The undergraduate entrepreneurship program at the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah — which includes the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute and Lassonde Studios — earned the No. 15 spot in the 2019 list of Best Undergraduate Business Programs in U.S. News and World Report. The program came it at No. 8 for […]
Three student startup teams received $5,138 in milestone grants at the Get Seeded Final Pitch Event in September 2018 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. […]
Get an overview of the High School Utah Entrepreneur Challenge at the University of Utah. The program is open to all high school students in the state ages 14-18. Learn more at lassonde.utah.edu/hsuec.
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
