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Read about some of the best people, projects and programs related to entrepreneurship, innovation and business at the University of Utah.
Craft Casket Co.: Modern Designs for an Old Industry
Matt Henke and Tanner Curtis, master’s of architecture students at the University of Utah, are bringing a unique industry into the modern era — caskets. “In almost all industries, contemporary design takes a portion of the market — whether it’s cars, phones, or even into the more carpentry-based industries of cabinetry and furniture,” Curtis said. […]
Global Entrepreneurship Program Reaches Halfway Point in South America
SANTIAGO, Chile — It’s official. We have finally reached our halfway point and are on the tail end of our trip with the spring 2019 Global Entrepreneurship Program to South America. Even though we have only been here for two months, I think I can speak for all of us when I say Chile now […]
Most-Cited Professor on Campus is an Entrepreneurship Scholar, according to Google
It comes as no surprise that Jay Barney is the most cited professor at the University of Utah, according to Google Scholar. Not after reviewing his work that is. Barney is currently the presidential professor of strategic management, the Lassonde chair of social entrepreneurship and the editor-in-chief for “The Academy of Management Review,” ranked first or […]
Spoonful: Get Cereal Delivered Anywhere on Campus
Spoonful is a student startup selling cereal by the bowl and delivers cereal anywhere at the University of Utah by using its newly release app on the Apple App Store. It sounds like a lot of fun (and it is!), but the company started as a solution to a serious problem. The company’s mission from the beginning […]
Clockwork Forge Games: Exploring the Klondike
Clockwork Forge Games is a video-game development team led by Entertainment Arts & Engineering students at the University of Utah. With the release of their first game, “Hyperborean Charter,” the team is excited to show everyone the world they’ve built. “Hyperborean Charter” takes place in the far north in a climate like the Klondike and […]
Meet Mehrdad Yazdani: The Lead Designer Who Shaped Lassonde Studios
Looking back to when Lassonde Studios existed solely as an abstract idea, Troy D’Ambrosio, the executive director of the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, can vividly recall the process of selecting the building’s architect. For hours, he’d listened to different firms present to his team and show PowerPoints full of images of similar buildings they created. Then […]
Workshops at Lassonde: Build Your Skills
The goal of the Workshop program at the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute is to provide insightful tips and secrets to the trades taken on by entrepreneurs. We go beyond the business classroom to provide experts’ tips and experiences in everything from financial planning to HTML coding. Our hour-long seminars allow students to participate in a collaborative […]
A Guide to Student-Driven Entrepreneurship
We had a clear vision when we started what is now the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute at the University of Utah — to create a program that welcomed all students to take a risk and learn by doing. We felt the key to engaging as many students as possible was to put students at the center of […]
Lassonde Studios, Diversity and How Entrepreneurship Thrives off of Difference
Living at Lassonde Studios is competitive — accepting only 400 residents out of the roughly 1,500 students who apply every year. While the spots are limited, resident activity is not. Residents busy themselves with projects of all sorts. This isn’t a surprise; as the hub of the entrepreneurial program on campus, residents are typically those […]