The Jimmy Rex Show

Guest Bio:
Steve Maddox is the founder and owner of Utah's largest homebuilder, Edge Homes. Edge has gained success on a quick pace after starting the company in 2008. Starting a development company during that year wasn't easy because of the market crash but with minds like Steve's and a passion to make an impact in the state of Utah, they put their head down and went to work. What makes Edge so unique is they are truly there for the buyer. They ensure that their customer service is what comes first. 

Outside of business, Steve finds his passion to be anything that has an adrenalin rush. Whether that is through some type of crazy sport or just going to the gym each morning with his sons, he finds his happiness with his heart pumping and sweat coming down.

Selected Links and People from the Episode:
Edge Homes
Future Edge Projects
What Makes Edge Homes Unique
The Future of Edge Homes

Show Notes

Introduction (1:35)
Edge Homes Previous Year (4:10)
How Steve got into the Development industry (5:37)
The effect of the 2008 crash and how it affected Steve (8:43)
The start of Edge Homes (13:06)
Becoming the largest Home Builder in Utah (17:35)
The hardest part about being a builder (18:59)
Keeping the relationship with the realtor is strong (22:05)
What is next for Edge Homes (24:31)
A deal that Steve bought that didn't work out (29:57)
What Steve does for fun in downtime (31:55)

Guest Bio:
Jill Dempsey is an experienced private equity investor and operating executive in middle-market businesses. A Partner at Dolphin Capital from its founding, they raised and fully-deployed two funds in companies such as Ragnar Relay, Winder Farms, and the GSL Brine Shrimp Cooperative. The firm was founded on the principle of investing in both financial and human capital. Mrs. Dempsey assumed operating roles in multiple portfolio companies. Most recently, Jill led Dolphin Capital’s acquisition of Manduka, an LA-based premium yoga products company, where she served as CFO and COO for three years, completed the acquisition and merger of Yogitoes and subsequently led Manduka’s sale to a top-tier private equity firm in 2015. She has expertise in structuring mutually-beneficial transactions for investors and business owners, raising debt and equity, and growing businesses. Passionate about education, she taught an entrepreneurial finance course as an adjunct professor in the Marriott School for over six years. She is currently Acting CFO of Comforts of Home, an international study abroad student housing provider across Europe. She holds a BS in Finance and Entrepreneurship from Brigham Young University. She played on the BYU women’s rugby team for four years and served as the Marriott School student body president and president of BYU’s CEO chapter, ranked #1 in the nation.

Guest Bio:
Naomi's dance training began at age 3 in her hometown of Salt Lake City, UT. As a young dancer, she trained at Center Stage Performing Arts under the direction of Rick Robinson. Her love for dancing and community service brought her to the world of pageantry where she was crowned Miss Hispanic Utah 2003 and competed in Miss Utah America 2004.

Making her move to Los Angeles in 2007 Naomi was a featured dancer in Kim Kardashian's, Fit In Your Jeans by Friday, fitness DVD, and Denise Austin's, Cardio Latin Dance. Having danced for numerous artists and music videos, she is currently assisting world-renowned​ choreographer, Dave Scott (So You Think You Can Dance). 2018 brought new opportunities with becoming the face of Sensodyne Toothpaste (global spot) and landing the lead role as Mrs. Potiphar in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. After spending 10 years in Los Angeles, Naomi most recently made her back to Salt Lake City, extending her passion of dance and fitness, you can find Naomi dancing on the bike as the Head Instructor at Rebel House (Utah).

Shawn Rapier is a comedian, businessman, and family man. He is best known for his comedy acts like "Latter Day Live" and "Speaking in Sacrament". Shawn takes pride in his acts being family friendly and clean. Shawn has 7 kids of his own and is happily married while living in the State of Utah.

Even though most people know Shawn for his hilarious performance, Shawn is also a very sought out Executive for business. He has led some large brands through mergers and buy outs as the companies Executive Sales Manager and Partner.

Currently, Shawn has a popular Podcast called "Latter-Day Lives" which is an LDS Podcast that has had some amazing guests and viral episodes.

