Startup Fridays – featuring Basic Invite and Love vs Design

We guarantee you'll learn something at the March 2026 edition of Startup Fridays! ​​This month, we'll be hearing from Brock Bacik and Eric Mortensen, the longtime friends and business partners behind [Basic Invite](https://www.basicinvite.com/) and [Love vs Design](https://www.lovevsdesign.com/). ​​Basic Invite and Love vs Design are online print brands. Since the early 2000s, Brock and Eric have worked side-by-side to build these successful e-commerce brands, serving over a million high-ticket customers and attracting more than 15,000 daily site visitors. ​Their experience spans online marketing (SEO, conversion optimization, email, social media, and PPC) and we get the chance to learn how they have scaled their e-commerce brands into the powerhouses they are today. ​​ ​​**Event Schedule:** ​12:00 PM: Pizza, networking, hanging out 12:10 PM: Meeting begins 12:15 PM: Presentation by Brock and Eric 12:30 PM: Audience Q&A 12:40 PM: Audience introductions 12:55 PM and on: Hang out, network, tour Kiln, etc. ​​ ​​**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.