Fifty-two founders from the U.S. and Africa were admitted for fall 2025 into the award-winning Master of Business Creation (MBC) program, which is provided by the Department of Entrepreneurship & Strategy in partnership with the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business. They will be accelerating their startup companies in this high-value program for […]
The Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute has a lot to offer students from across the University of Utah. Live at Lassonde Studios, create in the Make Space, launch in Company Launch, and much more. Watch this video for an overview from one of our student leaders about our many programs and ways to get involved. Learn […]
The University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business continues to be recognized as a top program for entrepreneurship. In new rankings from U.S. News & World Report, its undergraduate program for entrepreneurship ranked No. 8 overall (No. 5 among public schools) for 2026. The entrepreneurship program at the Eccles School is provided in partnership […]
Twenty-eight founders graduated from the Master of Business Creation (MBC) Online at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business following the summer 2025 semester. They graduated from the flexible, virtual option in this unique, affordable and award-winning program designed specifically for entrepreneurs. The group includes founders of 24 companies. (More than one founder enrolled for […]
The Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute FY 2025 Annual Report is now available (see link below). We’re excited to tell everyone about developments from our program ranked among the top-10 for entrepreneurship by U.S. News & World Report and the Princeton Review. In the last year, we have worked with 5,300 college students, 711 high school outreach […]
Something big is coming for rising high school entrepreneurs starting summer 2026. The Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute – a top-10-ranked, interdisciplinary division of the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business – is introducing the Lassonde Startup Academy, a unique, pre-college, summer program for aspiring business founders, makers, creators and doers. The Academy will allow […]
It’s long been assumed that a lack of funding is what prevents startups from launching or founders from even testing their ideas in the first place. That’s the idea Victor Bennett, professor in the Department of Entrepreneurship & Strategy at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business, was operating with. A startup owner […]
Scott Holley, a University of Utah alumnus, entrepreneur, and business executive, has joined the Lassonde Entrepreneurship Institute as its new executive director. Holley has vast experience in the world of entrepreneurship, particularly in cross-border manufacturing, consumer-branded products, and entrepreneurship through acquisition. Now, taking the helm on Lassonde’s 25th anniversary year, Holley has big plans. Sustaining […]
For speech-language pathologists (SLPs), performing accurate language assessments is crucial, but it’s also time-consuming. To tackle this problem, Levi Wilson, an entrepreneur from Utah, founded MISL.AI, an AI-powered platform designed to streamline the assessment process. MISL.AI merges powerful artificial intelligence with an academic framework called the Monitoring Indicators of Scholarly Language (MISL), developed by Sandi […]
Welcome to the Lassonde Startup Academy, a pre-college program for entrepreneurs, makers, builders, and doers provided by the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, a top-10 ranked program at the University of Utah. All high school students (ages 14-18) are welcome to enroll in this hands-on program to live, create, launch together. Live upstairs at Lassonde Studios, a […]
