The Get Seeded business pitch competition awards funding to help student startups move forward with their next milestone. Get Seeded finished off the calendar year strong with the November Final Pitch event held at Lassonde Studios. In all, eight student-run startups pitched to the audience and received enough votes to be funded for a combined […]
Finding vintage clothing can be difficult. Especially when it involves digging through racks of clothes and multiple stores in hopes of finding that one piece you’re looking for. Then when you finally do find the perfect piece, it’s overpriced … by hundreds of dollars. If it’s not overpriced, it’s extremely outdated. But not in a […]
Join a guest lecture to hear from Linda & David Bradford. The lecture is titled “The Top 10 Lessons Learned from the Greatest Technologists of the Information Technology Age.” They will draw on their interactions with highly influential personalities – from Bill Gates to Cindy Crawford – to share the most important insights for a society […]
DATE CHANGE: We moved the date for the “Run a Kitchen” event to Tuesday, Nov. 29, at 6:30-8 p.m. at Lassonde Studios. [Updated: 11-22-16, 3:20 p.m.] Our new Food Entrepreneur program has grown beyond our expectations, and now we’re bringing you the biggest opportunity yet: a competition to serve your food at the Miller Cafe! All students […]
The David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah, including its Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, is one of the best places in the country for students who want to launch their own businesses, according to The Princeton Review. In a new survey, the Eccles School ranked No. 15 for graduate and No. 18 for […]
The Make Program at the Lassonde Studios has everything you need to bring your ideas to life. It’s the perfect place for students to build, prototype and design any idea they may have. “We help students across the whole spectrum,” said Kathy Tran, a student director in the Make Program. “On one end you could […]
Read about U’s innovation ecosystem in the new 2016 Innovate Report. Innovate is an annual publication dedicated to celebrating the innovation ecosystem at the University of Utah. It is produced with oversight from the U’s Internal Commercialization Coordination Council. Learn more about that group and ways to get involved at at utah.edu/innovate. Read Report (PDF)
In response to the lacking presence of a native iOS application for the University of Utah’s shuttle system, Nick Porter, a Lassonde Studios resident and computer science student, developed an application to provide detailed real-time information to students, staff and visitors across the campus. The iOS app features the ability to track all of the […]
The Get Seeded program is off to a great start this semester. In the last two months, 18 student-run startups have been funded for a combined total of $34,540.60. The Get Seeded business pitch competition has been helping student startups move forward with their next milestone by giving seed funding to those practicing lean startup […]
We welcome all students to get involved with the Lassonde Institute and to apply to live at the Lassonde Studios at the University of Utah. Watch this video for an introduction to the students living and creating at the Lassonde Institute and Lassonde Studios. This video was produced by students at the Lassonde Studios. Learn […]
