President Barack Obama proclaimed Nov. 22, National Entrepreneurs’ Day to celebrate men and women who start businesses, create jobs and build a stronger economy. The University of Utah fosters and encourages entrepreneurs of tomorrow through mentorship, support, education and a large variety of programs. Students from the University of Utah have successfully launched businesses such […]
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University of Utah Announces Games4health Challenge
UPDATE (01-16-14): Games4Health will be hosting a kickoff event on Jan. 21 at 6 p.m. on the 7th floor of the Spencer Fox Eccles Business Building. All students are welcome to attend to learn more about the competition. Send questions to jddeesing@gmail.com. UPDATE (01-16-14): The Games4Health competition will have three tracks: storyboard track, video track […]
New Entrepreneur Certificate Offered at U
More and more students want to be their own boss, and the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business is answering that demand with a new Interdisciplinary Certificate in Entrepreneurship for undergraduate students. Available to every student, regardless of their major, the certificate adds to the business school’s already nationally recognized entrepreneurship program. “Entrepreneurship […]
U Ranked among Top Schools for Entrepreneurship
The David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah has ranked among the top-25 schools for entrepreneurship for the third-straight year in the annual survey by the Princeton Review released today. The graduate program at the David Eccles School of Business ranked 23rd among more than 2,000 institutions across the country. “We have […]
Utah Autism Foundation Donates $50K for U Project
The iSTAR project, a unique effort at the University of Utah that teaches kids on the autism spectrum how to use computer software to help them develop professional and social skills, received a $50,000 donation from the Utah Autism Foundation to develop and expand the initiative. iSTAR teaches kids on the spectrum how to use […]
U startup invited to esteemed entrepreneurial forum
A new University of Utah startup company received an invitation to attend the prestigious Siemens New Ventures Forum in June in Berkeley, Calif. Only 12 of more than 100 applicants were invited to attend the exclusive forum, which provides startups an opportunity to perfect their business pitch and network with Siemens, a global electronic health […]
Teddy bears, mechanical leeches and brain drill bits
Teddy bears, mechanical leeches, brain drill bits and many more prototypes are not things you would expect to see at a typical student competition. But the annual Bench-2-Bedside competition at the University of Utah is anything but typical. Bench-2-Bedside is a medical-device prototype and business-plan competition that just concluded its third season. Eighteen teams competed, […]
PowerPot turns heat and water into electricity
Camping in the backcountry may never be the same. Power Practical, a student startup that sprang from research at the University of Utah, is selling a portable cook pot that transforms heat and water into a power source. Imagine charging your cellphone or using speakers in the mountains at night far from civilization. That’s what […]
Student entrepreneurs shine at Utah Entrepreneur Challenge
Owlet Baby Monitors, a student team from Brigham Young University, won the grand prize of $40,000 at the 2013 Utah Entrepreneur Challenge (UEC) during the recent awards banquet. The UEC is a statewide student business plan competition sponsored by Zions Bank and hosted by the Utah Entrepreneur Series, a division of the Lassonde Entrepreneur Center […]
U of Utah, Lassonde Center fuel state’s No. 1 rank for small business
A respected online platform for hiring local contractors and a foundation focused on entrepreneurship have ranked Utah as the No. 1 state for small business. In putting together the ranking, Thumbtack.com and the Kaufman Foundation collected 7,766 responses from very small businesses across the country—96 percent of respondents have fewer than 10 employees. When announcing […]