The Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute at the University of Utah is excited to announce that the 2017 High School Utah Entrepreneur Challenge (HS UEC) competition registration is now open. All students throughout Utah, ages 14-18, are welcome to compete for a chance to win $30,000 in cash and scholarships. The competition is sponsored by Zions Bank. Students […]
All university students in Utah are welcome to participate in Get Seeded, our monthly grant program sponsored by Zions Bank. Upcoming events include the January Final Pitch event on Monday, Jan. 30, at 5-7 pm at Lassonde Studios. Attend to enjoy free pizza, vote on who gets funded, and learn more about current student startups. […]
The University of Utah was recently ranked as the best college in the country for aspiring entrepreneurs in 2016 by LendEDU, a student loan refinancing website. It ranked the top 50 colleges in the United States for their support for young entrepreneurs. The study focused on all opportunities for students interested in entrepreneurship, not just […]
Listen to our interview with Mark Pittman, a JD-MBA graduate of the University of Utah and founder of Blyncsy, a big data company providing sensors for tracking the movement of people. Lassonde Podcast RSS
Below are the videos for the top-10 teams in the 2016-2017 University of Utah Opportunity Quest competition. Find the full competition results here. Grand Prize Winner: Portal Power Other Top-10 Teams
The Index app, created by University of Utah students, in essence is a virtual business card. It puts all of your contact information — including social media accounts— into one spot. Not only that but it creates a QR code containing all of that information so that can easily be scanned by another Index user […]
Identify, refine, resolve. This design process is followed by Evan DeGray, a Lassonde Studios resident and Multi-Disciplinary Design major at the University of Utah in nearly all of his pursuits, and it has proven worthwhile and effective in both his academic and entrepreneurial ventures. Founder of Rugged Components LLC, a company borne out of a need […]
Ashley Langell is one of the University of Utah students behind Cinluma, a company providing a portable device for treating cervical cancer. Listen to our conversation with Langell as she explains her experience as a medical-device entrepreneur. Lassonde Podcast RSS
Talk with David Toledo, the founder of Power Practical and an engineering alumnus of the University of Utah. Toledo talks about his experience starting a consumer electronics company that received $250,000 in funding from Mark Cuban on ABC’s “Shark Tank.” Lassonde Podcast RSS
Listen to our interview with Kyle Gray, a University of Utah alumnus and author of “The College Entrepreneur.” In our discussion, Gray shares some of his tips and tricks for being a startup founder. Lassonde Podcast RSS
