Startup Fridays – featuring Furnace, a success story from UT's Sandbox program

We’re back with more free lunch and a great meetup!

​The Startup Fridays event of November 2025 will feature Porter Gardiner and Kyle Nelson, the co-founders of Furnace!

​Furnace came out of the first-ever Sandbox cohort at Utah Tech University, and they have found a profitable niche in providing outbound prospecting services. In the last year, they've performed outreach to over 100k prospects on behalf of their clients, and have solidified partnerships with businesses like The Workflow Academy (one of our Scale STG sponsors)!

​Come learn how Porter and Kyle navigated college while building a startup in the Sandbox program and what their future plans include as they continue to scale Furnace into a cash cow.
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​Event Schedule:
​12:00 - 12:10 PM: Network and pizza
​12:10 - 12:15 PM: Meeting begins
​12:15 - 12:25 PM: Presentation by Furnace
​12:25 - 12:35 PM: Audience Q&A
​12:35 - 12:50 PM: Audience introductions
​12:50 PM and on: Hang out, network, tour Kiln, etc.
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​Scale STG Sponsors:
​Planstin Administration, tdooz, Zonos, The Workflow Academy, Vision, Utah State University Remote Online Initiative, Tech Ridge, and Kiln

​A big thank you to our sponsors for supporting Scale STG and the startup community in Southern Utah, and to Kiln for hosting us in their event space.