{"podcast":{"title":"Silicon Slopes | Leaders Interviewing Leaders","slug":"silicon-slopes-leaders-interviewing-leaders-6472484","podcast_index_feed_id":6472484,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5911481/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/silicon-slopes-leaders-interviewing-leaders--5911481","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/5935ce2a9a7b92b220c4cc48e8abc095.jpg","author":"Silicon Slopes","episode_count":210,"summary":"Silicon Slopes Show features thought-provoking conversations with Utah's top entrepreneurs, leaders, and executives, but with a unique twist. Silicon Slopes gives the mic to Utah's most influential leaders to interview each other, creating authentic peer-to-peer conversations that go beyond traditional podcasting. With different hosts and guests throughout the show, listeners and viewers get a much broader perspective on what's happening inside Silicon Slopes and across Utah's tech ecosystem. The show covers everything from leadership and entrepreneurship to philosophies on life itself. Nothing is off the table in these interviews. Expect hilarious personal stories, candid takes on current events, and hard-won business advice from legends who've been in the trenches. This is where Utah's tech community comes together to share the wisdom that's driving one of the fastest-growing innovation hubs in the nation. 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He also shares the counterintuitive philosophy that kept foreUP alive in those early years: stop chasing elephants and go for the rabbits. In this episode, you'll hear: Why Evan's first business idea involved a self-opening toilet seat and what came next How losing multiple business plan competitions actually pointed him toward his real opportunity The moment he realized golf courses were the customer, not golfers Why \"our customers are our investors\" became the founding mantra of foreUP The chess match with John Richards that decided $400K in equity How staying small, scrappy, and focused on the lower-end of the market built the foundation for a massive exit What Evan has lea…","meta_description":"What does it take to bootstrap a SaaS company from a broke college student's dorm-room idea to a successful acquisition with barely $50K in real outside c…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1880,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/silicon-slopes-leaders-interviewing-leaders-6472484/episodes/from-toilet-seats-to-tee-times-how-evan-teshima-built-and-sold-a-golf-tech-empire/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/silicon-slopes-leaders-interviewing-leaders-6472484/from-toilet-seats-to-tee-times-how-evan-teshima-built-and-sold-a-golf-tech-empire.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}