A life-long love affair with cold brew coffee started for Darby Bailey McDonough when she moved to Los Angeles to work in the film and music industries in her early twenties. Fast forward to her working with three of her brothers’ successful coffee businesses in Salt Lake City and she continued to choose cold brew as […]
Category: Startups
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.
4 Student Startups Begin Intense Summer Program at U of Utah
While other university students are spending the summer traveling the world, exploring the outdoors and sleeping in, four student startup teams at the University of Utah are engaged in an intense program. By the end of the summer, they all hope to have grown substantially and to be selling their products. The startups are: Coffee […]
Stratus LEDs: Turning Night into Day with LED Lighting Technology
In late 2015 Daniel Riley posted a YouTube video of his scratch-built 1,000 watt LED flashlight. Within four days of being posted the video accumulated over 3 million views. “This proves there’s a big market out there for ultra bright LED lighting systems,” said Riley, a senior in the bachelor of University Studies program at the […]
U Alumnus Publishes “The Story Engine”
University of Utah alumnus Kyle Gray just published a new book to help you use content marketing to grow your company and brand. “The Story Engine” is an entrepreneur’s guide to content strategy and brand storytelling. The book makes the case that every entrepreneur has a story to tell, and it’s the most powerful asset […]
Get Seeded: Monthly Grant Program Awards $6,960 in April
Get Seeded held its final event for the school year on April 24, with over 130 in attendance from universities including the University of Utah, BYU, BYU-Hawaii, Western Governors, Salt Lake Community College, the University of Idaho, Utah State, as well as some from local high schools. There was a healthy mix of age and […]
The Society: A Card that Provides Perks & VIP Treatment
Vincent Van Gogh once said, “I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.” For many people this quote couldn’t be more accurate in describing how they feel about nightlife. Perhaps Van Gogh was not directly referring to late night restaurants, buzzing bars, downtown Irish themed pubs and […]
Tidbit: Unlocking Push Notifications for Small Businesses and Teams
Running their family small business required University of Utah senior Josh Cisar, a health promotion and education major, and his mother, Stephanie Webb, to wear several hats. Effective communication and creative promotion are a big part of successful business. To meet those needs they created Tidbit for their customers and employees. Prior to Tidbit, the […]
Year One at Lassonde Studios
When the University of Utah and David Eccles School of Business announced plans for Lassonde Studios, the people behind it said they wanted to create a place where students could “dream big and change the world.” After much anticipation, the unique, $45 million, copper-clad building opened in August 2016. Lassonde Studios merges an innovation space […]
Botpot: An Easier Way to Cook
Inspiration can come from anywhere or anyone, and for Britton Winterrose, it all began because he and his family realized they were not eating healthy. “I had this epiphany where tons of people go through this everyday,” Winterrose said. Beyond making more healthy food, he asked himself, “Can we create something that will let us […]
U Best in Nation for Technology Commercialization, says Milken Institute
The University of Utah is the top research university in the nation when it comes to commercializing technology innovations, according to the Milken Institute’s 2017 ranking of Best Universities for Technology Transfer. The U has “quietly evolved into one of the most prestigious research universities in the United States with a strong emphasis on commercializing […]