Student Discount: A discount is available to students who want to attend the Utah Economic Summit. Find details here: student.utaheconomicsummit.com Founder of the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute at the University of Utah, Pierre Lassonde will keynote and headline at the 10th anniversary of the Utah Economic Summit. The event will be held on April 15 from 8 a.m. to 5 […]
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!
Get Seeded: $42K in Grants Awarded in Fall
During the fall 2015 semester the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute’s Get Seeded program provided 30 student teams the funding necessary to turn their ideas into successful businesses. These teams were awarded a total of $42,000 in grant money to help develop their ideas. “Initially it seemed too good to be true, I was very excited to […]
Join Us for Entrepreneurship Day!
Interested in entrepreneurship at the University of Utah? Want to learn how to get more involved in our nationally ranked program? We invite all to join us for “Entrepreneurship Day” on Thursday, Feb. 25. We have lots of fun activities planned – student-startup product giveaways, panel, film screening, info sessions, pitch event and more! See the […]
SenseTech Wins $5,000 in Opportunity Quest at the U
Student startup SenseTech won $5,000 and first place in the 2016 University of Utah Opportunity Quest (OQ) business-plan competition today. Ten teams advanced to the final judging and awards event. The competition is managed by the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute at the U and sponsored by Zions Bank. Other top teams included Aura Optics and Peke-Buo, […]
Win $22K in New High School Idea Competition
If you’re a high school student with a product or business idea, your lucky day could be coming soon. The Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute at the University of Utah just opened a new high school idea competition, the High School Utah Entrepreneur Challenge (HS UEC). All students throughout Utah, ages 14-18, are welcome to compete for […]
Now Available: Our Spring Event Calendar
We just released our spring 2016 newsletter. Inside you’ll find a complete listing of our spring events and some of our latest news. It’s the best single resource to see what’s happening soon. All students are welcome. See you there! Download PDF
VIDEO: Entrepreneurship at the U
The Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute and David Eccles School of Business provide a top-25 entrepreneurship environment that includes degrees, programs and certificates, plus the world’s first on-campus space for residential living, co-working, startup launching and product fabrication — open 24/7 to all U students. In this video, learn how we incorporate applied learning and an ecosystem of innovation […]
Get Healthy with New StepPets App
A team of recent U grads want to help you get healthy and love doing it. Through their company, Random Breakfast, they just launched their first app, StepPets. Now available on iTunes, the app “healthifies” games by using your real-life steps to create the levels in the game. The more you walk the more you unlock. “We […]
Fetch Food, Serving Deliciousness in a Hurry
Stomach Growling? Call Fetch Food. Fetch Food, a Salt Lake City based start-up, offers restaurant food delivery on the cheap. One user on their website commented, “if you haven’t used Fetch Food, you’re doing lunch wrong.” This innovative start up, founded by two students at the University of Utah, utilizes a patented routing algorithm to make […]
Bespoke Suits for a Cause
Trapper Roderick is more than just a haberdasher, student entrepreneur and (we think) the best-dressed man on campus. The University of Utah student is also proving to be a social entrepreneur as he enters a new partnership with the YWCA Utah. All are invited to a related event and celebration on Nov. 12 to learn about his company, True […]