Learn about some of the amazing student startup companies at the University of Utah. Students from all departments are inventing new products and starting businesses.
Rachyll Faeth, a marketing and entrepreneurship student at the University of Utah, and her brother Jonny Faeth, a design student are “helping the Earth in every way they can,” through their startup company, PureWare. As they were sitting in Miller Cafe at Lassonde Studios one day, they watched as people grabbed plastic utensils and then […]
Troy D’Ambrosio is a serial entrepreneur, assistant dean at the David Eccles School of Business and executive director of the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, which have a top 10 ranked program for entrepreneurship. He has been deeply engaged with countless startups companies as a founder, investor and mentor. D’Ambrosio knows what it takes to go from […]
Amber Barron, a student at the U studying material sciences and engineering, has created the first completely biodegradable menstrual pad. She worked on this project with current team members Amelia Heiner and Aruna Dhungel and former team members Alicia Dibble, Sarai Patterson, Ashlea Patterson and Ben Bradford. Working with Professor Jeff Bates, the team first […]
For most of us, getting stuck at a stoplight is a mild annoyance. For Mark Pittman, a JD-MBA graduate from the U, it was the start of a business opportunity. While sitting at a stoplight in 2014, Pittman thought of ways to improve traffic patterns. While an associate in the Pierre and Claudette Lassonde New […]
At just 14 years old, Olivia Washburn, a ninth grader at the American Heritage School, already has a head start on solving an important problem. Her invention, the Noisy NICU Cap, protects premature newborn babies from auditory damage. When Washburn learned that more than 70 percent of babies in the newborn intensive care unit (NICU) […]
Colton Gardner, who has a bachelor’s in finance from the U, co-founded Neighbor.com in 2016 to address the need of finding local storage that is both practical and affordable. He founded the company with Brigham Young University students Preston Alder and Joseph Woodbury. Neighbor is a platform that allows people to sell access to their […]
For outdoor enthusiasts, it can be difficult to access necessary equipment. Gear can be prohibitively expensive, and people who do own equipment might not use it enough to make the cost worth it. Tyler Sanford, Sam Tyler and Cara MacDonald created Rexhcanger, a startup to address this issue. MacDonald, who is studying communications with an […]
Seven student startup teams received $8,547 in milestone grants at the monthly Get Seeded Final Pitch Event at Lassonde Studios on April 29. See below for a list of teams and their product ideas. Get Seeded is a monthly milestone grant funding program open to all college students in Utah. The first step is to apply […]
Four student startup teams received $6,850 in milestone grants at the monthly Get Seeded Final Pitch Event at Lassonde Studios on March 25. See below for a list of teams and their product ideas. Get Seeded is a monthly milestone grant funding program open to all college students in Utah. The first step is to apply […]
The Mapping Otoscope, a device for detecting ear infections, won the grand prize and $25,000 at the 2019 Bench to Bedside competition at the Utah State Capitol on April 8. The program is managed by the Center for Medical Innovation at the University of Utah, in partnership with the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, and sponsored by […]
