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Insights from the Eccles Alumni Forum: Utah’s Expanding Venture Capital and Private Equity Landscape
Salt Lake City may not be the first place that comes to mind for a thriving venture capital and private equity ecosystem. But, as was discussed in a David Eccles Alumni Network Forum, venture capital and private equity play a critical role in Utah’s business ascent – and even more growth and activity is ahead. Panelists for the event were Smit Naik, Senior Director of Sorenson Impact Investing at the Sorenson Impact Institute, and Aaron Murdock, Managing Partner at Mayer Brown. The Conversation was moderated by Jack Boren, Managing Partner at Epic Ventures and a member of the David Eccles [...]
Professor Jason Cook gives interview on effects of cuts to SNAP
Jason Cook, an Assistant Professor in the Eccles School’s Division of Quantitative Analysis of Markets and Organizations as well as the Marriner S. Eccles Institute, was featured on a Fox 13 News segment talking about the impact of cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) amid the ongoing shutdown of the federal government. Cook noted that SNAP benefits now paused, the implications are considerable for the substantial number of Americans who depend on them to get by. The ripple effect, he added, is that stores which sell goods to SNAP recipients will also be feeling the squeeze. “One in eight [...]
Teppo Felin honored as Eccles School’s ‘Researcher of the Month’ for November
Teppo Felin, who is both the Ion Foundation Endowed Professor in the Department of Entrepreneurship & Strategy and Co-Director of the Ion Management Science Lab, has been selected as the David Eccles School of Business’s “Researcher of the Month” for November 2025. A native of Helsinki, Finland, Professor Felin joined the University of Utah this year after previously working at Utah State University’s Huntsman School of Business, the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School, Brigham Young University’s Marriott School, and Emory University’s Goizueta Business School. His research interests include strategy, artificial intelligence, microfoundations, theories of the firm, markets, and interdisciplinary [...]
