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The MountainWest Capital Network (formerly the MountainWest Venture Group) is Utah's first and largest business networking organization.
Who We Are
A Utah Business Network Pioneer
The MountainWest Capital Network enjoys a unique position as the original, independent business networking group in Utah. For more than two-and-a-half decades, we have supported entrepreneurs, investors and allied professional services firms with real-time information about capital creation and distribution through sponsored events that inspire, stimulat
08/13/2026
🎙 New episode is live!
Ryan Porter, Co-Founder and CEO of LVT, joins Cheri M. Waldron and Jason Roberts on Welcome to the Winners’ Circle.
Ryan takes us back to a $90 a month cubicle in 2005, walks through the housing crash that nearly sank LVT before it started, and explains why the company waited 15 years to take outside funding, all while never missing a payroll.
This is an honest conversation about leadership, listening, and building trust the slow way.
🎧 Listen to the full episode now on the MountainWest Capital Network Podcast.
https://bit.ly/4bOB615
🎙This week on Welcome to the Winners’ Circle, Jason Roberts and Cheri M. Waldron sat down with Ryan Porter, Co-founder and CEO of LVT.
In 2005, Ryan and his co-founder Bob Brenner turned a $90 a month cubicle and an idea about construction communication into what would become LVT. 21 years, a housing crash, and 15 years without outside funding later, LVT now protects some of the country’s highest-risk sites and just posted 120% year over year growth.
This is a candid, no shortcuts conversation about listening more than you talk, setting financial guardrails before you leap, and building a company that gives its people room to progress.
Full episode drops Tomorrow!!
08/11/2026
Most sellers don’t realize they’ve lost control of their deal until a buyer’s diligence team starts asking questions they can’t fully answer.
In a new MountainWest Capital Network Deal Flow article, Steve Avis, CPA and Partner at Haynie, makes the case for why business owners should complete a Quality of Earnings analysis before going to market, not after a letter of intent is signed. Getting ahead of the numbers lets sellers frame their own financial story, address risk areas early, and move through diligence with far more credibility and speed.
For owners preparing to sell in today’s competitive M&A environment, it’s a timely reminder that preparation is a strategic advantage, not just a cost.
Read the full article on the MWCN website. Link in comments.
08/06/2026
We’re excited to hear from John at Leland at our upcoming MWCN Business Forum!
Our Business Forums are kept small and intimate by design, and this one sold out in record time. Watch for the event recap and the announcement of our September speaker so you can reserve your seat before it’s gone.
Still on a high from the MWCN Golf Tournament. 🏌️
A few more moments from a day we're not ready to stop talking about — and one we couldn't have pulled off without our sponsor, Rockwell. Thank you for helping make it a day to remember!
08/04/2026
Most business owners spend more time vetting a new hire than they do vetting their own bank.
That’s the challenge at the center of a new MWCN Deal Flow article from David Anderson, regional president for UMB’s Commercial Banking division in Utah. Anderson argues that businesses should interview their bank with the same discipline as any key relationship, using tools like the 5 Cs of credit to evaluate a bank’s balance sheet, deposit stability, and track record through past economic cycles, not just its rates and services.
For business leaders reassessing their banking relationship or planning for growth, it’s a practical framework worth applying.
Read the full article on the MWCN website. https://bit.ly/4bx3Zii
Every business hits a headwind. Dave Layton, CEO of Layton Construction, has a metaphor for it: the rock never rolls on its own, and in construction, it’s a big rock that wants to roll backward.
His advice for getting through the hard years? Keep pushing. Don’t compromise your values. Don’t hurt your people.
🎧 Full episode on the MountainWest Capital Network Podcast https://bit.ly/4yV6oxo
Dave Layton’s dad had a saying that still runs Layton Construction today: “We don’t get paid to do it right the second time.”
On Welcome to the Winners' Circle with Cheri M. Waldron and Jason Roberts, Dave explains why that philosophy is behind Layton Construction's heavy investment in modeling, data, and AI, using technology to catch mistakes before they cost time and money.
🎧 Full episode on the MountainWest Capital Network Podcast. https://bit.ly/4yV6oxo
07/30/2026
🎙 New episode is live - well, actually, it’s a fan favorite we’re bringing back.
Dave Layton, CEO of Layton Construction, joins Cheri M. Waldron and Jason Roberts on Welcome to the Winners’ Circle to revisit a conversation about culture, ownership, and legacy
Dave shares how Layton Construction has turned careers into real wealth through employee ownership, how his father’s leadership shaped his own, and how the company is using AI and data to modernize an industry that isn’t known for either.
It’s a grounded, generous look at what it takes to build a business people stay for.
🎧Listen to the full episode on the Mountain West Capital Network Podcast. https://bit.ly/4yV6oxo
🎙This week on Welcome to the Winner’s Circle, we’re bringing back conversations: Jason Roberts and Cheri M. Waldron sat down with Dave Layton, CEO of Layton Construction.
Dave is the youngest of 10 kids, raised inside a family construction business his father built from the ground up. In this episode, he opens up about a culture where more than half the employees now own a piece of the company they helped build, and about the lessons his father kept teaching him right up until the end.
It’s an honest, generous conversation about what it really means to invest in people for the long haul.
Full episode drops Thursday!!
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