Meat & Potatoes Podcast

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, and creating an analytics dashboard that helps marketers see exactly where each conversion has taken place.

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 caused her school to shut down, and she found a sales job at a local security company. From there, Emily quickly became one of the top salespeople in the company and managed to hit her goals. To better track her company's goals, Emily and her father, David Brown, founded Gamify, a data platform that uses gamification to enhance competition and compensation.

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 exclusive rooftop networking after-party with the cast and creators on May 12. Use code REVOLUTION at checkout for 20 percent off and to receive a ticket to the after-party; space for the after-party is limited, so act fast. We'll see you at the opera on May 12!

Outline of the conversation:

0:00 Steve Jobs and the Opera

4:00 Opening night

6:15 Artistic art director

10:30 A new generation for the Opera

14:00 Key dates and places

14:40 Contemporary

18:50 Mark's background

20:00 Christopher's background

21:15 Steve Jobs

23:40 Fun at the Opera

26:30 Closing remarks

Show links:

https://utahopera.org

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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 community, Utah did not have a film festival dedicated to the outdoors at the time. So, they created Wasatch Mountain Arts that highlights outdoor adventure film directors. Since its creation, the event has grown from a single-day event to a four-day event with thousands of attendees, workshops, panel discussions, and screenings.

Outline of the converstion

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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, technology, and art.

Outline of the conversation:

0:00 Important information

1:30 Entrepreneurs of all flavors

4:30 STEM

8:00 Liz Bowles

11:15 Sought after industries / people

14:00 Children learning

16:30 Volunteers

18:00 Bridging STEM and Art

20:00 Important information

Show links: https://craftlakecity.com

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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 story and how she became CEO of Jane.

Joana has over 20 years of experience in high-growth e-commerce businesses. She has held key leadership roles in sales, general management, product management, marketing, supply chain and operations at Walmart eCommerce, Johnson & Johnson and Amazon.

Outline of the conversation:

0:00 Introduction

0:30 Introduction to Jane

2:30 Business model

4:15 Evergreen marketplace

5:45 Getting signed up

6:30 Curation

9:30 Advice to others

12:05 Joana McKenna background

15:00 Foundational principles

18:45 Being the CEO

25:00 Supporting sellers

28:00 Upcoming changes and events

Show links:

https://sell.jane.com

https://jane.com

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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 could be used. Wuvvy uses stretchy, silky fabric that is durable enough to be used in the home or on the beach. What diversifies Wuvvy from its competitors is its drawstring carrying bag that makes the blanket easy to carry in movie theaters, use for picnics, bring on road trips, and carry on airplanes.

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 warehouse and earning over 10 million in revenue. He is now the Founder of Venture Anyway, a coaching company that helps entrepreneurs get back on track. He is also the Co-owner and Partner of Grand Trunk, an outdoor gear company that is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Outline of the conversation:

0:00 Introduction 

0:40 Grand Trunk inception

3:00 Learning lessons from Bikewagon

9:00 Freedom through entrepreneurship

10:00 Venture Anyway coaching

18:30 Whats next

21:00 Bike trips

23:40 Grand Trunk upcoming

4:30 Coworking space

26:00 Where to find Dale

Show links:

https://www.ventureanyway.com/

https://www.grandtrunk.com

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 in business over the years
7:30 Products and product decisions
13:30 Product development
20:00 Managing supply chain
21:30 Business management
24:30 Product market fit
28:00 Marketing
33:00 Growth management
36:00 Partnership relationships
39:00 Favorite products
40:00 Closing remarks

Show Links: https://www.browning.com/

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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 current President and CEO of DeepSee.ai and is the creator of the Knowledge Process Automation industry category, which delivers AI-powered automation and productivity via easy to deploy, cloud-based business flows for critical business operations in the Capital Markets and Insurance verticals. Steve has led enterprises build cloud-scale platforms that support millions of users and billions of transactions. Steve also helped found the first cybersecurity platform for big data analytics supporting massive network surveillance systems for a range of sectors from intelligence agencies to Fortune 500 companies.

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 do, and what would happen if the company focused on a different product.

Outline of conversation:

Show links:

https://www.cardagraph.com/

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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 upland habitats for waterfowl, other wildlife, and people. Founded in 1937, DU has had a membership of around 700,000 since January 2013.

0:00 Introduction to Ducks Unlimited

2:30 Business model

4:30 Folks involved

6:15 Aligning everyone involved

8:15 What needs to happen

13:15 How to leverage funds

15:30 Educating the public

17:45 How to get involved

Show links:

https://www.ducks.org/support/donateOnlineSecure.aspx?promoKey=FreezeACQ1937&ID=13245&utm_source=google&utm_medium=paidsearch&utm_campaign=FreezeACQ1937&utm_content=search&gclid=Cj0KCQiA0oagBhDHARIsAI-BbgdUtTsIxcyx5jUEoCDmdWeNGO2U-BO41rYIabuupzokxZjYu6cXk7YaAq2ZEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

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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 venture capitalist has actually helped him move the company forward.

Conversation Outline:

0:00 Introduction

1:15 Early career

9:00 Why Zapmoto works

13:30 Business model

18:30 Raising money

24:15 Strong relationships with dealers

28:00 Word of mouth marketing

31:00 Advantages in Utah

33:45 Most exciting aspect

37:00 Podium

39:15 Favorite car

40:00 Closing remarks

Show links:

https://www.zapmoto.com

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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 Industry Group

11:30 Application process

14:30 Benefits of networking

15:30 Showing vulnerability

18:00 Celebrating as a team

20:15 Key dates

22:00 A Winning Organization

24:00 Closing

Show links:

http://eoy.ey.com/

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.

Outline of conversation:

0:00 Introduction

1:15 modern8 history

3:30 Breaking the rules

7:00 Logo design

14:00 Favorite projects

18:30 By Subject Podcast

30:45 Closing comments

Show links:

Podcast: http://bysubjectpodcast.com

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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 DoD through small companies, understanding and mitigating malicious intent, and how the Space Force is changing the future of defense.

To get involved, visit Catalyst Campus here.

https://catalystcampus.org/

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