Seven student startup teams received milestone grants at the Get Seeded Final Pitch Event on Nov. 27 at Lassonde Studios. See below for a list of teams and their product ideas. Get Seeded is a monthly milestone grant funding program open to all college students in Utah. The first step is to apply online. Top […]
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Win $40,000 for Your Business Idea in the 2018 Utah Entrepreneur Challenge
The application is now open for the 2018 Utah Entrepreneur Challenge. Every year, this event provides college students the opportunity to compete for a $40,000 grand prize and more than $100,000 in cash and in-kind prizes. All college students in Utah are welcome to participate in this business-model competition. The registration deadline is Thursday, Feb. […]
10 Tips to Make an App People Will Care About
Over the past year, I have been working on an internet app startup called Blerp, which allows people to easily share audio clips. Through Blerp we have made multiple software applications for web and mobile devices. We have made many mistakes along our journey, but we have also learned a lot from these mistakes. Each […]
Situ: A Design Consultancy Reducing Textile Waste Worldwide
When Cameron Hooyer and Taylor Dickinson were preparing for their senior thesis in the University of Utah’s Multidisciplinary Design Program, they had no idea what they wanted to do. “I knew that both Cameron and I were raised in the mountains and deserts of Utah,” Dickinson said. “We both grew up backpacking and camping on […]
Weg’s Seasoning: Hand-blended Spices for All
Weg’s Seasoning is a company that can help “spice” up your life! The company was founded by Nathan Finch, a University of Utah MBA student. It specializes in hand-blended spices with no MSG or artificial flavors. Finch recently received a grant from the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute Get Seeded milestone funding program to further his business. We […]
Dirty Man Scrubs: Sustainable Body Scrubs for Men
First-year MBA student, Collin Straka, has spent the last year working for tech companies in the Bay Area, living the “Tiny House” life in a modified van. He says, with a laugh, that the most common question he received was, “Where do you shower?!” “I would go to the gym every day before work to […]
Chew on This: Free Bagels & Info about Living at Lassonde Studios
Come to our “Chew on This” info session for free bagels and information about living at Lassonde Studios. Join us on Monday, Nov. 27, at 10-noon in the Warnock Engineering Building (WEB) lobby or Monday, Dec. 4, at 10-noon in the Spencer Fox Eccles Business Building (SFEBB) lobby. Learn about the benefits of living in the […]
Make Project: How to Build a Cornhole Game Set
Watch our how-to video for making a cornhole game set. The game is also known as bean bag toss. Our Make program team explains step-by-step how to make this game using the tools and equipment at Lassonde Studios. All students at the University of Utah are welcome to use the tools. Learn more at […]
How to Know Your Idea Is Unique
Overlooking the importance of a new idea is one of the biggest mistakes of startup founders. A new idea is infinitely times better than a spin-off of an existing idea. If a product that looks and acts almost identical to your idea already exists, how can you compete? New and unique ideas have a better […]
ColoClean: All-in-One Colonoscopy Prep Kit
An estimated 22.4 million colonoscopies are performed in United States each year. To perform an effective colonoscopy, the patient’s colon must be cleared of any organic material. However, according to biomedical engineering freshman Tobi Yoon, that isn’t always the case. “Twenty-five percent of those patients don’t complete their prep or show up to their operation […]