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 administering of COVID-19 vaccines. Visit samaritan.com to learn more.

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, such as employee resource groups and celebrations for successes each week.

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 Utah businesses to develop manufacturing in Utah. Visit business.utah.gov for more information.

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.com/ to see how Brite can help your company!

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 succeed with unique opportunities while helping corporations make profit and expand.

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 traditional cost. Learn more about this unique combination of blockchain and water rights in this podcast.

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 the stories of those who turn ordinary into extraordinary through challenging experiences.

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 the knowledge and network they need to enter the tech field and find a career.

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 will be launched in July. Visit ready2exercise.com to follow along with their story.

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 cities both small and large. Visit bigskylines.com to learn more!

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 a tetra watercraft, with more products to come.

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 platform.

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 team focuses on AI and human collaboration to solve financial pain points for entrepreneurs.

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 Southern Utah in the fall - visit oneutahsummit.com to register and get your tickets now.

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 repeatable and teachable to all.

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 particularly excited about helping rural Utah companies thrive, growing Utah wherever they may be.

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, and the future of Rustico includes producing custom home goods and self-improvement journals.

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 John’s experiences with microgyms; Incite Tax owns more microgyms than any other CPA firm in the U.S.

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 companies like Tesla to perform battery testing, material handling, and automation installations.

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 to be used in government processes, and make outdoor recreation and infrastructure more accessible.

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 having a launch party on Mar. 30, 2022, at Kiln in Lehi, Utah. Register at https://tinyurl.com/3m7vhk9x

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 for in 2021.

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 customers to do better.

A language barrier can be a substantial obstacle when it comes to building a relationship. David Utrilla, President and CEO of U.S. Translation, learned this lesson very quickly after moving to the US from Peru in 1994. That experience served as his inspiration to found U.S. Translation. With a staff of 2,000 translators and interpreters, U.S. Translation helps people find opportunities to progress and make meaningful connections in more than 200 languages. David also shares the importance of finding the person that will take a chance on you.

Quansys Biosciences strives to help researchers, pharmaceutical companies, and government institutions better understand diseases. Adam Brown, CEO, explains that they achieve this through immunoassay kits and Q-view technology that helps improve their biological sample testing. Listen to how Quansys Biosciences is campaigning for a disease-free world.

In just under 7 years, Salsa Queen has gone from selling in parking lots to being distributed in over 1,000 stores across 30 states. Jim Birch, CEO, shares that they even have customers in Finland and Germany thanks to their new freeze-dried salsa. In this episode, we get an insight into how this family-owned business is able to use technology to provide fresher products for their customers to enjoy.

In this episode, Pete Codella, Communications Director of Go Utah, talks about the Utah Adopt-A-School program. This program matches a Utah company with a school that has demonstrated need, and provides them with the resources they require. It can be anything from reading to children, or donating computers. This is just one way Go Utah is achieving its goal of creating equal opportunities for k-12 students across the state. Listen to learn how Go Utah is finding these companies and how you can get involved.

In part 2 of this mini-series, Useless Crypto CEO, David Wyly, joins Garret to talk even more crypto. David shares how Useless Crypto was able to go from a meme to the "Robin Hood" of crypto. In today's episode, David also explains all things wallets and the challenges with the different crypto networks.

Garrett is joined by Ryan Westwood, Simplus CEO, and Shawn Goff, SLC Office Managing Partner and Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Program Director. In this episode, Shawn talks about how different companies have adjusted their business models post Covid and explains the application and judging process for deciding the Entrepreneur of the Year. Listen to Ryan's experience of winning Entrepreneur of the year and going on as a finalist at the national level. Learn more at eoy.ey.com

In part 1 of this new mini-series, Garret is joined by David Wyly, CEO of Useless Crypto, to talk all things crypto. Useless Crypto is one of the global leaders in decentralized finance (DeFi). They strive to make DeFi accessible through easy-to-use apps and smart contracts. And in this episode, we receive a little history lesson from David about how crypto became the industry it is today.

7 out of 10 girls miss school because they don’t have access to period products; this is just one of the barriers The Policy Project is trying to remove. Emily Bell McCormick, Founder, and Kristin Andrus, Community Champion, talk about how The Policy Project raises public awareness and collaborates with local leaders to provide free menstrual products in schools for young girls. Listen to how you can help an individual not have to choose between a period product and their next meal.

After years of experience farming on the weekends, Clark Bell Founder and CEO of Aqua-Yield, found a way to improve the quality of crops. Clark discovered that one of his friends used nanotechnology to improve his dry-cleaning business and wondered if it could help improve farm production. Listen to learn how Aqua-Yield became an innovator in crop fertilizer and their commitment to educating farmers on what technology can do for them.

ClickUp was founded in 2017 with the purpose of saving people time by increasing productivity. Howard Baik, General Counsel and Site Lead, explains how ClickUp is an app that can replace them all; tasks, docs, goals, and chat. Howard shares how the company has been able to find strong leaders and a talent base here in Utah that values optimism and a growth mentality. Listen to Howard also explain how ClickUp is planning on expanding globally.

On average, firefighters respond to a kitchen fire every four and half minutes. Peter Thorpe, Founder and CEO of FireAvert created a product to help reduce this average. FireAvert is able to detect when a fire alarm sounds and shuts the stove off; no need for an app or wifi. Listen to how Peter’s experience as a firefighter aided in the creation of this product and how being featured on SharkTank increased their sales from five a month to over ten thousand in one night.

Dan Hemmert, Executive Director at Go Utah, explains that the purpose of the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity is to promote and encourage economic opportunity for all Utahns. But Dan states that the most important task for them is to make sure that the rising generation will have opportunities to secure higher-paying jobs. Listen to how Go Utah plans to achieve this and helps companies relocate and expand here in Utah.

With almost 50 years of service, Living Scriptures strives to offer faith-promoting media directly to their customers' computers, phones, or tablets through their streaming services. CEO, Matt Brown, explains how Living Scriptures was able to keep up with their competition by loving their customers and providing them with great service. Listen to how Matt learned that being a jack-of-all-trades is a great skill to have as a CEO.

While Davis Bell is new to his role as CEO, Canopy has been around since 2014. Canopy is a software management company for accounting firms. They specialize in streamlining firms by keeping the team organized and creating a connected experience for their clients. Listen to Davis explain how he has doubled down on clarity and transparency with his employees and customers.

The Point of the Mountain Utah State Land Use Authority is 608 acres that will soon be a blank canvas for future property development. Hear from The Point's Executive Director on what they plan to do with that blank canvas.

DataBased was born after Co-founder and CTO, Dustin Watkins, asked one simple question, “What made his brother so good at his job?”. The answer was a data-driven approach to sales. Listen to the story of how Dan Watkins went from spreadsheets to full teams running numbers and how DataBased is able to identify performance gaps, improve revenue and empower teams with the tools to define their own potential.

Scott Paul, Board Member and Investor of Giddy, describes himself as a lifelong entrepreneur and is always looking for his next hustle. His current Hustle is Giddy, a fast-growing crypto technology company located near Salt Lake City, Utah. Giddy’s goal is to help users become their own banks through decentralizing finances. Listen to Scott talk about the workings of cryptocurrency and how he is educating the public on this topic and helping them take their finances into their own hands.

Hans Robertson is the Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of Verkada, a California-based building security system company. Users wanted to have an easier security system that could be controlled either by a computer or mobile devices and Verkada was able to provide this ease through cloud-based software. Listen to Hans share the details of how the company grew to what it is today and how they stay committed to improving security to protect assets and people.