Registration for the 2024-25 Utah Entrepreneur Challenge is now open. All college students in Utah from participating colleges and universities are welcome to enter this statewide business-model competition. Teams are competing for $75,000 in cash and prizes this year. The registration deadline is Feb. 20, 2025. The Utah Entrepreneur Challenge is managed by the Lassonde […]
Topic: Utah Entrepreneur Challenge
Spot Parking: Innovating New Plans for Parking
Trying to find parking in a crowded area is a notoriously frustrating issue for drivers everywhere, and this problem is especially infamous on college campuses. Spot Parking, one of the prize winners of the 2024 Utah Entrepreneur Challenge, is an entrepreneurial effort to counteract these issues and turn parking into an orderly effort. Dean Smith, […]
GeoTechnical Rock Lab: Sustainable Oil and Gas Extraction
GeoTechnical Rock Lab, a startup founded by an MBA student and alumni from the University of Utah, aims to reshape oil and gas extraction to create a more sustainable future. The company uses various subsurface geology methods to test and examine rocks. Examination insights can increase the efficiency of drilling techniques. GeoTechnical Rock Lab was […]
Video: 2024 Utah Entrepreneur Challenge Final Awards & Showcase
Watch our video featuring the 2024 Utah Entrepreneur Challenge Final Awards & Showcase. Teams from across the state competed in this business-model competition for $100,000 in cash and prizes. Learn more about the competition here: https://lassonde.utah.edu/uec
Photo Gallery: Utah Entrepreneur Challenge 2024 Final Event
Browse photos from the Utah Entrepreneur Challenge 2024 final awards event on March 23, 2024, at the University of Utah. College entrepreneur from across the state competed for more than $100,000 in cash and prizes. Learn more about the competition at lassonde.utah.edu/uec.
Powder Baby Dry Shampoo Wins $30,000 Grand Prize at 2024 Utah Entrepreneur Challenge
Powder Baby Dry Shampoo, a student startup from Brigham Young University that sells healthy and non-aerosol dry shampoo in five colors, won the $30,000 Simon Gibson Grand Prize and first place in the 2024 Utah Entrepreneur Challenge at a final awards and showcase event at University of Utah today. The statewide business-model competition is managed […]
Finalists Announced in 2024 Utah Entrepreneur Challenge
The Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute at the University of Utah announced the finalist teams in the 2024 Utah Entrepreneur Challenge this week. The student startup teams advance to the final round of this business-model competition for college students across the state. Teams are competing for over $100,000 in cash and prizes, including a $30,000 grand prize. The […]
Win $100,000 in the 2023-24 Utah Entrepreneur Challenge
Registration for the 2023-24 Utah Entrepreneur Challenge is now open. All college students in Utah from participating colleges and universities are welcome to participate in this statewide business-model competition. Teams are competing for $100,000 in cash and prizes this year. The registration deadline is Feb. 21, 2024. The Utah Entrepreneur Challenge is managed by the […]
Q&A: A History of the Utah Entrepreneur Challenge
In 1999, University of Utah student Stuart Fetzer had a vision – to start a business plan competition modeled after competitions offered at MIT and Stanford. Along with Seth Shaner, Fetzer created the Utah Entrepreneur Challenge (UEC), a business-plan competition for college students across the state of Utah. Fetzer and Shaner both graduated from the […]
Photo Gallery: Utah Entrepreneur Challenge 2023 Final Event
Browse photos from the Utah Entrepreneur Challenge 2023 final awards event on Feb. 25, 2023, at the University of Utah. College entrepreneur from across the state competed for more than $70,000 in cash and prizes. Learn more about the competition at lassonde.utah.edu/uec.