UtahPreneur - Inside Utah's Most Iconic Businesses
What if your favorite Utah business never made it?
UtahPreneur is a storytelling podcast uncovering the make-or-break moments behind the shops, brands, and founders at the heart of Utah’s entrepreneurial excellence. While most business podcasts focus on unicorns and viral growth, we dig into the stories that almost didn’t happen, but shape our everyday experience here in Utah now. From bootstrapped startups to neighborhood storefronts, these stories show what it really takes to build a business in Utah.
🎧 Weekly in-person interviews with founders across Utah
🧠Practical insights for entrepreneurs + curious locals
⛰️ Real stories from the edge of success, survival, and what almost wasn’t
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Notable Guests: Costa Vida, Beehive Meals, Project Solar, Kid-to-Kid, & Spencer Mecham (Buildapreneur)
Topics: Small business funding, local marketing strategies, Utah startup stories, hiring and leadership, brick-and-mortar growth, high growth founder origin stories, surviving hard seasons, scaling without burnout, building community through business, building a business with your community, and what makes a business last
UtahPreneur - Inside Utah's Most Iconic Businesses
This $25M/yr CEO Discovered Success Means Nothing Without Authenticity | Disruptive Advertising
🎙 Jake Baadsgaard built Disruptive Advertising into a $25M powerhouse by helping businesses stop wasting money on bad ads. But behind the scenes, Jake was burned out, disconnected from his family, and hiding behind the success of his company. In this episode, he shares the raw, honest story of what happened after he hit $10M in revenue—and realized he didn’t like the person he’d become.
We talk about how Jake rebuilt his life through awareness, honesty, and responsibility, and how that transformation gave birth to Disruptive University. He’s no longer just helping businesses grow—he’s helping people grow. From his earliest freelance gigs to letting go of 70% of his clients to stay aligned with his values, Jake’s story is a masterclass in building a business that actually means something.
If you're chasing growth personal or professional growth, but wondering what it's all for—this one’s for you.
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