By Owen Fuller, President of Qzzr. This article was originally published in the Spring 2017 edition of Silicon Slopes Magazine. 77% of venture backed tech companies have more than one founder. That means that most people with entrepreneurial inclinations need to learn to play well with partners. I kind of

By Brandon Tidwell and Scott Petty, Managing Partners at Signal Peak Ventures. This article was originally published in the Spring 2017 edition of Silicon Slopes Magazine. Long known for producing great enterprise software products and companies, Utah is on the road to similar renown in consumer tech. The same region

By Keith Norris, CEO of Complete XRM. This article was originally published in the Spring 2017 edition of Silicon Slopes Magazine. 1. Don’t cancel that meeting Meetings get a bad rap. Often it’s warranted. With all the recent advice about not wasting time in meetings or events and

By John Curtis, Mayor of Provo. This article was originally published in the Spring 2017 edition of Silicon Slopes Magazine. The first laptop I owned was a Radio Shack TRS80. I purchased it as a senior at BYU in 1985. In today’s dollars it cost about $4,500 — a

By Gavin Christensen, founder of Kickstart Seed Fund. This article was originally published in the Spring 2017 edition of Silicon Slopes Magazine. Along with many of you, I had the experience of attending the Silicon Slopes Summit at the Salt Palace in January. The throngs of people (a few different

By Derek Miller, President/CEO of World Trade Center Utah. This article was originally published in the Spring 2017 edition of Silicon Slopes Magazine. Trade has been a hot topic over the last several months. Whether the conversations have been about trade agreements, Brexit, or national policy changes, trade has

By Carine Clark, Executive Board Member of Silicon Slopes. This article was originally published in the Spring 2017 edition of Silicon Slopes Magazine. Why does the word “risk” scare us so much? Maybe because it’s risky? Why are we so afraid to make mistakes when we learn more from

By Josh James, Domo CEO. This article was originally published in the Spring 2017 edition of Silicon Slopes Magazine. I am particularly proud to be building my second cloud-based software company, Domo, in Utah. When I started Omniture in the 1990s with my friend John Pestana, technology was an insignificant