Proposed merger between Purple and Global Partner Acquisition Corp has Purple valued at $1.1 billion. Utah has gained notoriety in the last few years as breeding ground for great business, boosted by the unicorn status (companies worth north of $1 billion) of homegrown enterprises like Domo, Pluralsight, InsideSales, and

New company slogan: fun, funded, no bad humans. Carine Clark can be described in many ways. Cancer survivor. Award-winning tech CEO. Traeger Grilling Instagram user. Silicon Slopes board member. Pantsuit extraordinaire. The list goes on and on… For the sake of time, there’s one term I would like to

“While everyone is out there trying to replace agents, we’re going to gamble on the opposite.” Most tech startups revolve around the idea of replacement — take something outdated, replace it with something new. In the real estate industry, companies like Zillow and Homie have built software platforms around this

Out of stealth mode, into the light. Until yesterday, APiO has been content to labor quietly from the co-working confines of Salt Mine, flying under the radar in stealth mode, building out a financial solution for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Stealth mode is no more, with APiO announcing the

VC firm known for investing in enterprise cloud companies makes first Utah deal with Impartner. Not to step on the feet of poor Lando Calrissian, but Utah is the new Cloud City. I know, pour one out for Lando. As part of their Cloud 100 release, Forbes named six Utah

Door-to-door sales app based on data + a state known for its competency in door-to-door sales = match made in heaven. Utahns are well acquainted with door-to-door sales — between LDS missions and security system, pest control, or satellite tv sales, virtually everyone has dabbled. Living in Boston, Kendall Tucker created Polis in

Read up. This morning, Forbes tackled the rise of cloud computing and Utah tech: “How Utah’s ‘Silicon Slopes’ Became Cloud’s New Capital.” It’s a lengthy piece that mainly follows the exploits of Josh James (Domo), Aaron Skonnard (Pluralsight), and Ryan Smith (Qualtrics), and ties their experiences into

Founded in Atlanta, expanded into SLC, Big Squid has raised $3 million to harness the power of predictive analytics and machine learning, simplified. When I hear the terms predictive analytics and machine learning, one word comes to mind: intimidating. My next thought is, “I hope robots don’t become smart