Before 2020, self-checkout was a convenience, but in 2020 it's a critical safety measure. Salt Lake City-based Skip is taking that to a new level in convenience store shopping with their novel cloud platform. CEO Chase Thomason describes it as a “Square for retailers”. The pandemic has retailers

Tech Sector and Economic Diversity Create Thriving Ecosystem 24/7 Wall Street named Utah the strongest state economy in the country in its annual ranking. Utah placed 3rd in 2019, a laudable achievement itself. But amidst the economic and social turmoil of 2020, the Beehive state takes the lead. Following

Over my career, I’ve had the pleasure of working with many startups. I’ve also helped many others transition from small to medium and from medium to large companies. A question I often hear is, “When should we hire a Chief Financial Officer (CFO)?” While there really is no

Clene Nanomedicine, Inc., a Salt Lake City-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, announced August 26, 2020 that it has raised $42.5 million in Series D financing. The round was led by SymBiosis II, LLC, a biotech-focused investment fund. Participants in the round include existing investors, most connected with Utah, including Huntsman

Lambda School, the San Francisco based online code school, announced August 21 it had raised $74 million in Series C funding led by Gigafund, the venture firm known for its backing of SpaceX and The Boring Company. Others investing include Tandem Fund, Y Combinator (Lambda was part of the seventeenth

Salt Lake City based Mighty has announced $4.3 million in seed funding from Slack Fund, GSV Ventures, Origin Ventures, Album VC, Acadian Ventures, and Village Global. Founded in 2018, Mighty offers managers greater transparency into their team’s day-to-day work by pulling information directly from productivity tools. They can

I've experienced many feelings of anxiety and depression and have had some dark moments in my life. The longer I live, the more I realize that’s not really unique. It took me a while to figure this out: putting effort into mental health usually does NOT mean

Compared to other states, Utah is proving to be an economic haven, according to Adam Long, COO of Colliers International's Utah office. Long regularly compares notes with his Colliers colleagues across the country. And if anybody can compare notes, it's Colliers employees. The international commercial real