Guest Bio:
Roxanne Bennett grew up in a small town in Idaho with a passion for helping others and a dream to one day own her own business. After marrying her husband Kendall Bennett, Roxanne went to Southern Utah University to earn her degree in education.

With the help of the faculty and staff at SUU, Roxanne was able to juggle motherhood and a large coursework to finish her bachelor’s degree.

After graduating, Roxanne taught kindergarten for a year - and enjoyed it - but realized she wanted to follow her entrepreneurial dreams.

Roxanne launched Utah Valley Magazine with Kendall and other family members in 2000. In 2004 Roxanne added trade shows and events to her portfolio and has since owned and organized business conferences, home shows, and women shows. Roxanne’s most recent large venture was in 2014 when she started Pinners Conference, which has expanded throughout Salt Lake City, Dallas, Atlanta, and Phoenix.

Though she does not use her degree to teach in a classroom setting; she believes that if a person can transfer their college education into their daily living—where they are constantly learning—that is her main goal.
Roxanne said: “Our whole theme for Pinners Conference is to learn, create, connect; and I love that concept of always getting an education.”

Show Notes

Introduction (1:22)
How Roxanne became one of the top women entrepreneurs in the state (3:30)
Getting away from teaching and going into an MLM (8:51)
How she started her first company (11:10)
Being able to understand teachings and learning (16:07)
How much work actually goes into the Pinners Conference (21:29)
What makes the Pinners Conference so unique (27:10)
The power of collaborating and helping others (33:17)

Guest Bio:
Richie Norton is the bestselling author of The Power of Starting Something Stupid, as well as the #1 Amazon download Résumés,​ Are Dead and What to Do About It. He is an international speaker and consultant for the corporate growth and personal development industries, a social entrepreneur, and CEO and Founder of Global Consulting Circle.

Richie has been featured in Forbes, Business week, Young Entrepreneur, Huffington Post and other national publications both in print and online. The 2013 San Francisco Book Festival named The Power of Starting Something Stupid the winner of the business category and the grand prize winner of all book categories in its annual competition. In 2010, Pacific Business News recognized Richie as one of the Top Forty Under 40 “best and brightest young businessmen” in Hawaii.

Richie has shared the stage with bestselling authors such as Stephen Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen M.R. Covey, author of The Speed of Trust and Kevin Rollins, former CEO of Dell Computers.

Richie received his MBA from the world’s #1 ranked international business school, Thunderbird School of Global Management.

Guest Bio:
Residents of Utah should know Tom Welch has an Olympic hero. It was he, more than any other single person, who was responsible for bringing the 2002 Olympic Winter Games to Utah.

Tom attended Ogden High School, served as student body president at Weber State University and earned a degree from George Washington University Law School. Upon his return to Utah, he became the first in-house attorney, vice president and general counsel for the fledgling Smith’s Food and Drug. Welch was the principal officer who took the company to the New York Stock Exchange. That single action created more overnight millionaires in Utah than at any previous time.

Tom currently serves as the CEO and president of Maverik Inc. Which is growing rapidly as one of the top convenience store chains in the entire country.

Guest Bio:
Josh Romney is the founder and President of The Romney Group, which owns and operates multifamily, office and industrial properties throughout the US.   The Romney Group is headquartered in Salt Lake City, UT.  Josh is also the Chairman and owner of Intercap Lending, which is a mortgage originating and servicing company.  Intercap is based in Aliso Viejo, CA. 

​Josh also serves as President of Charity Vision International, which partners with local doctors in developing nations in an effort to establish permanent and sustainable eye care programs.  The organization currently performs over 40,000 surgeries annually in 25 different developing countries. 

​Josh serves as a board member of the Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development and as an Executive Board member at the Romney Institute at Brigham Young University.   Josh also serves as a board member of the Pioneer Park Coalition, which fights for homeless advocacy in Salt Lake City.

​Josh worked on his father’s presidential campaigns in 2008 and 2012 working with both the political and fundraising teams.  In addition, he spoke at hundreds of events as a surrogate for his father.

