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The Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute at the University of Utah announced the finalist teams in the 2024 Utah Entrepreneur Challenge this week. The student startup teams advance to the final round of this business-model competition for college students across the state. Teams are competing for over $100,000 in cash and prizes, including a $30,000 grand prize. The […]
Rocket Tutors, a team from West High School that is building a business to provide free one-on-one online math tutoring, won first place and the $10,000 Sue Gibson Grand Prize at the 2024 High School Utah Entrepreneur Challenge (HSUEC) final event on March 2. Twenty teams made it to the final event in this business-idea competition […]
A University of Utah student startup powered by girls, SadieB Personal Care is launching eight hair shampoos and conditioners in 507 Target stores and the Target website starting this week. Co-founder and CEO Sadie Bowler is pursuing a marketing degree at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business. She began working on SadieB […]
The Department of Entrepreneurship & Strategy in partnership with the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business welcomed 20 founders into the award-winning Master of Business Creation (MBC) program starting spring 2024. They will be accelerating their startup companies in this rapidly growing program with help from personalized mentoring, […]
The High School Utah Entrepreneur Challenge (HSUEC) announced the top 20 teams, from over 150 applications, for 2023-24. They will advance to the final stage of this business-idea competition, which is open to all high school students across Utah, ages 14-18. They are competing for $30,000 in cash and scholarships. This program is managed by the Lassonde Entrepreneur […]
Utah is already known as a top location for entrepreneurship, and the University of Utah’s Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute hopes to keep it that way with a new website for entrepreneurs across the state. The Utah Founders website is now live, and it lists resources to help founders launch a company anywhere in Utah. Resources include […]
The Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, a top-10 ranked program at the University of Utah, and the David Eccles School of Business awarded over $1.5 million in scholarships and tuition waivers to over 140 student entrepreneurs for the 2023-24 academic year. Most of the scholarships come with the opportunity to gain leadership skills and experience while managing […]
The University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business is ranked No. 2 for undergraduate and No. 3 for graduate entrepreneurship education in the West in new rankings from the Princeton Review for 2024. The rankings are the latest in a series of recent top rankings and awards for entrepreneurship programs at the Eccles School. […]
The Master of Business Creation (MBC) program at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business won the first-place prize in the professional-services category in the 2023 Utah Innovation Awards. The awards are managed by Utah Business and Foley & Lardner and concluded at an event on Oct. 30. “The awards recognize the state’s […]
The Master of Business Creation (MBC) program at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business continues to receive recognition for its unique approach to training and supporting working entrepreneurs. The Global Consortium of Entrepreneurship Centers (GCEC) presented the MBC program its award for “Excellence in Entrepreneurship Teaching and Pedagogical Innovation” at the organization’s […]
