People & Culture articles focus on a specific person that is doing something remarkable or noteworthy in Utah's tech and startup ecosystem. Often, these individuals are not generally well-known or famous except for in their own circles where they exert a profound and important influence on those around them and the organizations they serve; as a result, they positively impact the local culture and community.
People & Culture
People & Culture articles focus on a specific person that is doing something remarkable or noteworthy in Utah's tech and startup ecosystem. Often, these individuals are not generally well-known or famous except for in their own circles where they exert a profound and important influence on those around them and the organizations they serve; as a result, they positively impact the local culture and community.
The creative and engineering teams for Kizik (Lindon, Utah) are serious about “hands-free” footwear. “These are not slip-ons or flip-flops, they’re Kiziks,” explains Blake Brown, VP of Brand and Creative. “Once you try the step-in feature, it’s hard to go back to wearing anything else in your shoe
The story of wellness platform Nivati (South Jordan, Utah) is a story of two recessions and two comebacks. After plunging into debt following the 2008 financial crisis, founder and CEO Amelia Wilcox first developed an early version of the software to hire, train, and schedule massage therapists for her then-nascent
SWORD Health (Draper, Utah) has scaled rapidly since the onset of COVID-19, achieving a $2 billion double-unicorn valuation just two years after entering the market. According to Kyle Spackman, Senior Vice President at SWORD Health, this is largely due to the healthcare platform’s “extraordinary market fit” for the pandemic:
SWORD Health (Draper, Utah) has scaled rapidly since the onset of COVID-19, achieving a $2 billion double-unicorn valuation just two years after entering the market. According to Kyle Spackman, Senior Vice President at SWORD Health, this is largely due to the healthcare platform’s “extraordinary market fit” for the pandemic:
The creative and engineering teams for Kizik (Lindon, Utah) are serious about “hands-free” footwear. “These are not slip-ons or flip-flops, they’re Kiziks,” explains Blake Brown, VP of Brand and Creative. “Once you try the step-in feature, it’s hard to go back to wearing anything else in your shoe
The story of wellness platform Nivati (South Jordan, Utah) is a story of two recessions and two comebacks. After plunging into debt following the 2008 financial crisis, founder and CEO Amelia Wilcox first developed an early version of the software to hire, train, and schedule massage therapists for her then-nascent
Immigrating to a new country is never easy. Immigrating as a refugee to a country with an entirely different language is even harder. And immigrating as a refugee with a different native language during an unfamiliar holiday season in the middle of winter without any employment can be exceptionally hard.
Saying the Covid-19 Pandemic negatively impacted the travel industry is a gross understatement. The U.S. Travel Association analyzed travel spending in 2020, and the $679 billion spent was a 42% decline (nearly $500 billion) from 2019. After almost two years, the travel industry has finally started to see an
This is part four of a series on Utah's Polynesian entrepreneurs. See parts one, two, and three.
Rob Poleki, Founder and CEO of Washie, is not a conventional entrepreneur. From asking his waiter to take him to China, to wheeling a toilet seat around the CES crowds in
It's 1999. The music industry is booming. Albums sell at big box retailers for upwards of 30 dollars. A new album debut from a hit artist often draws fans waiting in line outside in the early dawn hours before opening. MTV has huge cultural relevance, with Total Request
Happy Thanksgiving from TechBuzz!
In honor of the holiday, today’s feature covers a startup designed around mental and emotional wellbeing: Wave of Mind, a comprehensive, therapist-approved, self awareness guided journaling system that guides users to take care of their emotions, escape negative thought patterns, and gain more self-awareness. The
