sego awards Sego Awards 2018 Utah women own nearly 84,000 businesses statewide, and generate more than $14 billion in revenue, but when it comes time for CEO awards, women are rarely recognized. "As different CEO award
Magazine Tech Ridge: The Building Of A Community “We are here to prove you can plant a flower in the desert and make it grow. What would make this a viable community? A mix of residential, retail, hotel, and office space. What’s exciting is it isn’t just Tech Ridge — it’s 150 acres of a live-work-play environment.”
Magazine Peek: The Travel Adventures Platform Starts A New Journey In Silicon Slopes “Our vision is to connect the world through experiences.”
Magazine Cornerstone Technologies: Laying The Foundation Of Silicon Slopes Tech Summit “Everybody on this team strives to create magic. It can be from the general sessions to the breakouts, from the lunchroom to the hallway, from the opening of the doors at registration to signage. That’s the mark of a good event — it truly engages the mind.”
Features STR Helper: Building A Tech Startup In Garden City, UT A lot of people don’t know this, but Garden City is turning into a raging tech hotspot for Utah. It’s true, Utah County and Salt Lake County are getting all the
Features The 18 Year Journey Of Solutionreach Let’s walk back to the olden days: 2000, when we all worried the world would collapse at the stroke of midnight, Greg Ostertag was a household name in Utah, and text messaging
Features Cornerstone: Creating A Landmark Attendee Experience At Silicon Slopes Tech Summit 2018 Three years ago, I worked at Beehive Startups. We were in the process of putting together our first-ever “big” event: StartSLC, held in a random assortment of rooms spread throughout the The Gateway.
Magazine Why We Fight This is the story of 5 For The Fight, a global fundraising campaign started by Qualtrics to eradicate cancer.
Education Education And A Tech Workforce Need Collaboration To Thrive “As a tech company I can think of no better way to help ensure a strong workforce for the future than being a mentor in Utah classrooms.” This article appears in the Fall
Features Cake Launches, Announces $5M In Funding From Peak, Pelion & Kickstart For mobile web browsing, it’s time to have our Cake and eat it too.
Business People Helping Puerto Rico Auction Begins On December 2 Because Puerto Rico still needs help. Weeks ago the media stopped really covering Puerto Rico and the devastation Hurricane Maria left on the island. In what feels like a never-ending stream of shocking
Blockchain Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne Is An Innovator & Survivor Patrick Byrne is known as two things: innovator, survivor. Over the course of his life, Byrne has beaten cancer three times, hepatitis twice, and endured over 100 surgeries and medical procedures. From this,
Features Amy Rees Anderson Thinks You’re Capable Of More Than You Think “Get up, do something, do anything, just make a start.” Photo Courtesy of Deseret News On the evening of November 10, REES Capital Managing Partner Amy Rees Anderson will be inducted to the
Features Silicon Slopes Leaders Have Raised More Than $200K For Puerto Rico Relief Efforts In Less Than A… Now they need the help of the broader community to make an even greater impact on the lives of those suffering. One month ago, Hurricane Irma touched down in Puerto Rico with devastating
Features Onward, Ever Onward This letter appears in the Fall issue of Silicon Slopes Magazine. A good chunk of my 16th birthday was spent begging my parents for a $400 loan so I could buy Grandpa’s
Coding Girls Code They code some really cool stuff, to be precise. Last week I sat in on the closing ceremonies of InsideSales’ Girls Code. It’s a coding camp for daughters and grand daughters of
Features The World’s Largest 3-D Color Printing Company Is WhiteClouds And It Resides In Ogden, UT “We’re taking manufacturing to the future.” WhiteClouds founder Jerry Ropelato had a medical condition and was told it might be cancer. He wanted to have a better understanding — and visual — of what
Entrepreneurship eLearning Brothers “eLearning Brothers is in the business of making eLearning Rockstars.” Let’s say someone came to you today and said, “I need you to create an eLearning course.” The reasons why this person
Business CHG Healthcare Cares “We believe that simple actions can spark positive reactions for change and that our people play an essential role in making a difference in the world each day.” In 1979, a physician at
Features Passion, Product, Podium Three years ago, Podium was founded in a spare apartment bedroom by Eric Rea and Dennis Steele. Today, Podium has raised $36 million in venture capital and grown to 180+ employees. This is their story.
Awards EY Finalists Decide With Whom They’d Like To Road Trip But are they driving or riding shotgun? Mentorship comes up a lot when you talk with entrepreneurs. Founders and CEOs often credit their mentors, at least in part, for their successes. And many
Features Rubi Life, The Creators Of A Wearable Fetal Activity Tracker, Wins $40K At Utah Entrepreneur… “Women want a closer connection with their baby.” Pregnancy is rough. It starts with what feels like food poisoning that last for three months. Then, once the nausea subsides a little, the heartburn
App Grubinary “This could be the foodie app.” Man, you know what sounds good right now? A chili dog. Doesn’t that just sound so good right now? I think I need to go get
Entrepreneurship Janiis “We’re creating a platform for Airbnb hosts to run their organizations like professional property management organizations do at less cost and simplified for their needs.” “Nobody offers good software to smaller hosts
Entrepreneurship Funding Females A look into what it’s like raising venture capital as a female. I need to start by telling you that in writing this piece about the female funding gap, I feel very