​He earned an undergraduate degree in English from Brigham Young University in 2000 and a master’s degree from Harvard Business School in 2005. 

​Josh currently lives in Holladay, Utah with his wife, Jen, and their seven children.

Guest Bio:
Rick Clayton is the ultimate entrepreneur who has developed a network, business, and family life that some can only dream of. Rick started his first business in 1988 when he was a freshman at Brigham Young University, where he would sell computer software to university bookstores. After selling that company for a good amount of money, he then started his next venture with his older brother, Hogi Yogi. Hogi Yogi grew very fast as one of the best fast food restaurants which eventually grew to 7 different states with multiple restaurants inside of each location.

After selling Hogi Yogi to a large equity firm, Rick then started Wasatch Wing & Clays, which is a business that he combined with his passion of hunting. 

Rick has sat on boards of like BYU Cougar Club, where he spent 8 years as the president, the Stadium of Fire, and multiple non-profit causes like Keys to Success.

Rick is known for his massive network and his willingness to give back to his community and other non-profits.

James Taft "Jimmer" Fredette[1][2] (born February 25, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). Fredette was the 2011 National Player of the Year in college basketball after ranking as the leading scorer in all of NCAA Division I during his senior season for the BYU Cougars. He was selected with the tenth overall pick in the 2011 NBA draft. He spent the majority of the 2015–16 season in the NBA Development League, during which he won the All-Star Game MVP. In 2016, he joined the CBA's Shanghai Sharks, and during the 2016–17 CBA season, he led the league in scoring, at 37.6 points per game, counting all phases of the season, and won the CBA International MVP award.

2010-11 Nations leading scorer (28.9 points per game)
2011 National Player of the Year (Naismith, Wooden, AP, Oscar Robertson, NABC, Adolph Rupp, Sporting News, Basketball Times, CBSSports.com, SI.com)
2011 Lowes Senior CLASS Award
2011 ESPY for Collegiate Male Athlete of the Year
2011 first-team All-American (John R. Wooden Award, AP, Sporting News, State Farm Coaches for NABC Division I, USBWA, Basketball Times, CBSSports.com, SI.com, Yahoo! Sports, FoxSports.com, Lute Olson)
2011 MWC Player of the Year
2011 All-MWC First Team
2011 MWC Tournament MVP
2011 NABC All-District 17 First Team
2011 USBWA All-District VIII First Team
2011 USBWA District VIII Player of the Year
2011 Dick Vitale National Player of the Week (Dec. 13, Jan. 10, Jan. 17)
2011 ESPN.com Weekly Watch National Player of the Week (Jan. 10, Jan. 17)
2011 MWC Player of the Week (Nov. 29, Dec. 13, Jan. 3, Jan. 10, Jan. 17, Jan. 24, Feb. 7, Feb. 28)
2011 South Padre Island Invitational MVP
2011 Bob Cousy Award Finalist (Final 5)
2010 USBWA National Player of the Week (Dec. 13)
2010 Basketball Times All-America Second Team
2010 NABC State Farm Coaches' Division I All-America Third Team
2010 Lute Olson All-America
2010 AP All-America Honorable Mention
2010 Sporting News All-America Third Team
2010 NABC All-District 17
2010 USBWA All-District VIII
2010 USBWA All-District VIII Player of the Year
2010 CollegeHoops.net High-Major All-America First Team
2010 MWC All-Tournament
2010 All-MWC First Team
2009-10 MWC Player of the Week (Nov. 16, Dec. 28, Jan. 4, Feb. 1, Feb. 22)
USBWA Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week (Jan. 4)
2009-10 Naismith Trophy Midseason Candidate
2009-10 Oscar Robertson Trophy Finalist
2009-10 Wooden Award Candidate
2009 HoopTV Las Vegas Classic MVP
2009 Fiesta Bowl Classic MVP
2009 CollegeHoops.net High-Major All-America Honorable Mention
2009 USBWA All-District VIII
2009 MWC First Team
2009 MWC All-Tournament
2008-09 MWC Player of the Week (two times)