Scrap: Connecting Excess Materials to Buyers

University of Utah students Kelsie Lee, Sam Lagoy, Joe Wassweiler and Gabi Siu are the cofounders of Scrap, an online platform that allows businesses with excess materials to contact other businesses that are in need of those excess materials. “It’s the collaboration point for business-to-business material sourcing solutions,” Lagoy said. Lee and Lagoy are both […]

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Etched DNA: Making Diagnoses Simpler

To diagnose patients with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), an inflammatory disease that disrupts the esophagus, current medical knowledge requires anesthesia and an endoscopy. This time-consuming and invasive process, combined with the low likelihood of a patient having EoE leads doctors to sidestep testing for it. However, Dr. Christopher Gregg’s lab at the University of Utah didn’t […]

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Troy D’Ambrosio Q&A: Entrepreneurship is a Team Sport

Troy D’Ambrosio, the executive director of the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute and an assistant dean at the David Eccles School of Business, is a serial entrepreneur and widely admired business mind. Cofounder, officer and director of multiple startup companies including Transworld Telecommunications, Convergence Communications and EPM Mining Ventures, D’Ambrosio’s pursuits have attracted over $500 million in […]

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CleanFare Kicks-Off Beta Test with a Competition for All Testers

This week, CleanFare, a student startup working at the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, launched a public beta test of their new mobile app. CleanFare aims to help clean up the air in Salt Lake City by diverting commuters away from using personal vehicles and encouraging them to take more “green” modes of transportation such as walking, […]

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Item Rescue: Hotel Lost and Found Management Solution

Beau Buehler, a University of Utah information systems student and founder of Item Rescue, saw a two-fold benefit in creating and providing the hospitality industry with an effective lost-and-found management system. When discussing how hotels generally manage their lost and found, he learned that current systems being used were very ineffective and required an excessive […]

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