Utah Valley Networking

Angel Investor of the Year – Tomorrow!

Funding Universe is hosting the annual Angel Investor of the Year tomorrow. Wednesday June 23rd 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Grand America Hotel Imperial Ballroom 555 South Main Street Salt Lake City, UT 81444 The keynote speaker will be Michael E. Gerber who has authored 13 books on entrepreneurship, appeared on Business Week’s bestseller list [...]

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Orange Soda Celebrates TechCrunch With BBQ

OrangeSoda is hosting an open BBQ in celebration of TechCrunch’s five-year birthday. All are invited; RSVP is requested (so they know how much food to gather). Come join fellow lovers of technology (and who doesn’t?). Just sign the Guest List and mark your calendar for THIS FRIDAY, June 11 from 11:30 to 2:00 p.m. At [...]

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Free SpeedPitch With Funding Universe

Funding Universe is hosting their popular SpeedPitch event on July 7, 2010 wherein you can pitch your new business to 20 to 30 investors for free. Free! (They used to charge for this event.) I participated in a SpeedPitch last year and not only enjoyed the time meeting and getting feedback from investors, but found [...]

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SEO.com Presenting Reputation Management Webinar

According to SEO.com; ‘You are Who Google Says You Are’. I happen to agree with them (at least for who you are online), and am excited about Ash Buckles‘ upcoming webinar on Reputation Management. Never before has your online reputation been so important; a negative blog post, social media comment, or product review can spread [...]

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The Utah Fund Of Funds Presents A Six-Part Training Series On Fund Raising

The Utah Fund of Funds with partners MBRC, GOED and USTAR have announced they will present a six-part training series on Fund Raising. The six part series can be attended as a group, or ala carte. The cost for all six parts is $75, or you can attend any of the six for $25 each. [...]

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Building Trust in a Connected World Summit

My friends at the Women Tech Council are hosting the Building Trust in a Connected World Summit: Get INspired! Learn more about the conference. The event will feature three New York Times Best Selling authors: Chris Brogan Julien Smith Mitch Joel This event brings together today’s most respected thought leaders in social media marketing and [...]

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Launch Sales and Marketing CEO Named Emerging Executive of the Year

My friend Brandt Page, founder and CEO of Launch Sales and Marketing, an outsourced sales company specializing in B2B sales pipeline creation for their clients by providing lead generation, qualification, and appointment setting services, has been named the 2009 Utah Technology Council (UTC) Emerging Executive of the Year. Congratulations, Brandt! The UTC gave Brandt Page [...]

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BYU Professor Jeff Dyer to Teach Utah Tech Execs about ‘The Innovator’s DNA’

The Utah Technology Council (UTC), Utah’s premier professional organization, today announced that renowned Brigham Young University strategy professor Dr. Jeff Dyer will present key insights from his recent article, “The Innovator’s DNA,” that he co-authored with prominent Harvard University strategy professor Clayton Christensen. “This event will be a tremendous benefit to everyone in attendance; no [...]

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2010 Entrepreneurial Business Conference

The Woodbury School of Business Entrepreneurship Institute at Utah Valley University is hosting the 2010 Entrepreneurial Business Conference on Friday April 16, 2010. The conference will feature a keynote by Utah Governor Gary Richard Herbert, as well as presentations from local entrepreneurial leaders. The theme of the conference is “Prospering in Hard Times… Opportunities Await!“, [...]

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Crunch Lunch: Press Relations

In this video, originally featured at the Crunch Lunch hosted by the Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum, John Pilmer of PilmerPR discusses the importance of having a good PR plan in place, and some of the areas you’ll want to pay attention to as you build your business brand. Check it out…

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