The Get Seeded event for March 2017 was a great month of support for student entrepreneurs. Around 150 supporters showed up to vote for the teams they thought should receive the milestone funding they were on stage giving their pitch for. Seven student startups took the stage, but only five went home with their funding. […]
Category: Events
We host many events to support student entrepreneurs at the University of Utah. We have workshops, competitions, networking opportunities, seed grant programs and more!
Image Gallery: 2017 Business Scholars Innovation Showcase
We saw some amazing student ideas today at the Business Scholars Showcase today. A tampon subscription product won Best Idea. Congrats to all the winners! During the competition, first-year students in the Business Scholars program showcased their innovation team projects they have been working on for months. Each group developed a new invention or business […]
Vote Now for Best College Startup Video (UEC 2017)
Vote now for the best college startup video in the Utah Entrepreneur Challenge, a statewide business model competition open to all university students. Voting is open March 28 to April 14, 2017, at 5 p.m. The team with the most votes will receive $2,500 at the UEC Awards and Showcase Event on April 15, 2017, […]
Vote for Utah’s Best High School Idea (HSUEC 2017)
Vote now for the best idea in the High School Utah Entrepreneur Challenge, a statewide business idea competition for students ages 14-18. Voting is open March 28 to April 14, 2017, at 5 p.m. The team with the most votes will receive a $500 prize at the HSUEC Awards and Showcase Event on April 15, […]
Get Seeded Awards $12,587 in Grants in February 2017
The Get Seeded event for February 2017 was a new experience for students competing for milestone funding. This was the first month that it wasn’t possible for every team to receive funding. Previously a company at the final pitch event just needed 50 percent audience approval to receive their fund request. However, this month the […]
Top 20 Startups Announced in the 2017 Utah Entrepreneur Challenge
Utah’s best college entrepreneurs are competing for $100,000 in cash and prizes, including a $40,000 grand prize, in the 2017 Utah Entrepreneur Challenge, one of the biggest student-business competitions in the country. Today, the competition got a lot more interesting with the top 20 teams being announced. Hundreds of students from all colleges in the […]
VIDEO: Rethink the Bank Innovation Tournament
Watch this video from our Rethink the Bank Innovation Tournament on Feb. 11, 2017. The event was hosted by the Center for Innovation in Banking and Financial Services, a division of the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute at the University of Utah. Learn more at lassonde.utah.edu/cibfs/tournament.
$$$ Awarded at January Get Seeded Pitch Event
Student startups received $10,865 in grants from the monthly Get Seeded milestone grant program at the January Final Pitch Event. The Get Seeded program manages a $120,000 fund donated by Zion’s Bank to help student entrepreneurs get their startup to the next milestone. It has been a great resource that engages and educates students in entrepreneurship, enables […]
Win over $100K in Prizes for Your Business
The Feb. 21. deadline is coming up fast for your chance to win some serious equity-free cash for your business idea. The Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute at the University of Utah is hosting the annual Utah Entrepreneur Challenge, which is open to all Utah universities to enter. The competition is sponsored by Zions Bank. It is […]
Portal Power Wins $5,000 in Opportunity Quest at the U
Student startup Portal Power won $5,000 and first place in the 2016-2017 University of Utah Opportunity Quest (OQ) business-plan competition. Ten collegiate teams advanced to the final judging and awards event. The competition is managed by students at the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute at the University of Utah and sponsored by Zions Bank. Other top teams included Neiybor and Grace […]