Don’t miss our new brochures for the latest information about the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute. Read them online or pick up a copy at Lassonde Studios. Inside you will find tips to succeed at Lassonde, an overview of our programs, stats and more. This is your one-stop-shop to learn about us and make sure you’re getting […]
Where do ideas come from? How can you bring them to life? Find out by watching our new video featuring real student startup projects at the University of Utah and our amazing new building, Lassonde Studios. We are a student entrepreneur community and welcome everyone to live, create and launch with us. Learn more at […]
Enjoy the new photo gallery of Lassonde Studios below. The building is the new home for student entrepreneurs, innovators and makers at the University of Utah. All students are welcome to attend events, use tools and gather on the public first floor, which is known as the Neeleman Hangar. Above are four floors of housing […]
Embracing an entrepreneurial spirit from a very young age, Ethan Cisneros, a marketing student at the David Eccles School of Business, got his start with a lawn mowing business at the age of 12. After expanding this venture for a number of years, Cisneros went on to found a business hanging Christmas lights during the winter months. Continuing to move forward in his commercial undertakings, he […]
Graduate students in the Pierre and Claudette Lassonde New Venture Development Center get more than a life-changing experience. They also work on real technologies with potential to improve the lives of thousands of people across the globe. Founded in 2001, the New Venture Development Center is one of the premier programs offered by the Lassonde […]
Watch us build Lassonde Studios in 33 seconds in this new time-lapse video. When we started this project, we wanted to create a world-class home for student entrepreneurs and innovators. Now, the doors are open, and that dream is starting to come to life. Thanks to everyone who made it possible. We invite all students […]
[UPDATE 8-4-17: As of the first week of August, Boundary had raised more than $1.1 million in crowdfunding on Kickstarter, Indiegogo and Backerkit. It had raised more than $900,000 for the Prima System and another $235,000 for Boundary’s small accessory line.] In the fall of 2015, Cavin Nicholson returned to the University of Utah to […]
While most startup companies are lucky to work in a dirty garage, 17 student startups at the University of Utah have space this summer at the new Lassonde Studios building. The teams are startups-in-residence in the Company Launch program provided by the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, a nationally ranked division of the David Eccles School of […]
A trio of University of Utah students, Daniel Ruales, Josiah Purss and Ryan Bliss, arrived in New York City on Tuesday morning where they have begun a series of Uber rides through 16 cities across the United States until they reach their final destination in San Francisco. The students met last year when Bliss was […]
If you asked an average college student, “How do you spend your free time?,” you will usually get the answer, “I have no free time.” However, if you ask Aaron Hsu and Kepler Sticka-Jones, the founders of Blerp, the same question, they will tell you that they are working to build “the world’s biggest soundboard app.” […]
