Cydni Tetro and Colin Kelly discuss the key events this week, including the release of the Top 100 Venture Entrepreneurs from vSpring Capital. It is a peer-nominated and peer-selected group of individuals that the community predicts will become a CTO or CEO of a high-tech company in the next ...

Some quick highlights in this weeks Connectcast include reflections about James Levoy Sorenson’s legacy includes inventing disposal surgical masks and an entire legacy of medical innovations. A quick discussion around Venture Debt options and when they should be considered - Innoventures a new company, UVEF tackles social ...

In this week’s ConnectCast we cover the Utah Tech Council’s Hall of Fame event where Paul Otellini Intel CEO keynoted and Bernard Daines, Father of Gigabit Ethernet and James LeVoy Sorenson, Medical Device Pioneer, where inducted. In addition, John Huntsman Sr donated over $25 Million to ...

Guy Kawasaki came to Utah to speak to a group of over 500 business and technology leaders. With a packed room Guy, as always, motivated the crowd and created energy for the attendees. And in the M&A space WiLife, a privately held startup that developed home surveillance hardware and monitoring ...

For this weeks ConnectCast we attended the inaugural event of the Women Tech Council “Women Advancing in Technology” event. Over 100 women attended and listen to Teri Sundh CEO of Podfitness.com and Carol Fineagan CIO of Energy Solutions. Teri eloquently stated “The technology field doesn’t have to be restricted to ...

This is a special edition of ConnectCast and the v100 Show. We were at the vSpring Capital v100 luncheon for the top 100 venture entrepreneurs, where Kevin Rollins, former CEO of Dell, gave the keynote. We spoke with Kevin about the economic growth opportunities that Utah faces ...

In this special, combined ConnectCast and v100 Show, news from the vSpring Capital v100 luncheon for the top venture entrepreneurs. We spoke with Jack Brittain about his position as Innovations Czar at the University of Utah. The U of U is an economic engine for the ...

Huntsman Corp. agreed to be acquired by Hexion Corp. for $10.6 billion cash. John Huntsman, Sr. is donating the majority of his share, $1.6B, to various charities, including the Huntsman Cancer Foundation. Forbes Magazine named Utah the 2nd best State for Business and CNBC named ...

Regional Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Award winners were announced for this year, including our friend Thomas D. Dickson for K-TEC/Blendtec, you might remember him from the www.willitblend.com campaign, Amy Rees Lewis for her work with MediConnect Global, Inc and a number of others. ...

Several stories this week caught our attention: Footnote.com added three million Revolutionary War pension files, thanks to a deal with FamilySearch (Footnote.com currently adds about 2 million documents each month from the National Archives.); Overstock.com, this week, had a California appeals court uphold the ruling to ...

Backcountry.com was acquired by Liberty Media Corp. The deal will be finalized this quarter. Backcountry.com will continue to expand and add 1250 employees this year. Utah gets $5 million from the WIRED program to train future workforce in biotech and information technology. And the winners were announced ...

In this week’s ConnectCast, Rocky Mountain Voices’ Cydni Tetro and Connect Magazine Executive Editor Colin Kelly discuss the top stories of the week. This week’s highlights include:

In this week’s ConnectCast, Rocky Mountain Voices’ Cydni Tetro and Connect Magazine Executive Editor Colin Kelly discuss this week’s highlights, including:

- Allegiance closes on a $5.7M round of funding

- Logoworks to be acquired by HP

- Arkona to be acquired by DealerTrack

- PricewaterhouseCoopers report ...

In this week’s ConnectCast, Rocky Mountain Voices‘ Cydni Tetro and Connect Magazine Executive Editor Colin Kelly discuss the top stories of the week from a Rocky Mountain perspective. The conversation includes a look at the Utah companies that made the Forbes 1000 company list, including Huntsman Chemical ...

Forbes Magazine has rated 3 of the top 11 Best Places for Business and Careers in the Rockies. Provo, Utah (#2), Boise, Idaho (#3), and Ogden, Utah (#11). While Provo and Boise have seen lots of press over the last few years, Colin Kelly is impressed ...