We host many events to support student entrepreneurs at the University of Utah. We have workshops, competitions, networking opportunities, seed grant programs and more!
A medical innovation company founded by a team of University of Utah students won big — to the tune of $153,000 — at the prestigious Rice University Business Plan Competition held April 16-18 in Houston. Launched by a team of bioengineering and medical students at the University of Utah’s 2012 Bench-2-Bedside competition, Veritas Medical created […]
We took tons of photos at our audition for ABC’s “Shark Tank” on April 16. Browse our photo album on Facebook by following this link. Don’t forget to tag yourself if you participated! This is the our second installment of photos. Find the images from our photo booth in this earlier post.
See what happened at our exclusive audition for ABC’s “Shark Tank” on April 16, 2015. We had more than 140 people register to pitch their ideas at the event for a chance to be on the show. Watch season 7 of “Shark Tank” to see who is featured on the program. Learn more about the […]
Our audition for ABC’s “Shark Tank” yesterday was amazing. We had a lot of great people and companies pitching their business ideas. They ranged from medical devices to women’s purses. Don’t miss the images from our photo booth at the event. Browse the photo album on Facebook at: eccles.link/sharkpix.
More than 20 teams of University of Utah students participating in the university’s fifth annual Bench-2-Bedside competition unveiled their projects Wednesday night at the Utah State Capitol Rotunda. Judges rated the medical innovations, and the results are in. Cinluma won the $15,000 grand prize. The team of Kris Loken, Timothy Pickett, Brian Charlesworth, Jennwood Chen, […]
Two University of Utah student medical startup companies are heading to one of the nation’s top business plan competitions this month. The companies, Veritas Medical and 6S Medical, will be competing for more than $1 million in prizes in the 15th Annual Rice Business Plan Competition at Rice University, April 16-18. The winner of the […]
All are invited to attend the University of Utah Entrepreneur Club pitch event and annual showcase on Thursday, April 30 at 5 p.m. in the Spencer Fox Eccles Business Building, room 1110. Attendees are asked to RSVP here. Students who want to pitch an idea for a chance to receive funding can register online here. So far […]
A student startup providing an online service to help people secure green cards won first place and the $40,000 grand prize at the annual Utah Entrepreneur Challenge at the University of Utah tonight. “Winning the $40,000 is critical to helping us reach our first milestone of launching our website by this summer,” said Sam Stoddard, […]
The Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute at the University of Utah is hosting an exclusive audition for ABC’s “Shark Tank,” a business-themed reality show next month. All alumni, faculty, staff and students are invited. Attend the audition on Thursday, April 16.
Utah’s best college entrepreneurs have been narrowed to the top-20 teams that advance to the final event of the 2015 Utah Entrepreneur Challenge later this month. The annual, state-wide, business-plan competition is hosted by the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute at the University of Utah and sponsored by Zions Bank.
