Tyler Howells is the founder and CEO of home luxury brand Cozy Earth, specializing in luxury bed linens, loungewear, sleepwear, bath linens, and more. The brand has been named one of "Oprah’s Favorite Things" 5 times in 5 different product categories. Their products are a favorite of celebrities, interior designers, and billionaires worldwide. The brand boasts over 2 million customers and continues to grow. Their aim is to deliver for their customers ultimate sanctuary through life-changing luxu...
Feb 24, 2025•59 min
Eric Nielsen is the Co-Founder and President of Sunder Energy, a national solar provider founded in 2019. Prior to Sunder, Eric helped grow sales teams at Vivint, Pinnacle Security, and LGCY Power. Eric earned his bachelor’s in finance from Utah State University and an MBA from The Ohio State University.
Jan 20, 2025•1 hr 2 min
Travis Kimball is a co-founder and the Chief Experience Officer of Quick Quack Carwash. Founded in 2004, Travis has played a key role in its growth, helping it expand to more than 250 locations across five states. Travis holds a degree in communications and an MBA from BYU.
Dec 03, 2024•1 hr 1 min
Steve Zolman is the CEO of SafeStreets, a nationwide ADT Security Authorized Provider with 300 trained consultants covering more than 90 percent of the United States. Steve has enjoyed a successful career in the security industry. He founded Pinnacle Security in 1998 and later merged with a company called Homeland Protection. By 2013 Pinnacle had secured more than 500,000 homes and was purchased by Protection One. Thereafter Steve served as CRO of EVO Alarm, a Top 10 ADT authorized dealership. I...
Nov 12, 2024•1 hr 6 min
Steve Price is the founder of Price Real Estate, a fully-integrated commercial real estate company with properties ranging from undeveloped “shovel ready” parcels of land to master-planned business parks. Founded in 2002, The Price Portfolio has grown to an institutional grade portfolio of master-planned developments and properties, strategically focused on distribution/warehouse, manufacturing, medical and lifescience, e-commerce, and emerging and related supply chain options.
Oct 15, 2024•1 hr 6 min
Marc Chenn was the Co-founder and Chairman/CEO of SaltStack, a leading provider of cloud and security automation solutions. In October 2020, Marc led SaltStack through a successful acquisition by VMware. Marc was recognized as a top entrepreneur in the State of Utah and was named a Peak 100 Winner by the Utah Venture Entrepreneur Forum. Prior to SaltStack Marc worked with FinTech SaaS provider Compliance11 and prior to that Marc enjoyed a career in finance with Morgan Stanley in the investment m...
Sep 10, 2024•1 hr
Nick Greer is the co-founder and CEO of Built Protein Bar and Brands, which is on a mission to build the best tasting protein bar on the planet. Built has become a favorite on-the-go snack due to its exceptional nutritional profile, optimized BUILT Protein™, and a vast array of mouthwatering flavors. Prior to Built, Nick founded One on One Marketing, a technology and marketing company which was later acquired by a private equity company. Additionally, Nick co-founded Skipio, which provides sales...
Aug 20, 2024•49 min
Cole Painter is the founder of New Primitive, a company that specializes in premium outdoor sauna and cold plunge kits. Prior to New Primitive, Cole had a successful career in the door-to-door sales industry.
Jul 30, 2024•51 min
Blake Modersitzki is a managing partner at Pelion Venture Partners. He has served on several public and privately held company boards. He was managing director of Novell Ventures and vice president of corporate development for Novell. Blake previously held global sales and marketing positions at WordPerfect. He earned his bachelor's degree in economics from BYU.
Jun 17, 2024•57 min
Dan Lofgren, founder, president and CEO of Cowboy Partners and its sister company Cowboy Properties, has been professionally involved in real estate development, construction and management since 1975 when he joined the Salt Lake City based Prowswood organization, where he was president from 1987 to 2001. As president of Prowswood Dan directed development and acquisition/rehab activities in the company’s primary markets of Utah and Southern California, as well as Colorado and Washington. In 2001...
