While the mental health crisis in the United States continues, people across the country are doing more to help young people improve their lives with better mental health resources. At the forefront of this well-being push is WeBeWell, a Utah startup that teaches people (especially college students and youth) skills from positive and clinical psychology […]
With the e-commerce business model on the rise, it is imperative that companies have safe and reliable shipping solutions to get their product safely from one place to another. Gorilla Packaging Company serves this need providing high-quality packaging options for a vast array of products – wine, spirits, beer, beverages, cans, condiments, olive oil, jam […]
Dolly and Phil Casper, a husband and wife team who are enrolled in the Master of Business Creation program at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business, are co-founders of STOHZ, a company devoted to making stowing your AirPods a lot easier. Their product, called the STOHZ PIN, is a small, lightweight, AirPod […]
The NBA All-Star 2023 Weekend and Game brought more than exceptional basketball talent and excitement to Salt Lake City. It also brought attention and opportunity to Black entrepreneurs through the first-ever NBA All-Star Pitch Competition, which was hosted through a partnership between the Utah Black Chamber, the NBA, and the NBA Foundation. A founder in […]
The new Master of Business Creation (MBC) Online program option welcomed the inaugural class of founders for 2023-24 at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business this semester. The MBC is an academic offering of the Department of Entrepreneurship & Strategy in partnership with the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute. Both are part of the […]
Metopio provides easy-to-use tools to help everyday people understand populations and places and make better decisions regardless of their data-science experience – something that was missing in the data landscape, according to co-founder Angie Grover. She is leveraging the resources and expertise delivered in the Master of Business Creation (MBC) Online program at the University […]
A 2018 paper titled “Medication Adherence: The Elephant in the Room” begins with a bombshell: “According to the World Health Organization, medication adherence can have a more direct impact on patient outcomes than the specific treatment itself. Medication adherence can affect quality and length of life, health outcomes, and overall healthcare costs. Nonadherence can account […]
Maria Echavarria’s company, Opencontour, aims to simplify mine-planning software tools and empower new mining generations to embark on the journey. She is growing it with help from the Master of Business Creation program at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business. Echavarria and Opencontour’s founder, Russ Downer, created Opencontour from experiences with mining […]
Before starting James Street Co., Jess Reese didn’t think she could work in the fashion world. It seemed unattainable — like a made-up job. Now, four years after starting the luxury knitwear brand, she can’t imagine doing anything else. Reese started James Street Co. out of her basement. In the beginning, everything was knit to […]
After growing tired of running a staffing agency for several years, Trevor Darby realized he could pivot in a completely new direction with his work — and use entrepreneurship to make that happen. He is now pursuing this dream with help from the Master of Business Creation (MBC) program at the University of Utah’s David […]
