Nick Witham, a biomedical engineering Ph.D. student at the University of Utah, founded GAIA Technologies with a goal to change lives through better prosthetics. GAIA is doing this as a prosthetics component company that builds sensor arrays to measure muscle shapes. The outcome: more affordable and higher-functioning prosthetic limbs. GAIA’s sensor array technology can be […]
Three up-and-coming businesses competed for prizes and bragging rights as finalists in the inaugural Startup Pitch at the 2020 Utah Economic & Energy Summit on Monday, Oct. 26, at The Grand America Hotel in downtown Salt Lake City. The winners took home $10,000 in prizes, including three judge prizes and a people’s choice prize after […]
Four student startup teams received $1,781 in microgrants from the Get Seeded program in October. See below for a list of teams and their product ideas. Get Seeded is a milestone grant funding program open to all college students in Utah. The first step is to apply online. All university students in Utah are welcome […]
See inside Lassonde Studios at the University of Utah in this walking tour recorded in fall 2020. We start in the lobby and walk throughout the first floor and upstairs community spaces. The tour is hosted by Pat Jones, a program manager for the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute. Learn more and apply to live here at […]
Meet the 20 startup teams in our Company Launch program at Lassonde Studios for fall 2020. Find a complete list below. They range from a parking app and game studio to mental health awareness and luxury oil. Company Launch offers these startups office space at Lassonde Studios, cohort gatherings, workshops, staff coaches, professional consultants, and […]
The Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute FY 2020 Annual Report is now available (see link below). Read the report for highlights from the last year for our top 10 ranked program for entrepreneurship at the David Eccles School of Business. Highlights for the year include: 7,400 college and high school students engaged; 2,000 students enrolled in entrepreneurship […]
Registration for the 2020-21 High School Utah Entrepreneur Challenge is now open. The statewide business model competition is open to all students in Utah ages 14-18. Teams compete for $25,000 in cash and in-kind prizes. The registration deadline is Feb. 17, 2021. The competition is managed by the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, an interdisciplinary division of […]
Registration for the 2020-21 Opportunity Quest competition at the University of Utah is now open. All U students are welcome to enter the competition for a chance to win $8,000 in cash prizes. The registration deadline is Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. Opportunity Quest (OQ) is a statewide business model competition. The Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute hosts […]
Finding a parking spot is one of those daily hassles for drivers. Fortunately, a startup company at the University of Utah, Parq, has a solution, and it’s now available for download for Apple and Android devices. The app allows home and business owners to rent out their unused parking spots. Giving people the opportunity to […]
The Department of Entrepreneurship & Strategy at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business welcomed the second class of founders in the new Master of Business Creation (MBC) program this fall semester for the 2020-21 academic year. The program is offered in partnership with the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute. The group consists of 18 […]
