If you haven’t yet heard of pickleball, you will soon. Pickleball is the fastest-growing sport in America. This sport with a funny name is enjoyed by grandparents, NBA players, children in PE, and the Hollywood elite alike. Katy Luxem, founder of Big Dill Pickleball Co., was drawn to the fun culture of pickleball and launched […]

Utah is home to some of the world’s most popular skiing and mountain biking, but for years, people have been using imperfect — and sometimes unusual — means to get their gear to the mountains. University of Utah entrepreneurship student James Linton and co-founder Charles McNall, a professional engineer, believe they have the answer. After […]

One creative company from Botswana is fighting to change the world. Well, more like cooking to change the world. The company is Maungo Craft, and they are doing this one incredibly delicious hot sauce at a time. Co-founder Bonolo Monthe recently graduated from the Master of Business Creation, a program offered at the University of […]

Lauren Hash turned her passion for healthy living into an online personal training company, explorWell, while studying exercise science at the University of Utah and participating in programs at the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute. Hash enjoyed playing sports in high school and college, not only because of the motivating team environment but also because of the […]

“To students who want to do it all and refuse to accept that they should settle for anything less. This book is for you. It will show you how you can,” reads the dedication page of Emily Erickson’s most recent book, “The Art of the A: A Guide to Earning Straight A’s In Middle and […]

Susma Gurung is turning her frustration into a business opportunity in the fashion industry. The marketing student at the University of Utah is a fashion entrepreneur, and she knows the struggle of gaining exposure and selling something new. To help herself and many young fashion entrepreneurs like her, Gurung created Off the Rack, a marketplace […]

Alex Moran always had a passion for entertainment, so it wasn’t a surprise when he found himself running haunted attractions to benefit local charities on the East Coast. But his interests took a turn when he discovered the world of gaming, which he felt encompassed everything he loved about books, films, and interactive media. However, […]

University of Utah biomedical engineering students Lauren Slattery, Emma Slominski, Robert Falconer, and Catie Augustine put the L-E-R-C into LERC Medical. The first letters of their names form the name of the company they formed to support the realization of their prototype of a dual-function esophageal probe. Esophageal probes are long probes inserted through the […]

During the Community-based Art Education program, master of fine art student Reilly Jensen said her favorite radical approach was “learn by doing.” She described how art has the power to integrate and tell a story. Jensen took the opportunity to learn “secrets” of artists, such as radical pedagogy, co-intentional educational approaches, and the power and […]

Maria Echavarria’s company, Opencontour, aims to simplify mine-planning software tools and empower new mining generations to embark on the journey. She is growing it with help from the Master of Business Creation program at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business. Echavarria and Opencontour’s founder, Russ Downer, created Opencontour from experiences with mining […]