Meat & Potatoes Podcast

Mark Burton is the President of Armorax – a company that makes a vehicle bullet-proof. Armormax provides peace of mind and safety through armoring any car, and this process can take anywhere from 2-3 weeks to 2-3 months. Since Armormax is a world-wide company, Mark enjoys having early-morning and late-night phone calls with suppliers and manufacturers around the world. Listen to learn about how Ma...

The Odyssey House is the largest substance abuse and mental health treatment program in Utah. The Odyssey House provides personalized treatments for its clients, including a 90-day treatment program for those within the Utah county jail. Listen to Christina Zidow, CEO, share her experiences working with this non-profit, and hear Rachael Santizo, Program Manager, discuss her time as a client at The...

CEO Ben Peterson describes how he has helped Blue Raven Solar become the 20th Best Place to Work in the US according to Glassdoor.

ourlinQ offers a profit-sharing software that enables employees to receive a portion of the profit that comes from a project they contributed to. Companies using this software since it was launched in 2020 have seen high profit margins, even amidst a world-wide pandemic. Listen to Ryan Jolley, CEO and co-founder, share his passion for civil engineering and talk about how he has led his company thr...

In this podcast, we are joined by Stephen Fabiano, the Founder of Fia Care – a platform where individuals receive primary health care delivered to their home or virtually. Lately, Fia Care has gained popularity in the pharmaceutical sector; individuals can pay a low price, meet with a provider, and receive a new prescription on the same day. Listen to learn how Fia Care has grown through participa...

On Sept. 16-17, the first Shift Summit will take place in Salt Lake. Shift Summit will be a business conference for professionals who are ready to take the next business step. The founding director, Sara Urquhart, is striving to create "the most diverse conference in Utah" and wants this conference to provide opportunities for attendees to create support groups with one another. Visit shiftgatheri...

Mel Torrie has bootstrapped Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI) to create robotic solutions and autonomous vehicles in the automobile, mining, medical, military, and farming industries.

The "Meat and Potatoes Podcast" has become the "Silicon Slopes Podcast" and remains a place where entrepreneurs can accomplish Silicon Slopes' motto: Learn, Connect, Serve. Listen to Garrett Clark, Clint Betts, and David Politis, Silicon Slopes' new Publisher and Editorial Director, share how this podcast helps entrepreneurs gain a sense of community, not competition. The podcast will still host e...

In this episode we visit with Randall Belknap, the Regional Vice President of US Public Sector Sales, Federal, State, and Local Government, and Higher Education at Checkmarx. Checkmarx is a global software security company creating software security solutions and providing security training for developers. Listen to Randall explain the importance of product development at Checkmarx and explain Cod...

Rilee Buttars wanted to change the world and realized the impact travel can have on people. She helped found Dónde to allow travel to be more accessible to everyone by enabling companies to match travel benefits for their employees.

Chad Ingram is the Founder and CEO of Beny – a lifestyle benefits platform where employees can get work benefits ranging from oil changes to skydiving. Employers put a certain amount of money into a Beny account; employees can then go do whatever activity they'd like for their employee benefits and be reimbursed from that company's Beny account within 24 hours. Listen to Chad talk about the future...

Arian Lewis of Kiln chats with Cassie Whitlock, Director of HR at Bamboo HR, about the need for empathetic and intentional leaders in the future workplace.

Coalatree grew from a self-sustaining organic farm in Colorado to an action sports/outdoor fashion company that has raised over 2 million in crowdfunding. Founder & CEO Charlie Bessey shares his experiences and advice for being a professional problem solver as an entrepreneur.

Jared Hutchings is the managing director of Peer Venture Partners – an early-stage venture firm focused on cryptocurrency companies completing early-stage investing. Jared explains that we don't know much about cryptocurrency, and his key to staying successful in the cryptocurrency field is to remain humble and persevere through difficulty in a field that is mostly unknown. Jared also explains why...

Arian Lewis of Kiln chats with Mindi Cox, Senior Vice President of People & Great Work at O.C. Tanner about becoming hybrid and making changes to help employees do their best work.

In this podcast, Isla Bragg, general manager of Slalom in Utah, talks about Slalom's consulting work in Utah. Slalom opened its Utah office in January 2021 after noticing Utah's rapid growth in population and business innovation. Slalom helps form strategies, create transformations, and fix technological issues within companies that are rapidly growing or needing a turnaround path. Slalom consulta...

Spherion is a recruiting franchise with offices in Utah and Idaho that helps potential employees and hiring companies connect with each other. John Eborn, Market Director for Spherion, stumbled into this career after discovering a passion for helping connect his friends with companies that could fit their job needs. John strives to help companies find employees who will remain loyal and stay withi...

Since becoming Overstock CEO in 2019, Johnson has focused the e-commerce home furnishings retailer on sustainable, profitable market-share growth. With a brand vision of 'Dream Homes for All,' Overstock is one of the top four U.S. online retailers specializing in home furnishings.