Apr 16, 2024•52 min
Roger is the President and CEO of Clifford Capital Partners, an independent investment management firm, providing separate account management to institutional and individual clients globally. Clifford builds portfolios of individual securities, primarily equities, based on their proprietary fundamental research with a mission is to build long-term wealth for their clients. Enjoy the episode!
Apr 02, 2024•1 hr 8 min
John Richards is the CEO and Founder of Startup Ignition, an entrepreneur bootcamp that prepares entrepreneurs, founders, and teams to properly launch a company and take the right steps towards mitigating risk and increasing success. Prior to founding Startup Ignition, John founded and successfully exited multiple ventures and was an award-winning and highly-rated entrepreneurship professor at Brigham Young University. In addition to Startup Ignition, John is a managing partner at Startup Igniti...
Mar 19, 2024•55 min
In 2008 – John S. Pennington Jr. co-founded a family of private equity funds that by the time of his retirement – grew to well over $28 billion of Assets Under Management (AUM). During his tenure and before obtaining partner emeritus status, he served on the board of directors, held signing authority on over 1,200 bank accounts as the deputy chief financial officer (DCFO), was president of over 100 corporations, was the Anti-Money Laundering Officer (AMLO) for all companywide feeder funds locate...
Mar 05, 2024•1 hr 20 min
John Sperry is the entrepreneurial force behind Halosight, bringing a combination of creativity, technology, and practicality to every opportunity he encounters. He serves as the CEO bringing a focus on growing people and investing in the company's culture. In 2010, John joined the ranks of the V100 as one of the top entrepreneurs to lead a new venture to success. That same year, he was named Entrepreneur of the Year by Ernst & Young for the Utah Region. Under John’s leadership, the company ...
Feb 21, 2024•54 min
Vess Pearson co-founded Aptive in 2015, and today it serves customers in more than 5,000 cities across 34 states and ranks as the 4th largest residential pest control company in North America (out of more than 20,000 competitors). Prior to Aptive, Vess’ leadership was instrumental in building and selling two previous pest control ventures and he is now focused on building Aptive as a legacy brand that will disrupt the 100-year-old industry. Vess’ heavy emphasis on elevated employee culture led t...
Feb 06, 2024•50 min
Scott is a Co-founder and a Managing Partner of Rev Road Capital, an early-stage seed venture capital firm that scales founders faster. Scott is also the Founder and Executive Chairman of Omadi, a cloud based, mobile platform for field services management that currently serves the towing, transportation, and insurance industries. In addition, Scott was the executive director of the Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology in the Marriott School of Business at BYU from 2017 to 2020 an...
Jan 23, 2024•1 hr 3 min
Zacc is the President of Capita and a CFP® professional. He began his financial services career at Fidelity in 2007 and joined Capita in 2015. Zacc’s personal mission is: Deliver superior financial planning to as many households as possible. This mission is accomplished through guiding Capita’s advisors and distributing The Financial Call podcast of which he is a co-host. Zacc loves coaching soccer, mountain biking with his dog, and spending time with his family.
Jan 16, 2024•1 hr 7 min
Ryan Janeway has built and sold four companies in the medical software and services space. His current companies include RHJ Enterprises, MediPro Direct, and Alliance DNA Laboratory. Outside the office, Ryan is an avid learner, basketball player, paintballer, mountain biker, traveler, and hiker. He has 5 children and lives with his family in Alpine, Utah.
Jan 09, 2024•59 min
Hayden Wadsworth is the co-founder and CEO of HydroJug, a company with a sole mission of helping others live healthier lives by making it easier to drink more water and be hydrated. Hayden’s biggest focus is creating better products and customer experiences and helping his team become the best they can be. HydroJug is located in Ogden, Utah, and was founded in 2017.
Dec 26, 2023•45 min
Eric is the founder of Brighton Wealth Management, a fee-only fiduciary financial firm that focuses on building strong collaborative relationships with their clients to deliver comprehensive, sophisticated, and holistic wealth management plans. Eric is also the founder of Flex Fleet, a leading truck rental company that provides nationwide 4×4 truck delivery.
