Last month, some of Utah's finest gathered at the Grand America hotel to cheer on the finalists for this year's Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards.

Spiff, a company that provides software to help calculate and pay employees that receive commissions or variable compensation, recently announced that it has closed on $3 million in Seed funding.

The Master of Business Creation (MBC) is a nine month program aimed at helping founders grow their businesses. With resources such as scholarships, grants, mentors, and prototyping tools, the students in the MBC program are able to make their dreams a reality.

Tangible is a ten week long accelerated learning program taught by industry leaders through application learning. Most students are small e-commerce founders trying to grow their businesses.

Earlier this week, Overstock announced this partnership with Seek, an AR industry leader specialized in web-based AR. This partnership allows Overstock to expand its AR reach to 100% of customers.

Accela, the leading provider of cloud-based software for governments, recently announced it is expanding its presence in the Salt Lake City region.

"With this new JA City we want to have more tech companies represented. We are trying to build up STEM jobs in the new JA City - we want to have more of a tech presence. The more diverse the store fronts, the more kids can learn about different careers."

"At Hallo, our mission is to empower others to find more opportunities in life and make dreams come true through language."