Magazine Utah’s Rising Tide: A VC’s Perspective 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
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
Community Board How And When To Pitch Silicon Slopes Your Story The content most prominently featured on our site can be broken down into four categories: News, Features, Community Board, and Community Voice. Stories published inside News and Features are written exclusively by our
Podcast Sorenson Capital’s Fraser Bullock This week we are speaking with Fraser Bullock, co-founder and senior advisor of Sorenson Capital, a private equity firm founded in 2003. Prior to Sorenson Capital, Fraser was a partner at Bain Capital.
Podcast Chatbooks CEO Nate Quigley https://soundcloud.com/siliconslopes/e29-chatbooks-nate-quigley Welcome to the Silicon Slopes Podcast. I’m Jordan Burke. This week we are speaking with Nate Quigley, co-founder and CEO of Chatbooks, a subscription-based photo book printing
Podcast EPIC Ventures Managing Director Nick Efstratis https://soundcloud.com/siliconslopes/e28-epic-ventures-nick Welcome to the Silicon Slopes Podcast. I’m Jordan Burke and this week we are speaking with Nick Efstratis from Epic Ventures, a Venture Capital firm. Nick received
Podcast Zetta Venture Partners Managing Director Mark Gorenberg https://soundcloud.com/siliconslopes/19-zetta-venture-partners-mark Today we are talking with Mark Gorenberg at Zetta Venture Partners, a firm focusing on analytics startups.**Prior to Zetta Venture Partners, Mark served as managing director at
Podcast Kickstart Seed Fund Managing Director Gavin Christensen https://soundcloud.com/siliconslopes/18-kickstart-gavin-christensen This week we’re talking with Gavin Christensen, founder and managing partner at Kickstart Seed Fund. Gavin graduated from BYU with an economics degree and later did his
Podcast Owlet CEO Kurt Workman https://soundcloud.com/siliconslopes/7-kurt-workman-owlet This week we’re talking with Owlet co-founder and CEO Kurt Workman about saving lives of newborns and infants. His company has made a sock that will monitor
Podcast Welcome To The Silicon Slopes Podcast https://soundcloud.com/siliconslopes/0-silicon-slopes-introduction Welcome to the Silicon Slopes podcast. Each week we are going to talk with the people building Utah’s technology ecosystem — from designers to engineers to entrepreneurs and
Features How MityLite Built A Business From Tables And Chairs When people think of Mitylite, they don’t think of us as a product so much as a vendor. When you transcend the product, that’s where real value is created. MityLite has
Features Getting Operational Results When you bring people together and align processes, a lot can happen. When you run a company that sells products, there is quite a bit of planning that goes into determining how much
News Grow: The Everyman’s Business Intelligence Dashboard Provo-based startup Grow is bringing company scores to TV screens around the office. “What’s the score? Hey, man, do you know the score? SOMEBODY TELL ME THE SCORE!” It seems to be
News Simplus Raises $4.2M in Seed Round Led By EPIC Ventures As someone who’s already built a company and had a nice exit, Ryan Westwood and the direction he takes Simplus will be something to keep an eye on. Simplus, a Utah-based SaaS
News Beehive Startups Announces StartFEST — Utah’s Largest Grassroots Startup Festival We hope you’ll join us for four days of education, adventure, entertainment, collaboration, and fun. Building upon the overwhelming success of StartSLC, Beehive Startups is proud to present StartFEST. Set to take
News Marketware Raises $1.4 Million From EPIC Ventures and Peak Ventures The Marketware platform provides real value in the form of higher revenue and lower costs to healthcare providers. Marketware, a Utah-based startup specializing in relationship and business intelligence solutions for healthcare providers, has
News Zenefits Officially Responds to Utah Insurance Department The Utah Insurance Department’s ruling is unsupported by the facts and Utah law. Zenefits, the San Francisco-based online HR platform company, has officially responded to the Utah Insurance Department’s recent letter
News Utah Lt. Gov. It’s important to note that this was just a very initial step in the investigation and decisions process. Following our initial story on Wednesday, we reached out to Utah Gov. Gary Herbert’
News Utah’s Attempt to Shutdown Zenefits Highlights a Very Troubling Trend The Utah Insurance Department’s decision could potentially have devastating implications on Utah’s future as a technology hub. One day, when we’re all sitting in rocking chairs on our front porch
News Utah Gov. Gary Herbert Issues Statement on Zenefits Controversy In Utah, we take very seriously our goal to lead the nation as the best performing economy and our reputation as the most business-friendly state. Following a story published on Beehive Startups this
News Zenefits Responds to Gov. Herbert’s Statement We welcome Governor Herbert’s support of innovation and eliminating unnecessary regulations, but the fact remains that Zenefits is legal under existing Utah law. Zenefits, the cloud-based HR platform currently under fire from
News Room Choice Raises $600,000 Seed Round Led by Kickstart Seed Fund We are expecting big things from Room Choice. Utah-based property management startup Room Choice has raised $600,000 in a seed round led by Kickstart Seed Fund. “We went with Kickstart Seed Fund
Features Peak Ventures Hopes to Change Venture Funding in Utah We’re like a refreshing new capital alternative for entrepreneurs along the Wasatch Front. While attending BYU as an undergraduate in 2001, Jeff Burningham, founder and Managing Partner of Provo-based early-stage investment firm
News Qzzr Raises $2 Million in Funding Round Led by Kickstart Seed Fund It’s been an awesome ride so far. Qzzr, the Lehi-based company behind the skyrocketing quiz creation tool and platform, has raised $2 million in a funding round led by local venture firm
News Peak Ventures Closes $23 Million Fund to Invest in Utah Startups There is a real need for new capital sources to fund the brightest entrepreneurs in Utah. Peak Ventures, a Provo-based early stage investment firm and wholly owned subsidiary of Peak Capital Partners, today