Austin Craig
Austin Craig is a media producer, writer, and entrepreneur. Before his tenure at TechBuzz as a writer and editor, he produced podcasts and led marketing at a cryptocurrency startup.
Nine years ago, legendary technologist and investor Marc Andreeson announced that “software is eating the world”. So for those who want to build powerful tools, is there any alternative to becoming a full time software developer? Most hopeful entrepreneurs will never get a software engineering degree. Even with the rise
by Austin CraigFriday, Sept. 4 2020 — Today the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the District of Utah accepted a settlement agreement between VidAngel, Inc. and a group of major Hollywood studios. The deal ends the four year legal battle over content filtering between VidAngel and plaintiffs Disney, Fox, Warner Brothers, and Lucas
by Austin CraigEvents have been off the calendar for most of 2020, but local leaders in the entrepreneurial scene are ready to (judiciously) welcome guests from across the state to learn how to level-up their ventures. The Venture Fuel Summit will be hosted in-person and online Friday, September 11th, 2020 at the
by Austin CraigTech Sector and Economic Diversity Create Thriving Ecosystem 24/7 Wall Street named Utah the strongest state economy in the country in its annual ranking. Utah placed 3rd in 2019, a laudable achievement itself. But amidst the economic and social turmoil of 2020, the Beehive state takes the lead. Following
by Austin CraigLambda School, the San Francisco based online code school, announced August 21 it had raised $74 million in Series C funding led by Gigafund, the venture firm known for its backing of SpaceX and The Boring Company. Others investing include Tandem Fund, Y Combinator (Lambda was part of the seventeenth
by Austin CraigSalt Lake City based Mighty has announced $4.3 million in seed funding from Slack Fund, GSV Ventures, Origin Ventures, Album VC, Acadian Ventures, and Village Global. Founded in 2018, Mighty offers managers greater transparency into their team’s day-to-day work by pulling information directly from productivity tools. They can
by Austin CraigIn his ten years as CEO of C7 Data Centers before it was acquired in 2017, CEO Wes Swenson noticed a trend in the data center industry. “90% of data centers are 10,000 to 20,000 square feet. That’s great for small to medium-sized clients, but you can
by Austin CraigAt the beginning of 2020, Lehi based JetDental was looking forward to record-breaking sales. Month over month, if they simply kept on pace, they’d break revenue records for March, April, May, and June. But those projections didn’t account for a global pandemic. On March 12, news broke that
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