Meat & Potatoes Podcast

Our guest at today's Breakfast event is Marc Chenn, CEO & Co-founder of SaltStack. SaltStack develops award-winning software used by IT and security operations teams to help modern business more efficiently secure and maintain all aspects of their digital infrastructure. Listen to hear Marc's story and his experience with SaltStack, including the recent announcement of VMware's intent to acquire SaltStack.

In this episode we are joined by Rob Newman who is the Managing Director and CEO at Nearmap and also our first guest to be interviewed from Australia. We learn about aerial imaging and how Nearmap customers use the products to save time and money. We hear how Rob manages a team that has offices on opposite sides of the world. Lastly, we chat a little about 2020 and how Nearmap's products have made it easier for people to still do their jobs.

Our guest at today's Breakfast event is Paxton Gray, CEO of 97th Floor. 97th Floor is a specialized, digitally-savvy collection of marketing specialists that understand the connection between content and customers. They help clients achieve exceptional results by finding the most valuable opportunities, and executing each component at the highest level. Listen to hear Paxton's story and his experience with 97th Floor, including some of their cool projects like audits of both the Biden and Trump 2020 campaigns and finding hidden connections between Pixar movies.

Our guest at today's Breakfast event is Amelia Wilcox, Founder & CEO of Zenovate. Zenovate makes employee wellness easy, with physical and mental health support that actually works — and the data to back it up. They offer services like onsite massages, employee assistance, virtual wellness, and more - all on one easy-to-use platform. Listen to hear Amelia's story and her experience with Zenovate, including how they've adapted to the changes brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Our guest at today's Town Hall event is US National Security Advisor, Ambassador Robert C. O'Brien. Listen to hear Ambassador O'Brien & Carine Clark discuss cybersecurity, American technology, protecting the election, GDPR, and data privacy.

In this episode, we are joined by Hunter Sebresos who is the Founder and CEO of Bacon. We hear the founding story and where the idea came from. We learn how Hunter and his team deal with a two-sided market business model and how they got their first customer. We talk about expansion into new markets and what is needed to execute that strategy successfully. Lastly, we confirm that billboards do work.

Our guest at today's Live event is Steve Daly, CEO of Instructure. Steve was previously the CEO of Ivanti and spent time over his career with tech companies like Avocent and Intel. Listen to hear Steve's story and his experience with Instructure, including how they've adapted to the changes brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.

In this episode, we are joined by David Weinstein, Founder and CEO of Freshwater Advisors, a national venture catalyst firm and innovation consultancy that connects corporations to entrepreneurial ecosystems. We learn how David and his team scout and connect startups to large corporations. We talk about David's role as the founding CEO of the Chicagoland Entrepreneurial Center, known today as 1871. David tells how he manages his time and workload while still making time for a lot of skiing.

Our guest at today's Town Hall event is DJ Dorff, CEO of Executech. DJ's first passion is for people and relationships, but he also loves technology. His past positions include business operations manager for Adobe, and founding an employee analytics company. DJ now leads Executech as CEO and has brought an increased focus on accountability, and data, while still staying true to his vision of building relationships and helping people. Listen to DJ's story and experience with Executech.

In this episode, we are joined by Chris Hicken, Co-Founder and CEO of 'nuffsaid -- one of Utah's hot new startups. We learn about the founding of the company and where the idea came from. We discuss managing customer churn risk. We get interesting insights into how Chris views mentorship. We learn some methods Chris uses to fundraise which helped in Nuffsaid's recent $8.3M seed round backed by Kickstart Fund, General Catalyst, Google, Global Founders Capital, Foundation Capital, among others.