Registration for the 2018-19 Utah Entrepreneur Challenge is now open. The statewide business model competition is open to all university students in Utah. Teams compete for $100,000 in cash and in-kind prizes, including a $40,000 grand prize. The registration deadline is Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019. The competition is managed by the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, an […]
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Get Seeded Awards $6,100 in Grants in November
Seven student startup teams received $6,100 in milestone grants at the monthly Get Seeded Final Pitch Event at Lassonde Studios on Nov. 26. See below for a list of teams and their product ideas. Get Seeded is a monthly milestone grant funding program open to all college students in Utah. The first step is to apply […]
Global Entrepreneurship Program: Europe Summer 2019
Spend the Summer 2019 semester in Europe by joining the Global Entrepreneur Program at the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah. Participating students will gain entrepreneurial experience while creating a startup or innovation of their own, being taught and mentored by U faculty members, and visiting some of Europe’s most […]
Photo Gallery: October at Lassonde
We had a great October at Lassonde Studios. We hosted many events, including a Get Seeded pitch event, workshops, a zine-making event, a salsafest, Make It activities, a women’s entrepreneur panel, dinner with a CEO and more. Browse these photos to see for yourself. (Don’t forget to tag yourself and your friends!). Find upcoming events […]
Video: Live Create Launch at Lassonde
All incoming and current students at the University of Utah are welcome to “live, create, launch” at Lassonde Studios. The five-story building is dedicated to student entrepreneurship and innovation. Students can live here and get involved in many programs to bring their ideas to life. Residents join the Lassonde 400, a community of student […]
Video: Lassonde 400 Program
Our Lassonde 400 residential program hosts a variety of events. In this video, we feature one of the dinner events hosted on the upper floors of Lassonde Studios. Learn more at lassonde.utah.edu/studios.
U ranked No. 9 for undergrad, No. 19 for grad entrepreneur studies by Princeton Review
The University of Utah jumped six places to be ranked No. 9 for undergrad entrepreneur studies among all schools in the country in the latest survey released by The Princeton Review today. The U also improved four places in the survey to be ranked No. 19 for graduate entrepreneur studies. Entrepreneur programs at the U […]
U MBA Program Ranked No. 2 for Entrepreneurship by Bloomberg
The Full-Time MBA program at the University of Utah David Eccles School of Business received a No. 2 ranking for entrepreneurship by Bloomberg Businessweek in their listing of the Best Business Schools for 2018 released today. Overall, the Eccles School jumped 20 spots in the ranking to No. 36 in the country, and it received […]
Get Seeded Awards $5,910 in Grants for October
Three student startup teams received $5,910 in milestone grants at the Get Seeded Final Pitch Event in October 2018 at Lassonde Studios. See below for a list of teams and their product ideas. Get Seeded is a monthly milestone grant funding program open to all college students in Utah. The first step is to apply online. Top […]
Lassonde Institute Wins Global Recognition as an Outstanding Entrepreneur Program
The Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, an interdisciplinary division of the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah, was recognized among 12 universities for their outstanding entrepreneur programs at the 2018 Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC) Conference in Chicago, Oct. 18-20. Now in its twenty-second year, the GCEC Conference was attended by more than […]