On your next movie night or slow afternoon, don’t waste time watching trailers for hundreds of different movies just to end up playing old episodes of “The Office.” We compiled the list of best movies for entrepreneurs, so you’ll have the essential watch-list at your fingertips to not only to speed up your selection process, […]
Category: Tips & Tricks
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.
How to Name Your Startup Company
A clear, memorable, and unique company name can make your business successful just as much as a bad name can break your marketing strategy. To help you choose one, we asked founders in our community at the University of Utah’s Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute and other businesses around Salt Lake City for advice. Here are their […]
10 Habits Every Entrepreneur Should Have
Every entrepreneur is different, but surprisingly, their habits are not. We interviewed entrepreneurs, professors, and alumni from the Lassonde Entrepreneurial Institute and David Eccles School of Business to learn about the daily habits that have led to their success. Below are the 10 most common habits we heard. Read more about them, ask yourself how […]
20 Best Tools & Resources for Entrepreneurs
Whether you’re a seasoned entrepreneur, student studying entrepreneurship, or corporate employee curious about working for yourself, you can benefit from learning how to use tools favored by entrepreneurs. We talked to students, faculty, and alumni from the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business and Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute and asked them what they use […]
How I Launched the Big Red Jelly Digital Agency at Lassonde
Before entering my senior year at the University of Utah in 2016, the brand new Lassonde Studios building was completed and opened to students. From the first time I heard about the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute and saw the building, I instantly knew I had to be involved. That school year I completely and totally immersed […]
Yes, Entrepreneurship Can be Learned (Here’s How)
As the world gets more complicated, more problems need solving. Luckily, according to seasoned academics and successful entrepreneurs alike, out-of-the-box thinkers, problem-solvers and entrepreneurs aren’t born — they’re grown. We saw how entrepreneurship can be learned in conversations with professors in the Department of Entrepreneurship and Strategy at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School […]
5 Tips to Success as a Female Business Owner
In the last decade, the number of women in entrepreneurship skyrocketed worldwide. At the same time, more schools and universities are starting to offer courses and degrees in entrepreneurship related skills. Still, female entrepreneurs, like many other women in business, face special roadblocks to success, from lack of confidence to limited market access or representation. […]
What Does it Mean to be an Entrepreneur?
Famous people such as Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, and Caterina Fake represent what a successful entrepreneur can become. As college students we strive to achieve this kind of success, but what does this mean for you? Students at the University of Utah have produced many campaigns, ideas, and became entrepreneurs. We interviewed some of them […]
Pierre Lassonde’s 10 Rules of Life
The founder of the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, Pierre Lassonde, has 10 rules of life he follows. Find them below. He offered these rules during his commencement address in 2006, when he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Utah. Lassonde attended the University of Utah with his late wife, Claudette, and received his MBA […]
8 Tips for Getting Started as an Entrepreneur in High School
We know you have big ideas – ones that might disrupt industries, make lives easier, and launch your career. That’s why we’ve compiled a list of tips for you to get started as an entrepreneur while still in high school. These tips come from our top-ranked community of student entrepreneurs at the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, […]