Monthly Archives: August 2018

UTC Announces 2018 Hall of Fame Inductees

The Utah Technology Council is proud to announce the 2018 Hall of Fame Inductees Candidates for the Utah Technology Council's Hall of Fame are heavily vetted by a committee of leading industry professionals. Nominees are judged based on their contributions to the innovation community through disruption, innovation and philanthropy. The 2018 Hall of Fame Inductees are Ryan Smith, Founder and CEO of Qualtrics, Gail Miller, Philanthropist and Chairman of Larry H. Miller Group of Companies, and Jeremy Andrus, CEO of Traeger Grills.  Supported by over 1400 technology CEOs, Vice Presidents, Directors and many more, the inductees will accept their awards [...]

By |2018-11-14T01:39:48-06:00August 29th, 2018|

FCC Chairman Ajit Pai Meets with Utah Tech Leaders

Yesterday, UTC hosted Congresswoman Mia Love and FCC Chairman Ajit Pai for a round table discussion with Utah tech leaders on important issues facing our industry. There was no agenda, no pre-submission of topics, and the Chairman answered rapid fire questions on net neutrality, throttling, antitrust, privacy laws, and many more.   Congresswoman Love and Chairman Pai were clear for the reason for their visit: to build good policy, Congress needs good input from real people working in the fields they are attempting to regulate. More than net neutrality - Utah needs an ever strengthening infrastructure to ensure that our [...]

By |2018-08-24T09:54:15-06:00August 24th, 2018|

Would you want to work at your startup?

You’ve built a fantastic product. But what about the workplace that goes with it? Big players like Uber, GitHub and SheThinx somehow missed that second part (although they did muddle through their nightmares of workplace harassment). Other startups, however, haven’t always been so lucky, even if they didn’t take it to the extreme of these companies. No entrepreneur wants to have the company where employees say, “Ugh, do I have to go to work again today?” Whenever a business owner asks me a question about hiring, I ask them this: “if the tables were turned, would you want to work [...]

By |2018-08-22T13:30:09-06:00August 22nd, 2018|

10 Ways Technology Has Changed Team Communication

Original article published by Forbes can be seen here.   The information technology (IT) industry is expected to grow a whopping 6.2% this year alone, according to Statista. This will make the technology industry a $3.74 trillion business by 2018, which is part of the driving force behind how your company communicates today. Using technology to keep your team connected just makes sense. With more remote employees taking over the workforce and the need to engage with staff located all over the world, having instant accessibility not only makes it easy to work together and collaborate, but is also an [...]

By |2018-08-03T10:22:38-06:00August 3rd, 2018|

Salt Lake City Lands a Top-25 Spot on CBRE’s Annual “Scoring Tech Talent” Report

Original article by Utah Business Magazine can be found here. Salt Lake City–Salt Lake City ranked #22 on CBRE’s sixth-annual “Scoring Tech Talent” report, a comprehensive analysis which ranks 50 U.S. and Canadian markets according to their ability to attract and grow tech talent. Salt Lake City stands out as having the seventh largest concentration of millennials among the 50 markets in the report – 21 percent compared to the U.S. average of 13.9 percent. This is one of the area’s greatest strengths; as the largest demographic cohort, millennials’ robust entry into—and maturity within—the labor pool contributes greatly to the [...]

By |2018-11-14T01:48:12-06:00August 3rd, 2018|

Trump’s Tech Tariffs Are Awesome, for Southeast Asia

Original article published by Bloomberg Opinion can be seen here.   Written by Tim Culpan, Bloomberg columnist covering technology Donald Trump may well be the best thing that’s happened to Southeast Asia’s humble electronics industry in quite a while. Relatively small, and frankly not as sexy as their North Asia cousins, makers of components and devices with factories dotted around the region may get some time in the spotlight thanks to the U.S. administration’s decision last month to levy an additional 25 percent import tax on 818 separate items from China. Assembly of name-brand gadgets like Apple Inc.’s iPhones tends [...]

By |2018-11-14T01:55:23-06:00August 3rd, 2018|

Op-ed: Utah must keep the climate conversations going

Original Op-Ed published by the Deseret News can be read here. Climate solutions are not only economically viable in Utah, they are already being implemented across the state in different communities, paving the way to reduced carbon emissions that will lead to better health and safety and a more livable future for Utahns. This year’s passage of HCR007, the first climate resolution ever to pass in a red state, demonstrates an increased willingness by elected officials to represent the belief of a strong majority of Utahns that climate change is real. Indeed, a 2017 Hinckley Institute poll shows that 71 [...]

By |2018-08-03T10:03:21-06:00August 3rd, 2018|
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