Playing with fire? Pizza onesies? Custom soccer cleats? State-of-the art back scratchers? Ear muffs for babies? Just another day at the office for the David Eccles School of Business and the Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute. Recently, the two partnered to host Shark Tank auditions for U community members to try for a chance to land on the popular ABC show. Shark Tank is a reality [...]
Get ready, business enthusiasts! ABC’s “Shark Tank” is coming to the University of Utah for auditions. Shark Tank is an Emmy-winning, business-themed reality show where entrepreneurs can present their existing business or business ideas to a group of venture capitalists (five self-made millionaire and billionaire investors) for the purpose of striking a deal to acquire funding to grow, save or jumpstart their business. Among [...]
Two University of Utah graduates will appear on ABC’s "Shark Tank" on Friday, April 11 at 8 p.m.Mountain time to make a pitch for their startup company, Power Practical, in hopes of receiving an investment. With the help of the U’s Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, David Toledo and Paul Slusser developed a portable cooking pot capable of transforming heat and water into a usable power [...]