The Utah Entrepreneur Challenge (UEC), the state’s largest collegiate entrepreneur competition, announced the top 20 teams for 2019 today. Hundreds of students from colleges across the state entered the business-model competition. The teams are competing for over $100,000 in cash and prizes, including a $40,000 grand prize. The winners will be determined at a final […]
Here are photos from our events and activities in January 2019 at LassondeStudios and other places. During the month, we hosted a Finding Collaborators Meetups event, built serving trays and dorm decor in our Make It activities, awarded grants through Get Seeded and Opportunity Quest, traveled to South America in the Global Entrepreneur Program, and […]
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 […]
Started by University of Utah MBA student Nana Ewusi-Emmim two years ago, NipaYe is a breastfeeding-help company focused on assisting mothers to produce milk for their babies. With help from the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, she is developing a tool she hopes will be more comfortable and easier to use than what is currently on the […]
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 […]
It comes as no surprise that Jay Barney is the most cited professor at the University of Utah, according to Google Scholar. Not after reviewing his work that is. Barney is currently the presidential professor of strategic management, the Lassonde chair of social entrepreneurship and the editor-in-chief for “The Academy of Management Review,” ranked first or […]
Lyda Bigelow, an associate professor in the Department of Entrepreneurship & Strategy at the David Eccles School of Business, believes in value. Value comes from many places in her highly trained eyes — as a former associate in the world of corporate finance at Kidder, Peabody & Company before beginning an illustrious career in the […]
Spoonful is a student startup selling cereal by the bowl and delivers cereal anywhere at the University of Utah by using its newly release app on the Apple App Store. It sounds like a lot of fun (and it is!), but the company started as a solution to a serious problem. The company’s mission from the beginning […]
Clockwork Forge Games is a video-game development team led by Entertainment Arts & Engineering students at the University of Utah. With the release of their first game, “Hyperborean Charter,” the team is excited to show everyone the world they’ve built. “Hyperborean Charter” takes place in the far north in a climate like the Klondike and […]
