The Bench to Bedside 2018-19 season begins this month with a Kick-Off Event on Monday, Sept. 17, and concludes with the Competition Night in April 2019. Top teams are awarded more than $140,000 in prize money to support further project development. This exciting and vibrant program at the University of Utah introduces multi-disciplinary students to […]
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Lassonde 400 L3 Move-In Photos
We welcome our L3 residents and students leaders in August 2018. We’re excited to see what the year brings and what everyone accomplishes this year. Watch our website and social media for updates, and enjoy the photo gallery below from our move-in week.
On Growing Your Company
When it comes to growing a business, no matter what you call it — accelerating or hitting the gas — venture investors want to see GROWTH. Find a Pattern, then Product-Market Fit In the beginning of building your business, you will stumble and fall, and the more you perceive, the more you’ll learn. Eventually, this […]
2018-19 Company Launch Startup Teams
Here’s a look at the 2018-19 startups in the Company Launch space (in alphabetical order): Aid Me — Aid Me is a non-profit company that focuses on creating value between the hospital and patient by using a cost-sharing approach to help patients in need pay for their medical bills. Bushwhack — Bushwhack is an outdoor equipment […]
So, You Think You’re Ready to Start a Company?
You think you’re ready to start a company and want to know what you should do first. To borrow the phrase made famous by Nike, Just Do It. At the beginning of a new business, you have a spark of imagination or something you’ve been working on for a while. At some point, you decide […]
Blerp Chatbot Now Available on Discord
The Blerp app has developed a new chatbot that is gaining popularity. The company, which launched at the University of Utah with help from the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, released the chatbot on Discord, a communication platform used heavily by gamers to voice chat while playing games with friends, family or, if they’re lucky, celebrities. The Blerp […]
To Accelerate or Not to Accelerate?
Accelerators come in all shapes and sizes: a ranch-style house in Silicon Valley, a formal program with fancy hotel rooms, professional coaches or, most commonly, co-working spaces with mentorship programs that provide small amounts of cash to build your business. Accelerators are not for everyone, and you should make sure the one you’re considering is […]
5 Steps to a Better Marketing Plan
How many acronyms, charts and consultations have you gone through just trying to find the right marketing strategy? While it is true that every product and business needs an individualized approach, there are some universal truths that pop up in every marketing campaign. Tyler Tate, marketing expert (see some of his work at tsquaredsports.com), offers […]
Make Your Startup’s Accounting Accountable
Money managed well makes for a well-managed company. Hiring a bookkeeper or financial assistant may not be feasible for your business right now, but that does not mean that responsible and effective accounting principles cannot be implemented to help run your business. Though a seemingly daunting task, Matt Orton, CPA and senior tax manager at […]
3 Tips for Successful Prototyping
There is a fine line between prototypes and final products … or is there? Time, money and public appeal shape the creation of a new product and are constantly evolving, making the time at which a product hits the market critical to its success. Kyle Muir exemplifies this concept with Apple: the iPhone generations have […]