For many people, the stickers on their water bottles are valuable. Whether they have sentimental value or are part of a collection that took time to curate, keeping these stickers pristine is crucial – and challenging. Luckily, recent University of Utah entrepreneurship graduate James Craft has a solution. While pursuing his degree he founded Sticker […]
Author: Despina Giannopoulos
5 Tips for App Development
When you’re starting a business, you may also consider creating an app. For a first-time business owner, the process of developing an app can be daunting. We interviewed professors and alumni from the Lassonde Entrepreneurial Institute and David Eccles School of Business to learn how to make that process more manageable. Here are 5 tips […]
Pressed: Fighting to End Fashion Waste
When Kaitlyn Oliva learned how fashion negatively impacts the environment, she saw an opportunity to make a change. Oliva is the founder of Pressed, a subscription-based service that provides high-quality, comfortable, and eco-friendly clothing. Oliva is working on Pressed as a founder in the Lassonde Founders program at the University of Utah’s Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, a residential […]
Empowering New Mining Generations
Maria Echavarria’s company, Opencontour, aims to simplify mine-planning software tools and empower new mining generations to embark on the journey. She is growing it with help from the Master of Business Creation program at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business. Echavarria and Opencontour’s founder, Russ Downer, created Opencontour from experiences with mining […]
Student-Athletes Making a Difference
University of Utah gymnast Abby Paulson is a student-athlete who wants to make a difference. With over 26,000 Instagram followers and a spot on a nationally ranked team, Paulson has a larger platform than most students could imagine. She saw new opportunities when the NCAA approved a policy that allows student-athletes to monetize their name, […]
A Cuffless Blood-Pressure Monitor
Henry Crandall, an electrical and computer engineering Ph.D. candidate at the University of Utah, is working to create a blood pressure monitoring technique that is cuffless, convenient, and can measure over an extended period. Blood pressure is an important indicator of overall heart health, and high blood pressure contributes to many serious health issues. Despite […]
Reimagining Data Visualization
Youjia Zhou is a computing Ph.D. candidate at the University of Utah working to help scientists and mathematicians with their knowledge-discovery process through practical visual analytics systems. Her research focuses on large and complex data, coupling theoretical analysis with interactive visualization to help users quickly gain insights from complex graphs and hypergraphs. Visualization is useful […]
Sustainable Luxury Knitwear
Before starting James Street Co., Jess Reese didn’t think she could work in the fashion world. It seemed unattainable — like a made-up job. Now, four years after starting the luxury knitwear brand, she can’t imagine doing anything else. Reese, a founder in the Master of Business Creation program at the University of Utah’s David […]
Opencontour: Empowering New Mining Generations
Maria Echavarria’s company, Opencontour, aims to simplify mine-planning software tools and empower new mining generations to embark on the journey. She is growing it with help from the Master of Business Creation program at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business. Echavarria and Opencontour’s founder, Russ Downer, created Opencontour from experiences with mining […]
James Street Co: Sustainable Luxury Knitwear
Before starting James Street Co., Jess Reese didn’t think she could work in the fashion world. It seemed unattainable — like a made-up job. Now, four years after starting the luxury knitwear brand, she can’t imagine doing anything else. Reese started James Street Co. out of her basement. In the beginning, everything was knit to […]