Ruchi M. Watson teaches in the Department of Entrepreneurship & Strategy at the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah, while also serving as managing director of the Goff Strategic Leadership Center. Watson has many years of experience in academia, working on the dean’s team prior to becoming the managing director, but […]
The Lassonde Ambassador & Mentor Program is proudly sponsored by Jeff and Polly Unruh and the James A. Unruh Family Foundation. They support the program to enable first-generation and underrepresented University of Utah students. The ambassadors receive scholarships to engage the community and inspire other students to pursue their dream of earning a college degree. Why […]
Roughly 25-30 million people in the United States have not graduated from high school, and a company based in Utah and founded by a University of Utah alumni is doing something about it. Graduation Alliance partners with school districts, state agencies, and workforce boards across the country to provide online education and additional resources to […]
We have all heard the story of a young chef with a love for food, whose eagerness to share their passion pulls them into the glamorous lifestyle of being a business owner. This romanticized story leaves out the difficult details of starting your own business. Stepping into a market already saturated with large corporate restaurants […]
Registration for the 2020-21 Utah Entrepreneur Challenge is now open. All college students in Utah are welcome to participate in this statewide business-model competition. Teams are competing for $60,000 this year. The registration deadline is Feb. 8, 2021. The Utah Entrepreneur Challenge is managed by the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, a top 10 ranked program at […]
The family of the late Erin Valenti, a standout local entrepreneur, recently partnered with the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business to establish the Erin Valenti Leader in Entrepreneurship Endowed Scholarship starting in the 2020-21 academic year. The scholarship fund was initiated by donations from Valenti’s family, friends and […]
Meet some of the first students in our Lassonde Founders program and learn more about the program in this video. These students live, create, launch, and study together at Lassonde Studios at the University of Utah. They receive personalized coaching, startup resources, and scholarships to pursue their ideas and launch their businesses and futures. Learn […]
Here are photos from Lassonde Studios, Zoom, and other locations during this very unique fall semester. During the semester, our students have persevered through the pandemic to launch their ideas and futures while also having a lot of fun in the process. We invite all students at the University of Utah to get involved in […]
Three student startup teams received $1,485 in microgrants from the Get Seeded program in November. See below for a list of teams and their product ideas. Get Seeded is a milestone grant funding program open to all college students in Utah. The first step is to apply online. All university students in Utah are welcome […]
Watch this speed pitch from Taylor Randall, dean of the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah, to learn why you should join its top 10 ranked program for entrepreneurship led by the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute and Department of Entrepreneurship & Strategy. Randall delivered this pitch as an introduction to the inaugural […]
