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Registration for the 2024-25 High School Utah Entrepreneur Challenge is now open. The statewide business-idea competition is open to all students in Utah ages 14-18. Teams compete for $30,000 in cash and scholarships. The registration deadline is Jan. 15, 2025. The competition is managed by the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute — a top-10 ranked, interdisciplinary division […]
Fifty-two founders enrolled for fall 2024 in the award-winning Master of Business Creation (MBC) program, which is provided by the Department of Entrepreneurship & Strategy in partnership with the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business. They will be accelerating their startup companies in this high-value and affordable program […]
The University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business continues to be recognized as a top program for entrepreneurship. In new rankings from U.S. News & World Report, its undergraduate program for entrepreneurship ranked No. 8 overall and No. 5 among public schools for 2025. The entrepreneurship program at the Eccles School is provided in […]
Nineteen founders graduated from the Master of Business Creation (MBC) Online at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business following the summer 2024 semester. This is the second group to graduate from the flexile, online option in this unique, affordable and award-winning program designed specifically for entrepreneurs, and follows the May graduation of […]
Co-founders Viral Shah and Dhaval Chokshi are making waves with their startup HelloGM, after graduating from the Master of Business Creation (MBC) program at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business in 2021. The company, which provides an innovative data analytics platform for hotels, recently sold the business and merged with Otelier (formally […]
The University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business ranks No. 12 overall (No. 5 among public schools) in the latest 2024 MBA rankings for entrepreneurship released recently by US News and World Report. In related rankings released earlier from US News and World Report, the Eccles School ranked No. 7 for undergraduate entrepreneurship (No. 4 among public […]
Powder Baby Dry Shampoo, a student startup from Brigham Young University that sells healthy and non-aerosol dry shampoo in five colors, won the $30,000 Simon Gibson Grand Prize and first place in the 2024 Utah Entrepreneur Challenge at a final awards and showcase event at University of Utah today. The statewide business-model competition is managed […]
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 […]
