Idaho Business Out Loud

Our state boasts a great climate for growing grapes and a thriving community of winemakers and the Idaho Wine Commission is here to support them. Pour a glass of local wine and tune in as Executive Director Moya Shatz Dolsby tells about the economic opportunities and impact the industry has as well as the challenges it faces.

What's on the horizon for Magic Valley? In this episode Shawn Barigar, president and CEO of the Twin Falls Area Chamber of Commerce, shares about development, workforce, infrastructure, refugee resettlement and more.

As a counterpart to our upcoming panel discussion on diversity and inclusion in the workplace, the panel moderator Cathy Silak of Hawley Troxell shares insights from her career in the legal field and Idaho Business Review Editor Kim Burgess talks about how the topic affects the journalism industry.

Healthcare data isn't just for analytics officers. It affects patients and hospital staff too. In this episode, Dr. Neeraj Soni and Onur Torusoglu of St. Luke's Health System discuss how new analytics capacities can be used to not just track what's happened, but predict what might.

Welcome to 2020! Let's start off the new year with a talk on construction and architecture. In this episode Jim Escobar, founder of neUdesign, shares about growth in Meridian, from multifamily housing to opportunity zones.

In this episode Kaite Justice, the program director of City Go, discusses public transit in downtown Boise and measures being taken to accommodate the transportation needs of growth in the Treasure Valley.

In this episode, Karen Appelgren, director of the Zions Bank Business Resource Center, breaks down all the different methods of funding for small businesses and goes over resources available to entrepreneurs.

This episode is focused on what's new in the West Central Mountains Region of Idaho - everything from bike trails to opportunity zones. Andrew Mentzer, the executive director of the West Central Mountains Economic Development Council, talks with us about what's happened in 2019 and what's on the horizon on 2020.

This week is about looking towards 2020. Join us as we discuss employment trends, wages and jobs in 2020 with Louisa Waldman, regional vice president of Robert Half. And check out Robert Half's 2020 Salary Guide to learn more on the topic.

This week's episode covers intellectual property. Brad Frazer of Hawley Troxell shares his knowledge of how businesses can guard their IP as well as take advantage of ways to monetize it.

In the second installment in our technology series we visit In Time Tec to talk with CEO Jeet Kumar about the challenges and opportunities the tech industry in Idaho is facing as well as the story of In Time Tec.

As October is Cybersecurity Month, we are going to be releasing a series of episodes that focus on topics in the technology industry. In this first episode we talk with Peter Smith of the law firm Smith + Malek about data security.

As a supplement to our Square Feet publication coming out on Oct. 18 that will focus on infrastructure, this episode we talk with Ada County High District President Rebecca Arnold and Planning and Program Manager Justin Lucas about what ACHD is doing to address growth in the Treasure Valley.

In this episode, we interview Maya Duratovic of Global Ties Idaho and Boise State University about the Mandela Washington Fellows program that brings international leaders and businesspeople to Boise to learn and share information and perspectives on issues our communities are facing.

In this episode, we go over to Trailhead to talk with Matt Gilkerson about Boise Startup Week, the Trailmix pitch competition and the ways Trailhead supports entrepreneurship.

In this virtual reality focused episode of Idaho Business Out Loud, we discuss VR arcades with Brendan Smythe, CEO of VR1 in Eagle, talking about his experience in the VR field, the story of VR1 and the possibilities of VR in the entertainment industry.

In this health care focused episode of Idaho Business Out Loud, we discuss Saltzer Health development in Meridian and then go over to Hawley Troxell to talk with Tom Mortell about trends in health care, with an emphasis on rural hospitals and health care.

In the third episode of Idaho Business Out Loud, we discuss construction labor trends in Idaho and head over to the indieDwell facility in Caldwell to talk with co-founder Scott Flynn about shipping container homes, sustainability in construction and affordable housing.

In the second episode of Idaho Business Out Loud, we discuss economic development in Coeur d'Alene, latest update in the potato industry in Idaho, and sit down with T.J. Pierce of Mid-Century Homes to discuss the fascinating niche of the Idaho real estate market that he works in and his passion for mid-century architecture.

In the first episode of Idaho Business Review's new podcast, we talk about the latest in tech and healthcare news and sit down with Nora Carpenter, CEO of The United Way of Treasure Valley, to discuss the unique challenges the Treasure Valley faces and how The United Way and all members of the business community can help address them.