Founders, Investors & Operators
Founders, Investors & Operators features candid conversations with entrepreneurs, investors, and industry leaders who share their insights, hard-earned lessons, and strategies for success. Whether you're building a company, funding the next big idea, or leading operations at a startup, this is your go-to resource for real-world advice, behind-the-scenes stories, and expert perspectives.
Episodes
March 19, 2025 • 55 mins
Conner Atkin is the co-founder of Tagg-N-Go Car Wash, which he helped launch in 2013. Since then, he has been instrumental in its expansion, growing the company to over 20 locations across three states and a team of more than 300 employees. Conner earned his degree in accounting from Dixie State University.
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February 24, 2025 • 58 mins
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 ...
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January 20, 2025 • 62 mins
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.
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December 3, 2024 • 60 mins
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.
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November 12, 2024 • 65 mins
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...
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October 15, 2024 • 65 mins
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,...
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September 10, 2024 • 59 mins
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 en...
Prior to SaltStack Marc worked with FinTech SaaS provider Compliance11 and prior to that Marc en...
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August 20, 2024 • 48 mins
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 co...
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July 30, 2024 • 51 mins
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.
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June 17, 2024 • 57 mins
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.
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April 16, 2024 • 51 mins
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...
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April 2, 2024 • 67 mins
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!
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March 19, 2024 • 55 mins
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 ...
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March 5, 2024 • 79 mins
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 ...
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February 21, 2024 • 54 mins
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 &...
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February 6, 2024 • 50 mins
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 ...
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January 23, 2024 • 62 mins
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 & Technolo...
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January 16, 2024 • 67 mins
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, an...
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January 9, 2024 • 59 mins
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.
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December 26, 2023 • 44 mins
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.
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