The Midnight Founders Podcast

This weeks episode is a conversation with Dr. Travis Parry. The Make Time Institute is all about finding balance. Travis shared some great tips for entrepreneurs about finding balance while building their company. He talked about how entrepreneurs typically leave their 9 to 5 to get better balance and it ends up getting worse for them, the make time institute is there to help entrepreneurs avoid t...

We are starting off season 2 with a bang! this conversation with Ben Perkins was fun. It all started in Hong Kong and bens hatred of white shirts. He wanted a white shirt that was comfortable and decided it was time that one existed. &Collar makes White shirts for guys who hate white shirts by guys who hate white shirts. this was a great episode and we hope you enjoy it. 

It’s a wrap for season 1. This week we do a quick recap of our first season. We talked about the lessons we learned, stories we heard, and incredible founders we were able to meet this year. It has been a fun year, both of us are looking forward to the exciting guests we have lined up for the start of season two that will be out next week! As always thanks for tuning in. 

This week's episode is a conversation with Dan Roberts. He was working for a corporate law firm and saw a need for a software platform to help automate some of the standard transactions for startups. he looked around and couldnt find a solution that he liked so he decided to build it. It was fun to hear their founder story and the lessons they have learned along the way. We are excited to see thei...

We had a great conversation with Dave about the company they are building. His cofounder was fortunate to survive a mountain biking accident, after a miraculous recovery he had the idea to use biometric data to help seniors be more proactive about their health. Dave talked about balancing joining the startup while keeping his full time job and the crucial decision on when to jump over and commit t...

This weeks episode is going to make you hungry! it was a great conversation who is on the investment team with Savory fund. They focus on helping existing restaurants scale and grow. He talked about what they look for in a founder when they are making investment decisions and the key aspects he sees in successful entrepreneurs. We hope you enjoy this week's episode. 

This was an enlightening conversation with Chad, His midnight founder moment was waking up in the middle of the night with the idea that there was a way to diagnose neurodegenerative diseases really early on. He has been able to surround himself with experts to help him accomplish that goal. This was an amazing conversation, We are excited to see Wasatch Bio Labs change the world. 

This weeks episode is a great conversation with Sabrina Gardner. Sabrina moved into a new home during Covid and realized that there were not great solutions for custom sized drawer organization, so she decided to take the leap and create the solution on her own. #nomorejunkdrawers

Nicole was such a great guest. She talked about the importance of picking the right partners and not jumping into partnerships too early. She talked about not forcing decisions if it doesn’t feel right, they waited to franchise after spending a lot of money to set it up and had to walk away from that big investment because they were not ready to take that step. She had a lot of great advice for en...

This weeks episode was a great one, it was fun to chat with Mike about his decision to leave the classroom because he was teaching something he hadn’t done and he wanted to prove to himself he could do it. He was able to successfully build and scale a large company.  He talked about his new book One People, One Planet and the steps to increasing happiness in our lives. We hope you enjoy our conver...

This weeks episode is a great conversation with Dan Davis from Stiry. He has some really fun stories about his work with Imagine Dragons and how his work with another client literally saved his life. He had advice for other entrepreneurs, shared war stories from his time in the trenches and talked about his support system that has been there to help when times are tough. This was a great episode a...

We had a great conversation with Amelia Wilcox who is the founder and CEO of Nivati. Amelia talked about how her previous business model of in office massage was destroyed by COVID and she talked about the process of completely pivoting her business to what it is today offering a host of services all centered around employee wellness. Amelia talked about the dangers of burnout and her personal exp...

We had a great conversation with Kylie about running an international travel company when Covid hit and it completely destroyed her business. She talks about the pivot that she made to glamping with Wander Camp and the journey she has had building that business. She loves travel and focuses on helping people experience these places she loves and has built a really cool company around that focus. K...

We had a great conversation with Scott Schwab from Mett Naturals. Mett Naturals takes a unique approach to providing CBD products. they control every step of the process so they can ensure a high quality product. it was fascinating to learn about their approach to the market. He talked about the importance of doing research and really validating whether your product really solves your customers pr...

This weeks episode is a conversation with Heather Osmond from Osmond Design. It is evident when you talk to heather how much she loves her business. Osmond Design is celebrating their 20th year in business, it was incredible to hear how she built this from the ground up. She talked about the process of scaling her company, and the importance of letting go of portions of the business to help your c...

We had the pleasure of having a conversation with Mark and Matt Packard from Central Bank. They shared the story of how Central Bank got it's start in Springville in 1891. They have been funding entrepreneurs since the bank started, and they talked about how they decided to make a more strategic focus by creating the CB Vault. They had great advice for entrepreneurs having helped fund hundreds of...

We had a great conversation with Curtis Morley who is the Wall Street Journal Best Selling Author of the Entrepreneurs Paradox. He decided to write a business book about the 16 business pitfalls from his experience making all 16 of those mistakes.  We talked about his experience helping companies grow from what he calls "basement to buyout" we also talked about his book that is coming out called c...

This weeks episode is a conversation with Tanner Crandall who is the CEO of Mothers without Borders. We loved chatting with Tanner about his path to finding his calling in life and how passionate he is about the work they are doing. Mothers without Borders is accomplishing some great things, and tanner shared some small examples of the successes they have been able to achieve during his time there...

This weeks episode is a conversation with Clint Berry who is the founder and CEO of Kolla. He shares some amazing lessons from being involved with the early stages of Weave and the ups and downs of trying to raise funding for a startup. He talks about the sacrifices that he made and how he is trying to do things a little different the second time around with Kolla. We hope you enjoy this weeks epi...

this weeks conversation is with Joon Beh. Joon is the founder and CEO of Hallo, he is an amazing example of being willing to sacrifice to find success as an entrepreneur. He shared lessons about product market fit, pivoting, and also nailing your model before you try to land investors, so many great insights. We hope you enjoy our conversation with Joon. 

We had a great conversation with Matt Moody. He got his start in entrepreneurship with the support of his uncle that saw something special in him and was willing to help fund his first venture. Matt has proven over his career to be a master networker and has been in sales positions across multiple industries and has found success in caring enough about customers to truly understand how to solve th...

We had a great conversation with Neal Schmidt who is the founder of Smeese. He sold his first company on Ebay! the hustle spirit is alive and well with him. He is a fun entrepreneur that exemplifies the entrepreneurial spirit and shared time and time again of finding alternative solutions to problems and unique approaches to get where he wanted to go. It was a really fun interview, we hope you enj...

This weeks episode was a great conversation with Curtis Blair who is currently the president of the Utah Valley Chamber. He shared some very great lessons from starting and running multiple companies. Curtis also let us have a sneak peak of his Principles of Prosperity that he is compiling from interviews with nearly 100 local leaders from our valley. We loved our time with Curtis and hope you do...

We had a great conversation with Dale Majors from Venture Anyway. Venture Anyway is focused on championing entrepreneurs and helping them come away from his events being more deliberate and intentional on their entrepreneurial journey.  He talked about building a multimillion dollar business that started by selling some free stickers he collected from a convention. He is a bike touring aficionado...