While most startup companies are lucky to work in a dirty garage, 17 student startups at the University of Utah have space this summer at the new Lassonde Studios building. The teams are startups-in-residence in the Company Launch program provided by the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, a nationally ranked division of the David Eccles School of […]
Have you ever considered where the sidewalk ends? Late poet Shel Silverstein did, but most other people don’t give it a second thought – except those who must navigate them with difficulty. The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was enacted in 1990 to protect those who are not able-bodied from various forms of discrimination. Some […]
If you asked an average college student, “How do you spend your free time?,” you will usually get the answer, “I have no free time.” However, if you ask Aaron Hsu and Kepler Sticka-Jones, the founders of Blerp, the same question, they will tell you that they are working to build “the world’s biggest soundboard app.” […]
This isn’t a step-by-step guide to starting your first company; there are a million self-help books and TED talks with people who will tell you their “guaranteed method” to starting a million dollar company. But rather it’s a collection of the most important lessons I learned in my experiences as a college entrepreneur that I […]
College may be less social today than it’s ever been, but students are rallying together to start a movement to change this forever. This week, Hashtaggy — a student startup at the Lassonde Studios — released their iOS and Android application to all University of Utah students. Download the app here. As a great school […]
As friends who have known each other since sixth grade, it was only a matter of time before Katherine “Kate” Hull and Leentje Klingensmith joined forces to create startup company Survivor Solar Tech. Both business majors at the University of Utah David Eccles School of Business, Klingensmith and Hull’s passion for business and service were […]
Can you really have culture without food, or food without culture? Hossein Dadkhah and Shahrzad Jalili would say they go hand in hand, but many dining experiences may fail to present food within the appropriate cultural context. Dadkhah and Jalili share a passion for travel, along with the desire to provide people with a uniquely […]
We can all agree that fitness and health are extremely important. Similar to entrepreneurship, being healthy requires a lot of dedication and hard work. There are constantly boundaries being pushed and limits being broken. One Lassonde student, Michael Asihene, is at the forefront of innovation in this sector. In 2014, Asihene had an idea. He […]
Finding vintage clothing can be difficult. Especially when it involves digging through racks of clothes and multiple stores in hopes of finding that one piece you’re looking for. Then when you finally do find the perfect piece, it’s overpriced … by hundreds of dollars. If it’s not overpriced, it’s extremely outdated. But not in a […]
When Ryan Bliss first arrived at the University of Utah, he was told exactly what to expect: lifelong friendships and a never-ending amount of social events. But what he experienced was much different. Students were socializing less and using social media more. According to a study done by UCLA, college is the least social it […]
