Erik Smith, the founder of Board Budder, a company specializing in 100% plant-based snowboard and ski wax, is not just creating a product: he’s pioneering a movement toward sustainable and eco-friendly practices in the snow sports industry. He is working toward this goal and growing his business in the Master of Business Creation (MBC) program […]
Sometimes we think our lives are miserable and we don’t have enough. No matter how bad it is, there is always someone who has it worse. The biggest lesson I had is that we always should be grateful for whatever situation we have. Coming from a poor environment, I grew up without basic resources, sitting […]
Endless opportunities and innovation possibilities exist for companies to take on. However, most companies have only so many resources to use, so the trick is identifying the ideas with the most potential. How can companies decipher ideas and find the best ones? An up-and-coming technology, artificial intelligence, can help with this. In a workshop entitled […]
The Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, a top-10 ranked program at the University of Utah, and the David Eccles School of Business awarded over $1.5 million in scholarships and tuition waivers to over 140 student entrepreneurs for the 2023-24 academic year. Most of the scholarships come with the opportunity to gain leadership skills and experience while managing […]
The University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business is ranked No. 2 for undergraduate and No. 3 for graduate entrepreneurship education in the West in new rankings from the Princeton Review for 2024. The rankings are the latest in a series of recent top rankings and awards for entrepreneurship programs at the Eccles School. […]
Five student startup teams received $4,480 in Get Seeded milestone grants in the round ending in October 2023. See below for a list of teams and their product ideas. The final pitch event for regular grants was held at Lassonde Studios. It included live startup pitches, free food, and public voting to determine who received […]
Skiing, camping, fishing, hiking — you name it, and Logan Going probably does it. A born-and-raised outdoor enthusiast from Oregon, the business major at the University of Utah is turning his passion for the outdoors into an enterprising startup, Going Outdoors. Going’s business seeks to solve problems with outdoor activities that the founder himself experiences. […]
Aren Naegeli, a biomedical engineering student at the University of Utah and the engineer behind Naegeli Footworks, is dedicated to revolutionizing the orthotics industry. Her approach integrates traditional orthotic components with modular designs, creating more accessible and user-friendly solutions for individuals who suffer from foot and ankle pain due to congenital or degenerative conditions or […]
Meet Chase Martin, an operations and supply chain major from the University of Utah, and partner Jax Pieretti, a marketing major. Their venture, Java Vending, aims to revolutionize the coffee experience for students. Their mission is to provide high-quality, affordable coffee conveniently located around campus. The inspiration behind Java Vending came during Martin’s study abroad […]
In an interconnected world where diversity is celebrated, language barriers still persist, even in the realm of entertainment. For movie enthusiasts, the thrill of watching films on the big screen can be dampened by a significant limitation — the language in which movies are presented. Most movie theaters predominantly show films in a single language, […]
