UVEF Top 25 Under 5 Winners Add 800 Jobs to State’s Nation Leading Economy

OREM, Utah — The Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum (UVEF) announced winners of its 2011 “Top 25 Under Five” Award, spotlighting outstanding Utah entrepreneurs and start-up companies. Award ceremonies were held at Utah Valley University with Adobe, Silicon Slopes and InnoVentures sponsoring the event. UVEF recognized OrangeSoda, an online marketing company with a unique blend of [...]

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John Richards On Entrepreneurialism In Utah

The Daily Herald posted a very interesting interview last night featuring a short interview with John Richards. John Richards is one of Utah Valley’s premier entrepreneurial activists and among our most respected mentors when it comes to starting and funding a business. John is partner with Utah Angel Investors, chairman of the Provo Business Development [...]

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UVEF Top 25 Under 5 Wrapup

Yesterday the Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum held its annual Top 25 Under 5 awards ceremony, recognizing Utah’s leading entrepreneurial companies on factors including company age, revenue, and number of employees. To qualify, winning companies must be under five years old, and must demonstrate financial growth and employment opportunity. Hosted by UVEF chairman Roger Andrus and [...]

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Top 25 Under Five Deadline Extension; Pass The Word

The nomination deadline for UVEF’s eighth consecutive year of the Top 25 Under Five Awards has been extended to June 19. Utah businesses with fewer than five years in operation are invited to apply for the UVEF Top 25 Under Five Awards, sponsored by the Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum. All Utah companies, five years old [...]

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Rick White, Fusion IO’s CMO, Speaking at UVEF Thursday (Tomorrow!)

“Too many of us are not living our dreams because we’re too busy living our fears” As Fusion-io’s Chief Marketing Officer and one of the company’s founders, Rick White is responsible for planning and implementing the company’s marketing strategies and is part of the energy driving the company. Rick is presenting at the Utah Valley [...]

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UVEF Names New Board Leadership for 20th Anniversary

The Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum (UVEF) today kicked off its 20th Anniversary year celebration with the appointment of Roger Andrus as 2009 UVEF Board Chair. In addition, Brock Blake, FundingUniverse; Matt Bowman, Novell; and Cary Snowden, Square Compass will serve as new members of the UVEF Board. Since UVEF’s founding in 1989, business in Utah [...]

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UVEF Names 2008 Award Winners

The Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum (UVEF) today announced winners of the 2008 Annual UVEF Awards. The awards spotlight outstanding Utah companies and leaders who have contributed at the highest level to business growth and their communities.  Award recipients were recognized at ceremonies held today at Noah’s in Lindon. “These recipients demonstrate the power of ideas [...]

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UVEF Annual December Awards

Emcee’d by KSL’s Keith McCord, the annual UVEF December Awards will be held at Noah’s in Lindon this Thursday, December 11 at Noon. Visit http://www.uvef.net for more information. UVEF will present awards in five categories: Entrepreneur of the Year; the Most Innovative Product; the Social Entrepreneur of the Year; Utah Valley’s Best Kept Secret; and [...]

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UVEF Event: Opportunity Amidst Change and Challenge

From the dot com bubble burst, AdvanceMD emerged from “zero to hero” to become one of the Fastest Growing Companies in America under the leadership of Jim Pack. Come find out why Jim thinks today is a great environment for growing a business. As a “serial entrepreneur” leading two Utah companies onto the Inc. 500 [...]

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Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum

The Utah Valley Entrepreneurial Forum will host an event this Thursday, October 9, featuring Dennis Woods from vSpring. The forum will provide insights on building world class management teams from Dennis’ understanding of which human resource practices offer the greatest return on shareholder value. Dennis leads vSpring’s human capital practice. Prior to joining vSpring, Dennis [...]

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