The Bottom Line (Re-Air Date: March 20, 2018) – Before Rick Alden built Skullcandy he just wanted to be a professional snowboarder in Colorado. Snowboarding as a sport was just emerging and he refused to ride without music, but the clunky headphones at the time annoyed him. So he dreamed up an idea for a…
The Bottom Line (Re-Air Date: March 13, 2018) –When two idealistic entrepreneurs – John F. Nichols and Johnathan C. Coon – launched 1-800 Contacts in the mid-1990s, they realized they had a serious ‘Supply and Demand’ problem. On the supply side, contact lens manufacturers didn’t want to sell to them. On the demand side, consumers…
The Bottom Line (Re-Air Date: March 6, 2018) – Gabe Gundersen believes he has a better meal-ordering platform for hungry restaurant patrons, and restaurant managers who want help processing those orders. His Hello Eats will soon launch with partnering restaurants in Provo, Utah, and he thinks it will become the new go-to app for restaurants…
The Bottom Line (Re-Air Date: February 27, 2018) –Few events have suddenly turned so wildly popular – and profitable – as Salt Lake Comic Con. The state of Utah estimates the economic benefit from Salt Lake Comic Con’s inaugural event in 2013 at over $30 million dollars. The events continue to attract hundreds of thousands…
(Re-air Date: February 20, 2018) Filmmakers have long appreciated Utah’s majestic landscapes for imagining the “old West,” an alien planet, or a neighborhood in “anytown U.S.A.” Over the past decade Utah has ramped up its financial appeal to filmmakers through tax credits. Virginia Pearce, the Director of the Utah Film Commission, talks about the state’s…
The Bottom Line (Re-Air Date: February 13, 2018) – Before Jeremy Andrus discovered Traeger Wood Pellet Grills through a search fund, he had successfully helped to lift Skullcandy as its CEO from $1 million dollars in annual sales to over $300 million dollars before eventually taking the company public. But Traeger proved to be a…
The Bottom Line (Re-Air Date: February 2, 2018) – How do you launch a sustainable food revolution? Perhaps it requires a good story, and lots and lot of crickets. When Pat Crowley realized he could make a better energy bar using “cricket flour” for protein, he knew he’d encounter the ick factor. Eating bugs simply…
The Bottom Line Re-Air Date: January 30, 2018) – David Perkins is the founder of High West Distillery in Park City, Utah. In 2004, Perkins moved his family to Park City, Utah with an audacious dream to launch a new national brand of premium whiskey. Ten years later his whiskey is sold in over 40…
The Bottom Line (Re-Air Date: January 23, 2018) – Interview with Stuart Orgill, Co-Founder of Qualtrics, based in Provo, Utah. Orgill discusses Qualtric’s early beginnings, how the company handled its growth, and why Qualtrics opted to turn down a $500 million purchase offer.
The Bottom Line (Re-Air Date: January 16, 2018) – The Void is a new “virtual reality” center in Lindon, Utah. The company also has locations in New York City and Dubai. Recently host Doug Wells spoke with co-founder and Chief Visionary Officer James Jensen, about the work that went into creating this new entertainment venue…
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