Jaron Hall is our guest in this edition of the Live Create Launch Podcast. Our host Gavin Van Wagoner talks to Hall, the founder of Utah Maids and recent graduate from the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah. Listen for insights into the startup process and being a young entrepreneur […]
Jay Barney is our guest in this edition of the Live Create Launch Podcast. Our host Gavin Van Wagoner talks to Barney, a strategy scholar and presidential professor in the Entrepreneurship & Strategy Department at David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah. Listen for tips and insights into business strategy and the […]
Have you ever been somewhere new and wished you had a local to show you around? If the answer is yes, you need to know about The Local. It’s a new tourism app and website being developed by a team of students at the University of Utah. They won first place in the spring 2018 […]
In a new study, Amazon ranked Utah No. 1 in a list of the Top 10 Most Entrepreneurial States with the most small and medium-sized businesses per capita selling on Amazon. “It is exciting to see Utah at the top of our list ahead other great entrepreneurial states like California and New York,” said Nicholas Denissen, […]
Learn how to solve social problems using business skills by enrolling in the new course in Social Entrepreneurship (ENTP 2030) offered by the Department of Entrepreneurship & Strategy at the David Eccles School of Business. The course will be offered for the first time during the fall 2018 semester. It is open to students in […]
Fertility issues can be physically and emotionally taxing for couples that can be exacerbated by the financial strain associated with assisted reproductive technology. For many people, trying to start a family, which should be the happiest time of their lives, can become draining. These sentiments are shared by 12 to 13 percent of United States […]
This week, CleanFare, a student startup working at the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, launched a public beta test of their new mobile app. CleanFare aims to help clean up the air in Salt Lake City by diverting commuters away from using personal vehicles and encouraging them to take more “green” modes of transportation such as walking, […]
Hundreds of students and 86 student teams competed in the Business Scholars Innovation Showcase on Friday, April 13, in Lassonde Studios at the University of Utah. Each of the teams consisted of first-year students in the Business Scholars program at the David Eccles School of Business. The teams spent months developing product ideas before competing […]
Seven student startup teams received milestone grants at the Get Seeded Final Pitch Event in March 2018 at Lassonde Studios. 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 online. Top teams advance […]
Utah’s top high school entrepreneurs won $20,000 in cash and prizes at the 2018 High School Utah Entrepreneur Challenge (HSUEC) Final Awards and Showcase event on April 7 at the University of Utah’s Lassonde Studios. The program is managed by the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, a division of the David Eccles School of Business, and sponsored […]
