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The Meat & Potatoes podcast provides an in-depth look inside Utah’s growing startup and tech community from the perspective of the entrepreneurs, executives, and community leaders at the forefront of the industry.
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M&P Ep. 240 Jacob Howard, Illuminate Drone Light Shows
Join Garrett Clark as he sits down with Jacob Howard, CEO of Illuminate Drone Light Shows, a drone show company that brings the stunning experience of drone light shows indoors. In this conversation, they discuss Jacob’s entrepreneurial journey from purchasing his first drone to flying dozens of drones on tour with Dude Perfect and One Republic. If you want to learn what goes on behind the scenes of drone shows, this episode is just for you.
Outline of the conversation:
0:00 Happiness through drones
1:00 Dragons and Drones
3:15 Working while learning
7:45 Details on the light shows
18:30 Show creation process
24:30 Complexities
33:00 How to learn more
Show links:
https://www.illuminatedrones.com
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M&P Ep. 239 Jaron Erickson, Sales Dojo
Join Garrett Clark as he sits down with Jaron Erickson, Founder and CEO of SalesDojo, a learning program for individuals to learn skills needed to become top-performing sales representatives at tech companies. In this conversation, Jaron shares his career journey from Divvy to being founder at SalesDojo, describes the SalesDojo program, and illustrates the skills individuals learn and potential growth they can experience. Tune in to learn more!
Outline of the conversation:
0:00 The idea behind Sale Dojo
5:30 The power of an SDR
11:15 Developing the training
14:40 The Dojo program
17:50 Details of the cohort
21:00 Getting hired
27:45 Future for Dojo
31:00 Closing
Show links:
https://www.classdojo.com
Social:
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LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/silicon-slopes/
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M&P Ep. 238 Ilija Vrajich, Alcomy
Join Garrett Clark as he sits down with Ilija Vrajich, CEO and Co-founder of Alcomy, a care management software that makes administration of senior care facilities easy. In this episode, they discuss the founding story of Alcomy, how the software is used, and why senior care facilities should use Alcomy. In addition, Ilija shares the challenges of converting care facilities from paper to the software and the benefits the facilities have seen by switching.
Alcomy is an application that can used on phones, tablets, or desktop. The software stores and manages important documents and helps facilities save time and money. In addition, Alcomy handles medication management, ensuring the right medication is ordered at the right time.
Outline of the conversation:
0:00 Getting into Alcomy
2:40 Making it easier for caregivers
6:40 Starting with medications
9:30 Customers
18:00 Family portal
19:30 Regulations in the industry
20:30 Road map from Alcomy
Show links:
https://www.alcomy.com
Social:
Twitter - https://twitter.com/siliconslopes
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/siliconslopes/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/silicon-slopes/
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M&P Ep. 237 Jeremy Hall & Mack Richards, Nexio
Join Garrett Clark as he sits down with Jeremy Hall, VP of Strategic Partnerships, and Mack Richards, Business Development Manager, at Nexio. In this conversation, they discuss the complicated world of payments, the strategy Nexio uses simplify payments for all sizes of businesses, and the importance of finding key partners to add value to Nexio’s customers. Tune in to learn more.
Outline of the conversation:
0:00 Introductions
1:00 Founding story of Nexio
2:15 Solving the merchants pain
5:55 Growing Nexio
9:40 Software with Nexio
12:50 Preventing fraud
15:30 Flexibility in services
19:25 Crypto
20:40 Growth with control
25:40 Keeping up with payments
28:02 Closing
Show links:
https://nex.io
Social:
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LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/silicon-slopes/
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M&P Ep. 236 Eric Miller & Andre Zeitoun
In this podcast, Garrett is joined by Ionic Mineral Technologies guests Eric Miller, CFO, & Andre Zeitoun, CEO. They discuss how Ionic Mineral Technologies has found the largest known source of halloysite in the world, how they are using that halloysite to become a nano-silicon anode producer, and how that production will improve existing battery production and battery life.
Outline of the conversation:
0:00 Founding story of Ionic Material Technologies
4:15 Eric Miller, CFO
7:15 Mining process
12:50 Product details
16:00 Applications
18:30 Scaling
Show links:
https://ionicmt.com
Social:
Twitter - https://twitter.com/siliconslopes
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/siliconslopes/
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/silicon-slopes/
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8aEtQ1KJrWhJ3C2JnzXysw
Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/meat-potatoes-podcast/id1262148655
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M&P Ep. 235 David Sinclair, 4Freedom Mobile
Join Garrett Clark as he sits down with David Sinclair, CEO and Co-founder of 4Freedom Mobile. In this conversation, they discuss the founding story of 4Freedom Mobile, how large corporations and governments collect and use personal data, and why privacy protection should be on everyone’s minds.
Before founding 4Freedom, David worked internationally, helping corporations and government agencies collect personal data. Upon returning to the States, David realized the tools he used overseas were being used nationally. Seeing this national problem, David bootstrapped, designed, and developed 4Freedom Mobile, a secure mobile service platform, that provides secure, unlimited talk and text while preventing corporations and government agencies from tracking location, identity, communication, internet activity, payments, and more. Today, 4Freedom Mobile has generated thousands of subscribers and has sold hundreds of phones.
Tune in to learn more about the importance of privacy!
Outline of the conversation:
0:00 Founding story of 4Freedom Mobile
2:45 Market size and demand
5:00 Data collection
20:00 Importance of privacy
31:35 Roadmap for the next year
Show links:
https://4freedommobile.com/?users=4
Social:
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As a New Mexican, I love hearing about the burgeoning entrepreneurial scene enjoyed by our neighbors to the north - before tuning in I had no idea about all of the world-changing advances happening in Utah! Thank you to the Silicon Slopes team for putting out such valuable, engaging content!
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Amazing conversations keep up the good work!