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Spot Parking: Innovating New Plans for Parking
Trying to find parking in a crowded area is a notoriously frustrating issue for drivers everywhere, and this problem is especially infamous on college campuses. Spot Parking, one of the prize winners of the 2024 Utah Entrepreneur Challenge, is an entrepreneurial effort to counteract these issues and turn parking into an orderly effort. Dean Smith, […]
Lassonde Events Calendar: Fall 2024
The Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute events calendar for fall 2024 is now available in print and online formats. See links below. We have many events and opportunities planned for the semester. We have Make Space hours, grants, workshops, mentor hours, application deadlines, entrepreneur classes through the Department of Entrepreneurship & Strategy, and more. All University of […]
Photo Gallery: Summer at Lassonde 2024
Here are the photos from events and activities at Lassonde Studios in summer 2024. This summer, we built things in our Make Space, attended Workshops, pitched for startup grants, met new people, and more. Find upcoming events here: lassonde.utah.edu/calendar.
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 […]
Juice Artistry: Custom and Sustainable Bracelets
University of Utah business and ethics student Houston Brackett is an innovative artist, with a love of creation and purpose. He is the founder of Juice Artistry, a self-made startup focusing on making fashionable, eco-friendly accessories, such as handbags and bracelets. “Juice” is a family nickname of Houston, and “Artistry” refers to the artistry aspect […]
Independent Notion: A Customer-Led Clothing Brand
Designing clothing has always been Aleksander Hender’s creative outlet. That’s why he launched Independent Notion, which offers unique clothing, accessories, and footwear, all designed in-house. He is now growing the startup in the Master of Business Creation (MBC) program at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business. “I taught myself how to sew […]
HelloGM Acquired by Otelier
Co-founders Viral Shah and Dhaval Chokshi are making waves with their startup HelloGM, after graduating from the Master of Business Creation (MBC) program at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business in 2021. The company, which provides an innovative data analytics platform for hotels, recently sold the business and merged with Otelier (formally […]
The Allergy Card: Custom Allergy Cards for Worry-Free Dining
Ben McCloskey, a senior studying entrepreneurship at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business, wants to eliminate the struggle of explaining food allergies when ordering food. He is doing this as the co-founder of The Allergy Card, a startup company that allows users to create and print their own allergy and food restriction […]
The Menlove Group: Home Remodeling and Landscaping
University of Utah student Morgan Menlove is the creator and beating heart of The Menlove Group (formerly called Vamp Pro Services). The company is currently focused on remodeling and landscaping for real-estate investors. As a freshman at the University of Utah studying finance and real estate, Menlove wanted to get as much as he could […]