Utah Valley People

Invented In Utah $50k Challenge Deadline Looms

Do you have an invention idea? Don’t let it go to waste. There is only ONE WEEK LEFT in the Invented In Utah submission phase. For more information, please visit the Invented In Utah website. Submit it today! Participants have a chance at winning valuable prizes and opportunities including: Over $50,000 in awards and services [...]

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SEO.com Welcomes New President and CEO

My good friends at SEO.com have some exciting news this week. Here’s the official story: Dave Bascom steps down as president and CEO but continues as an owner and advisor. Nelson James takes over as president, and Mike Mann as CEO. New management has big plans to surpass the SEO firm’s past rapid growth. Dave [...]

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Crowd Pitch With Funding Universe

Pitched as ‘The American Idol for Entrepreneurs’, CrowdPitch is a very entertaining and informative review of entrepreneurial companies vying for funding and support. You’ll hear five companies pitch their business proposition in front of a panel of judges. Judges offer points of advice and the audience gets to vote for their favorite. To sweeten the [...]

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OrangeSoda Offers Free Social Media Workshop

There is so much going on these days in social media that a lot of local businesses are being left in the dust. OrangeSoda is here to save the day with a free workshop to help teach local entrepreneurs how to reach out to their customers over the Web and get more business. Here are the details: [...]

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WordCamp Utah 2010 on August 28th

If you are a Wordpress blogger, or interested at all in starting a blog for your business; consider attending WordCamp. WordCamp Utah 2010 will be held August 28th at University of Utah, in the Skaggs Biology Building.  This is a great opportunity to spend a day with local WordPress developers, users, and fans of all [...]

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UVEF Awards 2010 ‘Top 25 Under Five’

The Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum (UVEF) today announced the winners of its 2010 “Top 25 Under Five” Awards, spotlighting outstanding Utah entrepreneurs and start-up companies. Award recipients were recognized Thursday at ceremonies held at the Provo Novell Campus. Omniture, Silicon Slopes and InnoVentures sponsored the event. UVEF recognized Agel Enterprises, a nutritional supplement supplier, as [...]

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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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LaunchUp #8 This Thursday

Jeremy Hanks is reminding everyone that the U2 Concert has been canceled, so you’ll have plenty of extra time to attend the LaunchUp event this Thursday night. LaunchUp is a social gathering wherein 3-or-so up-and-coming technology entrepreneurs present their businesses to a group to let everyone know what they are doing, and to give and [...]

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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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