Twenty-six founders are expected to graduate in the class of 2023 from the award-winning Master of Business Creation (MBC) Full-Time program at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business after finishing the 2022-23 academic year in May. This is the fourth group to graduate from this unique program designed specifically for entrepreneurs. The […]
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How to Determine Your Company Valuation
We can often confuse price with cost. Fundamentally, price and cost have many similarities. However, understanding how to price your product or services beyond consideration for standard costs will prevent you from leaving profits on the table. Chad Jardine is the CEO and a founding partner at CMO Zen, a fractional CMO firm specializing in […]
How to Identify a Customer Profile
There’s a saying that if you are serving everyone, you are serving no one. As a business owner, you may be tempted to believe that widening your customer base will allow you to profit more than if you niche down, but you would be wrong. Stephanie Geisler shared this advice and personal examples in a […]
Inspirational Quotes at Lassonde Studios
At Lassonde Studios, we have a tradition of asking our residents and student leaders to submit inspirational quotes at the end of the year. We then select the best ones to install permanently in the stairways. We hope these quotes will inspire many more students to do dream big and change the world. We also […]
Company Launch Startup Teams For Summer 2023
Meet the 32 startup teams in our Company Launch program at Lassonde Studios for summer 2023. They are a diverse group of students working in many different industries. Find a complete list below. Company Launch offers these startup teams office space at Lassonde Studios, cohort gatherings, workshops, staff coaches, peer mentors, and more. All students at the […]
Entrepreneurship Majors Report Career Success
Majoring in entrepreneurship is paying off in more ways than one for graduates from the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business and its Department of Entrepreneurship & Strategy. While many entrepreneurship graduates are launching companies and working for themselves, many others are applying the skills they learned – including business development and creative […]
Three S Lassonde Student Leadership Award Established
The Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute announced the new Three S Lassonde Student Leadership Award to celebrate student leaders and selected the first recipient recently. The award was created through the vision and generosity of Jack Brittain, a Lassonde faculty chair and former dean of the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business. He established the […]
Q&A: A History of the Utah Entrepreneur Challenge
In 1999, University of Utah student Stuart Fetzer had a vision – to start a business plan competition modeled after competitions offered at MIT and Stanford. Along with Seth Shaner, Fetzer created the Utah Entrepreneur Challenge (UEC), a business-plan competition for college students across the state of Utah. Fetzer and Shaner both graduated from the […]
Q&A: A History of the Lassonde New Venture Development Center
Scott Holley was the first student director of the Pierre and Claudette MacKay Lassonde New Venture Development Center, a division of the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute at the University of Utah, and one of the first student leaders at Lassonde. He graduated from the University of Utah in 2002 with a BS in finance. The New […]
U. of Utah Ranked No. 12 for MBA Entrepreneurship (No. 5 Among Public Schools) by U.S. News
The University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business ranks No. 12 overall (No. 5 among public schools) in the latest MBA rankings for entrepreneurship released recently by US News and World Report. The rankings are for the year 2024. In related rankings released earlier from US News and World Report, the Eccles School ranked No. 5 for undergraduate […]