In the summer of 2018, Richie Stapler and Bruno Lima were trying to sell their remaining smart home fragrance diffusers at the Parade of Homes. They set up a booth in the garage of one of the homes hoping to catch the attention of those exiting the open house. To

You are a people leader. Your earnest desire is to build and keep positive sentiment from your employees. You pored over the employee survey results six months ago to find where you can improve. You worked on those low-scoring items. Your new survey results just arrived and the scores did

Clint Betts, known in the Utah business and technology scene as the founder of Beehive Startups and CEO of Silicon Slopes, launched a new venture last week. Betts is now the CEO of CEO.com. “We’ve created CEO.com to explore the journey of a leader, an entrepreneur, or

Vista Equity Partners (“Vista”) today announced that it has agreed to acquire Pluralsight, Inc., the technology workforce development company for $3.5 billion. It is an all-cash transaction acquiring all outstanding shares of Pluralsight common stock for $20.26 per share. The company’s stock dropped precipitously in March 2020,

Thoma Bravo, a private equity investment firm with offices in Chicago and San Francisco, announced a strategic growth investment in Venafi, the Salt Lake City-based cybersecurity pioneer and inventor of machine identity protection. The transaction values Venafi at $1.15 billion and continues Thoma Bravo’s tradition of acquiring growth

PointClickCare Technologies, a cloud-based medical technology company in Ontario, Canada, providing software for the long-term and post-acute care market, has announced its intent to acquire Collective Medical, a Salt Lake City-based technology company whose software connects more than 1,300 hospitals, thousands of ambulatory practices and long-term post-acute care (LTPAC)

Everee receives $10 million Series A funding from Origin Ventures and Signal Peak Ventures Everee is disrupting the American payroll industry in a strategic way. In 2018, same-day electronic transfer systems became available and allowed companies to process money between bank accounts much faster. Unlike other payroll vendors who are

Parents face many challenges as they guide their children and try to solve myriad problems of childhood and youth – physical, emotional, mental health issues, and more. Parents of children with difficult disorders in particular require more information and resources even more urgently. Parent Playbook, a new Utah software startup, responds