The partners

Built by founders.
Led by the partners.

Jonathan Chamblee and Dalton Locke. Product and technical execution, paired with the experience of building brands, distribution, and businesses.

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Jonathan Chamblee

Partner

Jonathan Chamblee

Product, technology & operations

Jonathan turns business priorities into product and technical decisions. His experience spans founder, technical co-founder, and COO roles, with work across software strategy, engineering, and operating execution.

His work includes co-founding DBUNK and LifeScribe, rebuilding UpGig, and operations and software at PONO.AI. He works across the roadmap, architecture, and delivery needed to move a product forward.

  • 100+ applicationsAcross Jonathan’s portfolio
  • $170M+ portfolio valueJonathan’s portfolio experience
  • DBUNK & LifeScribeCo-founder
  • UpGigProduct rebuild
Jonathan’s background
Dalton Locke

Partner

Dalton Locke

Brand, growth & company building

Dalton co-founded MIT45 and helped build the brand from a startup into nationwide distribution. He is a co-founder and board member of Diversified Botanics, the founder of PONO.AI, and the founder and host of Innovators Table.

He brings the commercial questions into the product conversation: who buys, why they choose it, how the offer reaches them, and what the company needs to deliver.

  • MIT45Co-founder
  • Diversified BotanicsCo-founder & board member
  • PONO.AIFounder
  • Innovators TableFounder & host

MIT45 recognition: No. 5 in the 2023 Utah 100 and 2024 Inc. 5000 honoree.

Dalton’s background

What the partnership means for you

One business.
Both perspectives.

The roadmap, offer, customer experience, and operating model affect each other. Our partnership keeps those choices connected.

A product the market needs.

Buyer insight, positioning, design, and engineering inform the same plan.

A path to revenue.

The offer, acquisition, onboarding, and retention connect to what the product actually delivers.

A business built to run.

People, systems, and priorities support the next stage without losing control of delivery.

The partnership in practice

The questions
we work through.

A new feature, a new market, or a new operating model creates both technical and commercial questions. We work through them together.

The decisionProduct & technologyBrand & growth
What should we build?

The workflow, architecture, and delivery path.

The buyer, promise, and reason to choose it.

How should we launch?

The user journey, readiness, and feedback loop.

The offer, positioning, and route to market.

What needs to scale?

The systems, team responsibilities, and operating controls.

The acquisition, retention, and commercial model.

The next move is yours.

Build what your
industry needs next.

Bring us the business challenge.
Let’s put the right experience to work.

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