Startup

To be recognized on a list that includes Y Combinator and TechStars is a major achievement for the Utah-based accelerator. In a presentation at South By Southwest [http://sxsw.com/] yesterday, as first reported in an article in TechCrunch [http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/10/these-are-the-15-best-accelerators-in-the-u-s/] , Professor Yael Hochberg [https:

We’ve been engaged in Utah for years and have watched it grow into a vibrant technology market. Silicon Valley Bank [http://www.svb.com/] was founded in 1983 by Bob Medearis and Bill Biggerstaff. The two came up with the idea to create a “bank for startups” during their

YC helps dole out a healthy dose of perspective. Utah is well-represented at Y Combinator right now. The Silicon Valley accelerator boasts two Utah-based companies as members of its 2014 winter class. The first Utah startup to get accepted into Y Combinator’s current class was Weave [http://www.getweave.

If we can tell the world why they should care about Utah, the world will care about Utah. In a presentation at Cambridge Universtiy in 2011, Harvard Business School professor Michael Norton rejected the notion that money can’t buy happiness. “If you think money can’t buy happiness, you’

A lot of what makes Utah’s startup community unique was on display this past weekend at SWProvo. There’s something exciting happening in Utah. We may not have the established entrepreneurial ecosystem of a Silicon Valley, New York City, or Boulder, but it’s impossible not to feel the

It’s already clear the big winner this weekend is the local startup community. Startup Weekend Provo [http://beehivestartups.com/blog/startup-weekend-provo-kicks-off/] continued at a frenzied pace Friday with teams validating their idea, writing code, and preparing for Saturday night’s presentations. We had the opportunity to visit with each

Someone’s life is going to change this weekend. Food trucks, Garrett Gee [https://twitter.com/garrettgee], and pitches from attendees helped launch Startup Weekend Provo [http://provo.startupweekend.org/] Thursday night. Startup Weekend is a global grassroots organization that empowers entrepreneurs who want to learn the basics of how

Entrepreneurship, specifically in the software and technology space, is what really excites me. Growing up, Brandon Rodman [https://twitter.com/brandonrodman], Founder and CEO of Weave [http://www.getweave.com/], always wanted to be a dentist. But after shadowing a dentist while attending BYU, Rodman soon realized it wasn’t