The top-20 teams in the 2022 Utah Entrepreneur Challenge were announced today. The student startup teams advance to the final round of this statewide business-model competition that is open to all college students in Utah. Teams are competing for $60,000 in cash and prizes, including a $20,000 grand prize. The winners will be announced on […]
Meet students in our Lassonde Founders program for 2021-22 and learn more about the program in this video. These students live, create, launch, and study together at Lassonde Studios at the University of Utah. They receive personalized coaching, startup resources, and scholarships to pursue their ideas and launch their businesses and futures. Learn more about […]
Eight student startup teams received $7,500 in Get Seeded milestone grants in the round ending in January 2022. This includes regular grants and microgrants for this period. See below for a list of teams and their product ideas. The final event for the regular grants was hosted at Lassonde Studios. It included live startup pitches, […]
The Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute and David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah recently launched the Cameron Russell Williams Legacy Scholarship to honor Cameron Russell Williams, the beloved late Utah technology innovator, community leader and entrepreneur. Continuing Williams’ quest for economic empowerment for all, the scholarship seeks to create a more diverse and […]
The Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute – a top-10 ranked division of the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah – welcomed the second group of Lassonde Founders for the 2021-22 academic year. Thirty-eight students, including some students returning to the program for the second year, were admitted into the new residential entrepreneur program […]
Affordable, quality leather products can be extremely hard to come by, but University of Utah student and business administration major Giovanni Bastone has a solution. He is the founder of Highborn Leather, which focuses on creating heirloom-quality leather products at a price that won’t break the bank. He is growing the company with support from […]
A medicinal chemical in hemp that does not cause a high, CBD (or cannabidiol) has recently gained traction after its nationwide legalization in 2018 with many companies emerging into the market. One of them is Acrely Farms, a company in the Master of Business Creation (MBC) program this year at the University of Utah’s David […]
Meet the 23 startup teams in our Company Launch program at Lassonde Studios for spring 2022. Find a complete list below. They are working in areas ranging from hair products to food waste. Company Launch offers these startups office space at Lassonde Studios, cohort gatherings, workshops, staff coaches, professional consultants, and more. All students at the […]
One of the first startups to graduate from the Master of Business Creation (MBC) program at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business, Cinch just raised a $3 million seed-stage financing round to grow its marketing automation software. Founder Justin Rae, CEO, enrolled in the MBC program in 2019-2020, the inaugural year for […]
Meet the Master of Business Creation (MBC) program founders during the 2021-22 academic year. They are growing their businesses in this unique, 9-month program at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business. Learn more at eccles.utah.edu/mbc.
