Oh, UV50.
You come and go every year, but you’re never far away from our stat-loving, Q&A-obsessed hearts. Below, get to know our UV50 winners and learn behind the scenes factoids of what it takes to put this winning contest together.

PICTURE MAKES PERFECT
We conducted six photo shoots with local photographer Bryant Livingston (www.blphoto.com). Here are just two of the highlights:

Trust Fall
KS Marketing’s Kory Boyd and Randall Hild were good sports with the heaps of boxes we made them climb through. They were even willing to gleefully throw their hands up and fall backward into the pile — just to nail our photo shoot. There’s a reason you’re No. 1, KS Marketing.

Lights Out
The power was unexpectedly turned off the morning of our Little Adventures shoot in Lehi, but Livingston came prepared with battery-operated equipment. Thankfully, founders Heather Granata and Jenny Farnsworth were game to smile in the dark and wait for the flash.

Q&A
The Q got its A on and surveyed the execs in charge. Here are our favorite responses.

Q: When you have to pull an all-nighter, what’s the food of choice?
A: “Peach rings … gotta have your fruit group.”
— Kyle Hall, Complete Merchant Solutions

A: “Smelling salts … then ice cream.”
— James Norton, Infuse Medical

A: “Monster energy drinks and pizza.”
— Chris Finken, OrangeSoda

A: “Dr Pepper and Bajio Grill.”
— Jim Higgins, Smile Reminder

Q: Who’s your favorite local entrepreneur?
A: “Alan Ashton.”
— Chris Boyle, Access Technology Solutions

A: “Alan Hall. He was one of my early mentors. I love what he is doing with Grow Utah Ventures.”
— Rich Christiansen, CastleWave

A: “Scott Abbott (because he’s being CCd on this).”
— Chad R. Jones, Five Star Painting

Q: If you could be anyone else, who would you be?
A: “Me, myself and I.”
— Answer of 90 percent of our respondents

A: “Bobby Flay.”
— Christian Faulconer, Franchise Foundry

A: “Santa Claus.”
— Jon Moss, RBM Building Services

A: “Oprah Winfrey.”
— Heather Granata, Little Adventures

A: “Jerry Seinfield — I love performing and my life could have gone in a completely different direction if acting/comedy had taken over.”
— Oliver Bigler, Marketecture, Inc.

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