After years of searching the back of shoe stores for anything above a size 10, Danielle King knew something had to change. As a 5’11” woman wearing a size 11.5, King often found it discouraging to shop for stylish, high-quality shoes. Now part of the Master of Business Creation (MBC) program at the University of […]
Dante Suzuki spent the summer before his senior year of high school in a Georgetown University Medical Center lab, watching zebrafish twitch under a seizure-inducing drug and trying to teach a computer to spot the stages of epilepsy. That summer set the trajectory for the University of Utah computer science student, who is now the […]
As the son of an entrepreneur, Benson Tracy understands the frustrations with ineffective marketing. He is the founder of Thalio, an AI-powered marketing technology service that aims to streamline the content creation process. A senior entrepreneurship student at the University of Utah, Tracy didn’t originally plan to start a company. He entered college on a […]
For most Utah drivers, vehicle emissions testing is what one customer calls his “annual agony” — a required government errand that means burning an hour in a waiting room, coordinating rides, or taking time off work just to keep a car legally registered. Daniel Diehl knows the feeling firsthand as the founder of Mobile Emissions […]
Adam Garrison was mixing supplements at home for his girlfriend when he noticed a problem. Nothing on the shelf was built for the way a woman’s body actually works — cycling through four distinct hormonal phases each month, each with its own nutritional demands. So he started building something that was. Garrison, a professional MBA […]
Located in the lobby of Lassonde Studios, Miller Café is one of the most popular dining spots on the University of Utah campus. The Miller Grill serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, featuring a variety of student favorites throughout the day. Guests can choose from made-to-order meals, sandwiches, smoothies, snacks, beverages, grab-and-go items, and more. The […]
We hosted our annual Lassonde Demo Day on April 29, 2026, at Lassonde Studios. At this event, we invite everyone to join us to meet student startup teams, honor our student leaders, and celebrate the end of the year. Watch this video for highlights from this year’s event. Learn more about Lassonde Demo Day at […]
UV Sense, a University of Utah startup focused on skin cancer monitoring, was a semi-finalist in America’s Startup, a national collegiate startup competition created to spotlight early-stage business ideas with the potential to drive America’s future economic, technological, and societal progress. UV Sense produces hardware and software technology that enables users to track their real-time […]
Team ARSS has been named the Grand Prize winner of the 16th Annual Bench to Bedside Competition, hosted by the University of Utah’s Center for Medical Innovation (CMI), for its automated patient repositioning system designed to prevent pressure ulcers and reduce caregiver injury. ARSS (Automated Repositioning Support System) replaces manual patient turning with a disposable glide sheet […]
Browse photos from Demo Day 2026. At this annual event, the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute welcomed dozens of student entrepreneurs at the University of Utah to celebrate the end of the year by showcasing their products and services. Learn more at lassonde.utah.edu/demo.
