I was a rather peculiar child. My earliest school memories involve the painful exercise of trying to sit still in my seat, day dreaming being my saving grace. What would I daydream of? Whatever I was building at home.These projects varied from small scale music compositions,

In 2003, I worked at a local buffet. My husband, Sam, was getting his master’s in accounting, and I was slinging food at a crowded restaurant. I would come home, exhausted, and Sam would help me scrape the food off my apron. I hated it. That same year, Sam and I went on a shopping trip

Silicon Slopes is a unique place. Unlike New York and San Francisco, many working professionals are also parents. Our kids see us on devices all day, but what they don’t see is that we are using our devices to reach out to family and friends, build companies, and capture memories.

Reflecting on the major innovations that changed my own life, I think about my college days. Lugging that coursework on a bunch of flimsy floppy disks, everything felt unstable and unsafe. But then later, that evolution to storing everything on a hard drive inside the computer was a game-changer.

“Love what you do, and you’ll never have to work a day in your life.” This was one of my grandpa’s many mantras, a phrase he’d recite to me frequently. My first job out of college was as a web designer. I quit that job to play in my band, which ended up touring in over 35 countries,

We are blessed to live in Utah, a state with favorable regulation, amazing recreation, beautiful vistas, and a hungry and driven workforce. We are living through the longest running Bull Market in history (which began in 2009 and continues through today), a fact that has benefited Utah

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all Utahns in profound ways. Yet, hundreds of national and global reports have concluded that women’s employment and careers have been disproportionately impacted during this time. In Utah, the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute at the University of Utah

Starting a new business right before a pandemic was an incredibly foolhardy endeavor, but it has taught me some of the most valuable lessons for running a business and for running my life.