to part of our growth and profitability initiatives? Listen to discover how Trina Limpert, Chief Experience Officer of RizeNext, is helping each employee become involved in diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. Trina has also co-founded a non-profit called Tech Moms, an organization helping students find...

Kyle Poulin is the Founder and CEO of Ready2Exercise - an app that personalizes your workout schedule taking into account your allotted time, your goals, and even your mental state that day. Ready2Exercise includes programs for marathon training, bodybuilding, recreational exercise, and will soon offer personal trainers you can chat with on the app. Ready2Exercise is currently in Alpha, and Beta w...

Ty Irving is the CEO and Founder of Big Skylines - a custom sock company. Big Skylines creates customized socks for marathons, crossfit, booster clubs, and countless other occasions, including business promotions. The idea for Big Skylines came in 2014 when Ty realized he admired a company creating custom crew socks for sports teams in large cities; the Big Skylines team creates custom socks for c...

In this podcast, we are joined by Dr. Jeffrey Rosenbluth, a visionary who strives to eliminate barriers that members of the disabled community face when performing physical activities. As the Founder of Tetradapt and the Medical Director of the Spinal Cord Injury Acute Rehabilitation program at the University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Dr. Rosenbluth and his team have created a tetra ski and...

In this podcast, we are joined by Abi Noda, Co-Founder and CEO of DX. The team at DX works primarily with developer productivity teams to measure the productivity of engineers and developers, helping them in the art of software engineering. Listen to hear Abi's personal journey, including the founding of multiple companies and seeing DX grow as the world's first developer experience management pla...

Swapnil and Snehal Shinde founded multiple startups before realizing that their startups were plagued by late bookkeeping and inaccurate financial results for their companies. This discovery led them to create Zeni – software that provides startups with a specialized finance team as well as a bookkeeper to work on a company's books each day, not just at the end of the month. Learn how the Zeni tea...

This is the third podcast in a series with Dan Hemmert - Executive Director of Go Utah. The One Utah Summit will be held at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake on May 10, and this event will be a global, economic event, bringing together government leaders to unite through various initiatives. Even though tickets for the One Utah Summit in May are sold out, another Summit will be taking place in...

Niche Academy helps organizations from local libraries to national companies build tutorial trainings that allow customers to learn independently. Jared Oates, COO of Niche Academy, and his team have built tutorial trainings for over 1,000 customers, creating training for coaching sports, parks and recreation, social media usage, and employee onboarding. Niche Academy's goal is to make knowledge r...

Trent Christensen and his team at venturecapital.org connect company owners, primarily female entrepreneurs, with mentors who can help these companies boom. Venturecapital.org also connects these owners with potential investors and trains them on how to pitch properly. Due to Trent's and his team's efforts, 75% of their companies have raised money that same year. Trent and his team are particularl...

Rustico is the place to buy durable and handmade items that will help you "make your mark". Rustico sells handcrafted leather goods including all types of journals, notebooks, wallets, and bags. In this podcast, Isaac Childs, Founder and CEO, describes how growing up as a self-proclaimed "closet writer" led him to start Rustico. Rustico has created products for companies from Sundance to Disney, a...

In this podcast, we hear from John Briggs, CEO and Founder of Incite Tax – a CPA firm that offers services ranging from tax preparation to accounting solutions. Incite Tax primarily works with real estate brokers, real estate investors, and microgyms to meet these companies' various needs. John also explains his process of writing a book titled "Profit First for Microgyms". This book highlights Jo...

20 years ago, Syscon Automation was formed as a control system integrator focusing on three main objectives: smart conveyance, robotic build, and process control. President Tom Wright talks about the processes that Syscon employees take to offer industrial automated control solutions to clients in various sectors of business. Syscon has worked on small companies throughout Utah and larger companie...

This podcast is the 3rd in a series with Go Utah guests. Listen to Dan Hemmert, Executive Director, share the experiences he recently had with the Utah Legislative Session - a 45-day session in Salt Lake City where Utah bills can be updated and changed. In this episode, Dan shares updates regarding bills being passed and changed to improve housing availability, create opportunities for blockchain...

Isaac Freckleton noticed that the phrase "buy now, pay later" was applicable for online shoppers but not in the service industry. Isaac founded Eve Financial — a financial service company that helps companies and consumers receive financing to pay for services. Eve Financial strives to become the "Uber of the financing world" by giving customers a smooth payment experience. Eve Financial will be h...

Experlogix provides CPQ solutions to help top sales teams configure prices and deliver customized quotes faster than the competition. At Experlogix, they are people-focused and believe in hiring from within the company. Brady Haider, Director of People Operations, explains how they are able to help their employees to higher positions and why Experlogix was voted one of the best companies to work f...

Brett Brumley, CEO and Founder of Lender Toolkit, has been into mortgages his whole life. He feels it's in his DNA because his mother has worked in this industry for over 40 years; some of his earliest memories include hanging around Wells Fargo and America's First Credit Union. In this episode, Brett explains how Lender Toolkit came to be and its vision of investing in technology that allows its...