Switch Reward Card, a company to come out of the informal ‘blockchain incubator,’ continues to grow under the leadership of Kathy Roberts, former President of Discover Bank, as CEO. Roberts brings over 20 years of industry experience and an excitement for blockchain technology.  In November 1971, Roberts walked to Sears

By Elainna Ciaramella   This fall, the University of Utah launched a free online entrepreneurship program for alumni from all departments and majors called Lassonde for Life. The program is available through the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, and made possible by strategic partnerships with the U’s Office of Alumni Relations and

Jimmer Fredette has joined Tandem Ventures as its newest Partner. The Draper-based investment firm made the announcement today at Silicon Slopes Summit 2022, where Fredette spoke to a crowd of over 8,000 attendees at the biggest annual tech conference in Utah, this year on the floor of the

VentureCapital.Org (VCO), a Utah-based non-profit organization that assists, coaches, and provides mentoring to entrepreneurs raising investment capital, announced on September 29, 2022, the appointment of Tara Spalding as the organization's inaugural Chief Programming Officer and Director of the Women’s Entrepreneurship Program. Concurrently, VentureCapital.Org

By Karin Anderson When Paul Burgon moved to Utah after almost two decades of facilitating mergers and acquisitions in the Washington D.C. area, he was alarmed to discover that there was no infrastructure for recycling plastics in Utah Valley. “My wife and I had been interested in recycling,” Burgon

Workstream announced on September 29, 2022 it has extended its Series B funding round with an additional close of $60 million, bringing the total Series B financing to $108 million. More than two dozen investors are participating in the oversubscribed extension round, including both institutional funds and angel investors. Led

The Department of Entrepreneurship & Strategy in partnership with the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute at the University of Utah’s David Eccles School of Business announced today the fourth class of founders in the Master of Business Creation (MBC) Full-Time program this Fall Semester for the 2022-23 academic year.

We often get asked by entrepreneurs from out of state who are thinking of moving to Utah, or have just moved here the question: “How do I get plugged in?” The answer?: “Two things…Read TechBuzz…and attend Silicon Slopes Summit.”  Now in its sixth year, Silicon Slopes Summit is