Silicon Slopes

I was fourteen the night he picked me up to haul hay. He’d spent the day building a sewing room for grandma. He was tall, lean – alive. We talked a lot that night, lifting bale after bale I had to tilt my head to the sky to see his face and toothy smile.

Startups: Not Just California Anymore At Vouch, we’re proud to be founded in California, surrounded by groundbreaking technology developments and nurtured in an environment of innovation. But centers for technology are booming outside of Silicon Valley,

“What are you watching?” is one of the most common questions heard in the hallways at Netflix’s Salt Lake City office. Responses to that question — The Irishman or The Witcher or Nailed It — are as diverse as the people answering it. It reflects the passion of the people working at the world’s

Silicon Slopes Tech Summit is all about bringing together some of the best and brightest in tech. But it’s hard to have an incredible tech company without having an incredible company culture. The relationship between HR and company culture is critical. So critical, in fact, that coming up with the

I’m constantly inspired by the brave humans who set and achieve audacious physical goals such as scaling Everest or running ultramarathons. These people have a conviction and mental fortitude that carries them past the pain required to achieve the near-impossible. They know all that’s required

Game changer. Paradigm shifter. Market disruptor. Buzzwords to which all companies aspire, at least the progressive ones, and especially along Utah’s Silicon Slopes. For more than 28 years, our mission at Cornerstone Technologies has been to

People don’t just ski on the slopes of Utah, they also play rugby. Rugby is one of the largest sports in the world and is growing at unprecedented levels in America. While the growth in the USA has outpaced soccer, football, baseball, and other sports, rugby has been a part of Utah’s Silicon Slopes

Branding is one of the initial challenges encountered by any startup. It’s natural for businesses to pull together a logo as they’re focused on building out their product, but once you have product-market fit (or some semblance of it), you need to invest in building a brand.

I’ve spent most of my career in Utah. After starting out as a software engineer coding secret radar systems for government defense, I eventually migrated to more customer-facing roles, where I heard all the action was. And boy was it!

In business, sir, one has no friends, only correspondents. ―*Alexandre Dumas* It’s one of the oldest adages (of wisdom?) shared with budding entrepreneurs. Everyone knows you don’t go into business with your friends.

What features might be attributed to a “tech company” by someone who hasn’t worked at one? Benefit programs, a fast-paced work environment, and a millennial staff might quickly come to mind, but I think there’s more at play. The tech companies of Silicon Slopes share certain traits with our

Parsons Behle Lab, a Utah-based legal technology startup, provides digital platforms and automated solutions to empower companies to work efficiently with clients, automate their legal practices and become compliant quickly and cost-effectively with today’s data privacy regulations –

Recently, I wrote in Forbes about the evolution of Utah’s tech scene and the generations of successful businesses that have taken root in Silicon Slopes. Former Utah Governor and Health & Human Services Secretary Michael O. Leavitt spoke last spring at a technology summit here in the state.

So how did this valley, once known for its orchards, a steel mill, and a private university evolve into the technology juggernaut known as Silicon Slopes?

It isn’t quite accurate to say that Utah is experiencing a tech boom. After all, Utah has been helping shape technology and business for decades now, and we’ve earned our place as a leader in those sectors a dozen times over. So *boom* as a descriptor just feels too brief and too

I once heard a Silicon Valley executive say there was a standing order at his company to hire anyone who had the required technical skills and they’d figure out what to do with them later. At the time, I thought he was bragging about their deep pockets and fast growth. Years later, I realize it was

In recent years, a number of Utah-based technology companies have taken their first steps into the European market including Qualtrics, Ancestry.com, Zagg, Overstock.com, StorageCraft Technology, and Merit Medical. While international expansion is a clear route to increasing revenue,

What sounds more fun to you? 1) Take an inkling, idea, concept, and make something from practically nothing. Disrupt. Innovate. Take risks. OR 2) Take already successful solutions, ideas, products, and shape them into something completely new. Assess. Pivot. Restart. Revive.

Nobody is born an entrepreneur. Different people take different paths to achieving their definition of success. Just know: the entrepreneurial roller coaster of emotions is vast and deep.