

Meat & Potatoes Podcast
Silicon Slopes
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.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Aug 17, 2021 • 22min
An Interview with ourlinQ Co-founder and CEO, Ryan Jolley
ourlinQ offers a profit-sharing software that enables employees to receive a portion of the profit that comes from a project they contributed to. Companies using this software since it was launched in 2020 have seen high profit margins, even amidst a world-wide pandemic. Listen to Ryan Jolley, CEO and co-founder, share his passion for civil engineering and talk about how he has led his company through times of trial and error. Visit ourlinq.com to see how this software can help your company.
Aug 16, 2021 • 23min
Affordable Healthcare Delivered to Your Door
In this podcast, we are joined by Stephen Fabiano, the Founder of Fia Care – a platform where individuals receive primary health care delivered to their home or virtually. Lately, Fia Care has gained popularity in the pharmaceutical sector; individuals can pay a low price, meet with a provider, and receive a new prescription on the same day. Listen to learn how Fia Care has grown through participating in pitch competitions, boot strapping, and finding available markets in Utah and Arizona.
Aug 12, 2021 • 39min
Ethically Sourced Products from Across the World
Artisan craft is the 2nd largest industry that employs people in developing countries. With this in mind, Melissa Sevy, CEO and Founder, and Devin Mattson, COO and co-founder, started Ethik Collective – a platform that allows these individuals' ethically made products to be sold in bulk across the world. Learn how Ethik Collective enables large businesses to support a cause they believe in, such as ending child labor, and help those in developing countries financially at the same time.
Aug 11, 2021 • 14min
An interview with Sara Urquhart, Founder of Shift Summit
On Sept. 16-17, the first Shift Summit will take place in Salt Lake. Shift Summit will be a business conference for professionals who are ready to take the next business step. The founding director, Sara Urquhart, is striving to create "the most diverse conference in Utah" and wants this conference to provide opportunities for attendees to create support groups with one another. Visit shiftgathering.com to sign up for this event and hear from speakers like Susan Peterson of Freshly Picked.
Aug 11, 2021 • 56min
An Interview with ASI CEO Mel Torrie
Mel Torrie has bootstrapped Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI) to create robotic solutions and autonomous vehicles in the automobile, mining, medical, military, and farming industries.
Aug 10, 2021 • 25min
Taking Control of Your Health
Clay Olsen is the Founder and CEO of Impact Suite – a digital health wellness resource where individuals and companies' employees can anonymously receive help in the following categories: sexual compulsivity, depression and anxiety, chemical dependency, and personal growth. Impact Suite also offers a variety of resources to its users like self-guided courses, wellness coaches, and licensed therapists. Listen to learn more about the resources offered by Impact Suite.
Aug 9, 2021 • 20min
Goodbye Meat and Potatoes Podcast, Hello Silicon Slopes Podcast!
The "Meat and Potatoes Podcast" has become the "Silicon Slopes Podcast" and remains a place where entrepreneurs can accomplish Silicon Slopes' motto: Learn, Connect, Serve. Listen to Garrett Clark, Clint Betts, and David Politis, Silicon Slopes' new Publisher and Editorial Director, share how this podcast helps entrepreneurs gain a sense of community, not competition. The podcast will still host entrepreneur interviews, and, once a week, David will share the latest news stories on the podcast.
Aug 3, 2021 • 26min
Providing Security Solutions and Training
In this episode we visit with Randall Belknap, the Regional Vice President of US Public Sector Sales, Federal, State, and Local Government, and Higher Education at Checkmarx. Checkmarx is a global software security company creating software security solutions and providing security training for developers. Listen to Randall explain the importance of product development at Checkmarx and explain Code Bashing – one of Checkmarx's learning application platforms to help developers find solutions.

Jul 27, 2021 • 30min
M&P Ep. 115: Steve Shillingford, President & CEO of DeepSee AI
Steve Shillingford, President and CEO of DeepSee AI, wanted his customers to feel satisfied after working with an AI company, not have more questions. DeepSee AI uses a platform to mine unstructured data and offer information to customers in a way that is fast and easy to understand. Listen to Steve talk about the future of DeepSee AI and share his three pieces of advice to CEOs: set a true north for your company, give your employees autonomy, and don't run out of money.
Jul 21, 2021 • 32min
Changing the World Through Travel
Rilee Buttars wanted to change the world and realized the impact travel can have on people. She helped found Dónde to allow travel to be more accessible to everyone by enabling companies to match travel benefits for their employees.


