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February 2022

Feb

Entrepreneur Leadership Series: Andrew Daines

Panel Discussion/Presentation

This week’s speaker is Andrew Daines, who in 2019 Andrew launched Chassie, which designs, makes, and sells artistic furniture out of an 8,000 sq. ft. facility in the Bronx. As the world of work evolves, Chassie focuses on home and office desks that meet the new needs of a flexible workforce. After just two years Chassie has designed and built its unique style of furniture for hundreds of consumers and companies from Adobe to Warby Parker to Google.

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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Eccles Conference Center Auditorium | More Info

Feb

Entrepreneur Leadership Series: Joel Clark

Panel Discussion/Presentation

This week’s speaker is Joel Clark. Joel’s story is a study in perseverance. When his brother Jon handed operations of Kodiak Cakes over to him in 1997, Joel was a 23-year-old economics major attending the University of Utah. Over the next 12 years, Joel juggled side jobs, earned an MBA from Oxford University, and still found time to make Kodiak Cakes a success.

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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Eccles Conference Center Auditorium | More Info

Feb

Entrepreneur Leadership Series: Adam Morgan

Panel Discussion/Presentation

This week’s speaker is Adam Morgan, who is an Executive Creative Director at Adobe with 26 years of experience in creativity, strategy, and storytelling. In 2020, AdWeek named him one of the “Creative 100”—the top inspiring creative minds in marketing, media, and culture—in the world. Before Adobe, Adam was a creative director at several international ad agencies, delivering award-winning advertising campaigns. He was named a 40 under 40 Business Leader by Utah Business Magazine and Utah Ad Professional of the Year in 2014. He’s one of the few creative leaders to have a master’s degree in marketing strategy from Northwestern.

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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Eccles Conference Center Auditorium | More Info

Feb

Entrepreneur Leadership Series: Mark and Spencer Young

Panel Discussion/Presentation

This week’s speakers are Mark Young and Speaker Young.

Mark Young spent 30 years owning and operating McDonald’s restaurants as a franchisee. During this time, he owned 6 of the highest volume McDonald’s in the western region, including the Park City McDonald’s featured on the Jay Leno show during the SLC 2002 Winter Olympics.

Spencer Young, son of Mark and Sue Young, grew up working in his father’s McDonald's. After graduating with a business degree from Dixie State University where he played football, Spencer found the Culver’s brand and fell in love. In 2015, Spencer opened the Orem, UT Culver’s, and a few years later followed with the St. George, UT and Logan, UT Culver’s.

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