Get advice for creating a new product and launching your idea. Our authors are faculty, staff, students and professionals. Read what lessons they can share about ideation, prototyping, company formation, law, marketing and more.
Pitchbook is a new business research database from the Marriott Library. PitchBook contains information on private equity deals, venture capital deals, mergers, acquisitions and more. Use PitchBook to establish benchmarks, find real-time data on deals and gather information on investors and competitors. Things you can do with Pitchbook Find valuation or financing of companies such […]
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 […]
Paul Brown is a professor in the Department of Entrepreneurship & Strategy Department at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business while serving as the James Lee Sorenson Presidential Chair and senior director at the Sorenson Impact Center. Outside of the classroom, Brown boasts experience in many fields: he previously was a partner […]
You’ve got an idea, you’re starting a company and like most people with an idea, you need some money to help get it started. You’ve already looked through the couch cushions, begged your parents for whatever they can spare, and the plasma center said your counts aren’t high enough for them, so now what? “Shark […]
The Adobe Creative Cloud suite of software is available for free to University of Utah students. The software has wide-ranging applications and uses, from photo and video editing to motion graphics and website development. Below is a useful guide from our friends at Adobe to help you understand how to get the most from Creative […]
We begin learning from books at a young age and continue the trend all the way through graduation. Today, through websites like Amazon and Google, you can learn just about anything on any topic. However, some things are easier to learn than others. For instance, how to change a light bulb can be as simple […]
Here is a handy set of patent tips from the team at the J. Willard Marriott Library at the University of Utah: Three Patent Types There are three types of patents. What kind of patent is best for your idea or prototype?: Utility patents – Granted for a process; machine or manufacture; composition of matter; […]
We had a clear vision when we started what is now the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute at the University of Utah — to create a program that welcomed all students to take a risk and learn by doing. We felt the key to engaging as many students as possible was to put students at the center of […]
J. Dustin Howell is our guest in this edition of the Live Create Launch Podcast. Our host Gavin Van Wagoner talks to Howell, an IP attorney at Workman Nydegger. Listen for insights into patents, trademarks and more about intellectual property. Howell’s experience runs deep in the subjects of physics, optics, mechanics and mechanical engineering, interests […]
Recently, we have seen a dramatic increase in the amount of capital available to technology entrepreneurs. A good example of how dramatic things have gotten is this article recently published by Business Insider detailing Masayoshi Son’s plan as CEO of Softbank’s Vision fund to flood startups with cash over the coming years. The article goes […]
