The Milken Institute released their 2021 rankings of “Best-Performing Cities: Foundations for Growth and Recovery“. The Santa Monica-based think tank ranked cities across the nation by aggregating factors like jobs, wages, and high tech growth. The 2021 report also incorporates new measures of housing affordability and household broadband

Kiln, the Utah-based premium coworking company, is expanding its operation with new locations in Park City, Utah, and Boulder, Colorado. This brings its total coworking sites to four, joining their Lehi and the Salt Lake City locations. CEO and Cofounder Arian Lewis says the company is just beginning their

Imagine this: You're a founder who, after years of toil, hard work, high risk, and grinding on nights and weekends, finally sees the light at the end of the tunnel: an acquisition. You're in talks with a multinational firm to acquire your startup, the fruit of

Owlet Baby Care based in Lehi Utah announced today it will be joining Sandbridge Acquisition Corporation, a Special Purpose Acquisition Corporation (SPAC) in a merger meant to take Owlet public on the New York Stock Exchange. The new ticker symbol is expected to be “OWLT”. The projected valuation after the

The great John Lennon said, “Money can’t buy me love''. One may not be able to find love through money, but in the world of startups, you can love the group you take money from. This Valentine's Day I thought I'd take the

This week Epic Ventures, a VC firm in Salt Lake City, closed its 2013 investment of Volta Industries through a purchase of Volta by Tortoise Acquisition Corp. II, a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC). SPACs are an increasingly popular way to acquire, merge, purchase, or take a company public. SPAC

In my roles as headhunter, VC, head of talent, and CEO, I've interviewed roughly 2,500 executives over the last 18 years, each interview lasting between an hour and 90 minutes. Interviews are invasive and revealing. I take them seriously. For me, each of these interviewees becomes an

Latitude, the Provo based software company behind AI Dungeon, announced it has raised $3.3 million in seed funding. The round is led by NFX Partners out of San Francisco, with Utah’s Album VC and Los Angeles based Griffin Gaming Partners also participating. This comes on the back of