Dec 19, 2023•57 min
Jason is the CEO and Co-Founder of PACS, which provides skilled nursing, health care, and rehabilitation services at more than 175 facilities in California, Arizona, Nevada, Texas, Colorado, Kentucky, Missouri, South Carolina, and Ohio. PACS also provides a wide array of back-office support services to skilled nursing facilities, reducing administrative burdens on facilities so that their local leadership and care teams can focus more of their efforts on the care, well-being, and quality of life...
Dec 12, 2023•54 min
Jeff has started, run or been an early investor in over 15 companies in tech & real estate valued at over a billion dollars, lost a challenging race for Governor amidst COVID 19 in his home state, is an adjunct professor of entrepreneurship, served on 20+ boards, lived in the Middle East & traveled to over 50 countries while earning two degrees. He is a Founder and Chairman of Peak Capital Partners, a $5B+ real estate investment firm located in Provo, UT, which was named the 2nd fastest ...
Nov 28, 2023•56 min
After graduating, then starting and selling several businesses, Dave founded Paragon Wealth Management. Over 35 years later, his company has survived and thrived in some of the most difficult investment markets in history. Paragon Wealth Management has received numerous awards including Advisors with Heart, NABCAP Premier Advisor five times and the Best of State Investment Advisor thirteen times. In addition to managing Paragon, on January 3rd, 2022 Dave was sworn in as Mayor of the City of Orem...
Nov 21, 2023•54 min
Brian Murphy is the Co-Founder of Portfolio Advisors, a middle market private investment firm with over $38 billion in assets under management. Founded in 1994 to serve institutional investors, Portfolio Advisors offers a variety of innovative investment solutions across private equity, private credit and private real estate. The firm manages a broad range of strategies including direct, secondary, and primary investments and junior and senior credit. Portfolio Advisors also provides institution...
Nov 14, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Cydni Tetro is recognized as an innovator of experience, a growth leader, technologist, STEM advocate, author, and speaker. Creating immersive customer experiences through technology and product innovation for business growth and market leadership is woven through her career. Cydni is the former CEO of Brandless, a technology-based consumer platform that is building the largest digitally native roll-up of mission-based brands. Prior to that she was CEO of ForgeDX, a customer acceleration platfor...
Nov 07, 2023•57 min
James Fletcher is an experienced Emerging Markets portfolio manager. He's the CEO and founder of Ethos Investment Management, a $100M boutique EM fund. Prior to founding Ethos Investment Management, James was the Director & Senior PM of the EM SMID Cap fund at APG Asset Management, where he managed a ~$1.2B portfolio based in Hong Kong, one of the largest EM SMID cap funds in the world. APG is the largest pension fund manager in the Netherlands and a global leader in ESG investing. Before th...
Nov 02, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Brooks Kirchheimer is the co-founder of Leave Room for Dessert Eateries, a Utah based restaurant group designed to thrill their guests. Their restaurants include Urban Hill, Hearth and Hill, and Hill’s Kitchen.
Oct 24, 2023•59 min
Eric Parker is a tech junkie and crypto aficionado. And in 2021, he decided to combine his two passions with Giddy, an app that helps people tap into the rewards of decentralized finance and guide them through investing in this new financial frontier. Giddy was founded by a team of engineers with decades of experience in mobile app development, security, finance, and cryptography. And in January of this year, Giddy announced $8 million seed funding led by Pelion Venture Partners. The round inclu...
Oct 17, 2023•1 hr 14 min
Sadie & Abby are the co-founders of SadieB Personal Care, a girl-centered personal care brand with a mission to flip the script on beauty messaging and meet the needs of “girls getting things done.”
Oct 10, 2023•44 min
Co-Founder of LoanPro, a software designed for lenders to automate workflows, provide access to real time date, and create API-integrated, end-to-end solutions.
Oct 04, 2023•1 hr 4 min
