Utah Valley Business
BlendTec Wins Largest Patent Infringement Case in Utah History
Viral marketing stars BlendTec of “Will it Blend” fame just won a monumental case. The Orem-base company spent 4 years fighting a case from Vita-Mix. Their victory is the largest patent infringement case in Utah history. Companies like Maverik, Nestle, Ocean Spray and 7-11 use their blenders. According to a story in the Deseret News [...]
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: [...]
Invented In Utah
The Invented In Utah event is fast approaching. If you or your business have an amazing invention that merits recognition, now is the time to enter the Invented In Utah contest. The contest recognizes great Utah inventions and awards goods and services from a number of providers in support of funding and marketing your invention [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Is Your Copier Sharing Your Secrets?
You could say I am a little ‘distraught’ over a CBS News report that was just forwarded to me by my CFO*. I think his intentions were to make me aware of a significant business and personal security risk that I have never considered until now. He certainly got my attention. Modern copy machines store [...]
Blog Marketing Tip: Five Things To Do With Your Next Blog Post
This week’s Business Blogger Tip prescribes five things to do with your next blog post to help you get the word out and increase your readership. For business bloggers, the challenge is how to continue gaining readers and attracting more people to your message. This, of course, is a goal of business blogging and supports [...]
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