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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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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.

    M&P Ep. 240 Jacob Howard, Illuminate Drone Light Shows

    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

     
    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

    • 34 min
    M&P Ep. 239 Jaron Erickson, Sales Dojo

    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:
    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

    • 32 min
    M&P Ep. 238 Ilija Vrajich, Alcomy

    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/
    YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8aEtQ1KJrWhJ3C2JnzXysw

    • 25 min
    M&P Ep. 237 Jeremy Hall & Mack Richards, Nexio

    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:
    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

    • 29 min
    M&P Ep. 236 Eric Miller & Andre Zeitoun

    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
    Spotify Podcasts - https://open.spotify.com/show/4T9PSMVqgQNf7lCF3NdDgS?si=e0c6a92bc89e4fe7

    • 27 min
    M&P Ep. 235 David Sinclair, 4Freedom Mobile

    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:
    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
     

    • 38 min

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