Silversmithing business helps fund Ugandan orphanage
Creativity and forging art with greater meaning: those are the elements that motivated 26-year-old Matt James to try silversmithing in his bedroom one night.
Provo business sits down for family meals
Former BYU basketball player Travis Hansen spent nearly ten years playing professional basketball before he retired to work in business. Over the past five years, he has worked to build Tesani Companies, a local holding company that incubates businesses from the ground up. Through his experience building businesses, Hansen has come to realize that creating a positive company culture is key to encouraging the best work and relationships within the office.
Millennials seek better job benefits, culture
As BYU students graduate and move into the workforce, they are among a population of millennials who expect more benefits than companies offered even a few years ago. Not only have the types of jobs changed with advances in technology and innovation, but what millennials look for in jobs has also shifted.
Utah’s top news editors discuss funding, transparency, differences
Utah’s unique position of being a state with two major newspapers in one city was highlighted June 8 at Silicon Slopes' Town Hall June meet up. The panelists were all editors of their respective news organization; Jennifer Napier-Pearce of The Salt Lake Tribune, Doug Wilks of Deseret News and Julia Ritchey of radio station KUER 90.1.
Provo’s ‘jump gym’ influences possible statewide standard
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah legislators are looking at ways to regulate trampoline park safety and are using Provo, which has one of the only “jump gym” ordinances in Utah, as a model.
Utah businesses adapt to women leadership
Read or listen to a Portuguese translationSALT LAKE CITY — Already behind the national average, Utah’s number of women holding business leadership positions slips...