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Baseball

Salt Lake City's potential MLB stadium is not as big as it seems, community members say

By Zoe Cook
October 19, 2023 12:00 AM
Discussion of bringing a Major League Baseball team to Salt Lake City became more official when Larry H. Miller Company CEO Steve Starks presented renderings of the future MLB stadium at the Silicon Slopes Summit in September.
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Life

Silicon Slopes to package one million meals

By Universe Contributor
October 14, 2021 12:00 AM
By Whitney Leland
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Metro

Apple CEO Tim Cook teams up with Encircle

By Universe Contributor
October 14, 2021 12:00 AM
By Alexandria Sorensen
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Local

BYU alum takes Qualtrics from Provo basement to stock market

By Emily Atwood
February 10, 2021 12:00 AM
The experience management company Qualtrics officially went public on Jan. 28, smashing Utah's record for highest IPO.
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State

Utah venture capital firm announces rebrand and $75 million fund

By Lisi Merkley
October 27, 2019 12:00 AM
Utah-based venture capital firm Peak Ventures announced a third fund of $75 million on Oct. 24. The fund is its largest to date and the firm changed its name to Album VC.
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Technology

Domo chief takes unconventional path to build his firm and Silicon Slopes

By Lisi Merkley
October 17, 2019 12:00 AM
During his time as a BYU student, Josh James would sit with his friends on a bench not far from Y Mountain and look down at the businesses and new homes in the valley below.
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Local

Provo hotel industry revolves around BYU and Silicon Slopes

By Nick Gledhill
October 09, 2019 12:00 AM
Tourism in the United States is a multi-billion dollar industry and provides over 15 million jobs according to the U.S. Travel Association.
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Local

Paid family leave movement gains traction in legislation, workforce

By Jenna Alton
March 05, 2019 12:00 AM
Magna residents Todd and Stefanie Smith recently welcomed a set of twins to their family. Before the twins' birth, both Todd and Stefanie worked full-time and dealt with the difficulties of paid parental leave. (Camera Shy photography)
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Local

Provo City Council confirms housing projects

By Alycia Ikegami
September 04, 2018 12:00 AM
College Place is a housing facility located southeast of the BYU campus. It provides 71 units to single women. (Alycia Ikegami)
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Technology

Utah's top news editors discuss funding, transparency, differences

By Sahalie Donaldson
June 09, 2018 12:00 AM
Jennifer Napier-Pearce, left, editor of The Salt Lake Tribune; Julia Ritchey, managing editor of KUER 90.1; and Doug Wilks, editor of Deseret News, listen to a question during the Silicon Slopes State of Local Media Town Hall on June 8. The three participants discussed business models and establishing trust with the public, among other points. (Josh Ellis)
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Campus

Technology 'a great field' for women

By Kaitlyn Bancroft
September 26, 2017 12:00 AM
The Women in Engineering and Technology at Brigham Young University gather together before listening to guest speaker and BYU alum, Dylann Ceriani. (Universe File Photo)
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Business

Utah's Silicon Slopes begins to resemble San Francisco's Silicon Valley

By Benjamin Steele
March 09, 2017 12:00 AM
1MillionCups meets at The Startup Building on Wednesday mornings, as shown here. Business and tech networking groups like 1MillionCups have become more common in Utah as the technology industry has grown over the past decade. (Chris Padilla Photo)
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Business

Clayton Christensen, business leaders speak at Qualtrics Insight Summit

By Benjamin Steele
March 03, 2017 12:00 AM
Qualtrics CEO Ryan Smith interviews best-selling author and financial journalist Michael Lewis at the Qualtrics Insight Summit in Salt Lake City this week. Lewis was among a power roster of speakers at the conference. (Alan Mark)
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State

Silicon Slopes pushes for I-15 expansion in Lehi

By Shaylee Watkins
March 02, 2017 12:00 AM
A nonprofit organization dedicated to helping Utah's tech community Silicon Slopes is pushing to begin expansion of I-15 in the Lehi area in order to support Utah's drastic growth in recent years.
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Local

Utah becomes breeding ground for technology entrepreneurship

By Lauren Hanson
February 22, 2017 12:00 AM
NUVI celebrates it new headquarters facing the 'Silicon Slopes' in Lehi, Utah in 2016. Nuvi is one of dozens of technology startups along Utah's Wasatch Front. (NUVI Instagram)
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Local

'Silicon Slopes' tech companies want innovative BYU students

By Trevor Morgan
November 09, 2016 12:00 AM
The 2015 winners of the Adobe Analytics Challenge stand with the reward check in the 'Silicon Slopes' of Lehi, Utah. (Adobe)
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Local

Over 15,000 tech jobs up for grabs in Utah

By Taylor Neuffer
October 21, 2015 12:00 AM
Adobe is just one of many tech companies that now have major operations in the Wasatch Valley. (Gianluca Cuestas)
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Technology

Provo vying for position as Utah's 'startup capital'

By Ethan Winkleman
October 15, 2015 12:00 AM
One day Provo's skyline may be filled with businesses as industries move to the Utah Valley.
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