The Bottom Line – (Air date: May 30, 2017) While the Wasatch Front is thriving, rural Utah is hurting. For generations many rural Utah communities have mostly depended on the extraction of fossil fuels (coal, oil, and natural gas) for local jobs. But this dependence has proven painful over the last decade. Disappearing coal jobs…
The Bottom Line – (Air date: May 23, 2017) Often people have goals for their business idea or company, but don’t really know how to achieve them. Having a clear, sustaining value strategy, or a “corporate theory” as Todd Zenger coins it, is critical. Todd Zenger is Professor of Strategy and Strategic Leadership at the…
The Bottom Line – (Original Air date: February 9, 2016) People have tried to disrupt the residential real estate broker market for decades. The estimated $100B per year industry has remained stubbornly resistant to changes. But Johnny Hanna believes the stars have aligned for a change now, and he hopes to instigate it with his…
The Bottom Line (Air Date: May 9, 2017) – Nowadays business students are taught not only the value of profiting, but also giving back. Rick Haskell, Assistant Professor of Finance, at Westminster College talks about his Business 101 class, that emphasizes “purpose-driven enterprise” and social entrepreneurism. Business students Fancesca Scopello and Noelle Johnson join the…
The Bottom Line (Air Date: May 2, 2017) – Doug recently spoke with Bill Benz, a finance executive who has served as the Chief Financial Officer at Energy Solutions, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Colorado, Western Digital Corporation and other firms. They talk about the role that CFOs play inside their companies.
The Bottom Line (Air Date: April 25, 2017) – 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…
The Bottom Line (Air Date: April 18, 2017) – Brian Nelson is a technology visionary and entrepreneur, and owner of Extech Ventures. He recently sat down with Host Doug Wells to discuss the gamut of emerging technologies and trends including virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and blockchain, and to what degree these technologies may be changing…
The Bottom Line (Air Date: April 4, 2017) – Nolan Bushnell is known as the “Father of Video Games”. He is a legend and a pioneer in the high tech industry. He is the founder of Atari – which introduced the world to video games, as well as Chuck E. Cheese’s – which was Nolan’s…
The Bottom Line – Davis Smith launched his new outdoor company Cotopaxi last year with a humanitarian mission. He set out to create a “Benefit Corporation” that could not only sell outdoor products, but fund sustainable poverty relief and “move people to do good.” Smith discusses the inception of his idea and his journey building…
The Bottom Line (Original Air Date: June 17, 2014) – 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…
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