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New Report Shows Utah’s Tech Sector Invests In Its Workforce

A new report, released today by the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute, shows Utah’s tech community leading the country in wage growth at a resounding 16.6% growth in the last year. It’s followed by Washington and Nevada, respectively. Some other highlights include: Tech is growing twice as fast as other industries in the state, and three times as fast as tech across the country. Tech wages are two times more than the average wage in Utah. 28 out of 29 counties has at least one tech company. As a pillar of the state, tech supports nearly 1/5 of Utah’s overall […]

By |2019-07-29T16:58:51-06:00July 30th, 2019|

Silicon Slopes, Utah Technology Council combine for new tech-centric chamber

By Art Raymond for the Deseret News Published: March 27, 2019 8:00 am Read the original article here. SALT LAKE CITY — An announcement Wednesday of the union of two tech-centric groups — Silicon Slopes and the Utah Technology Council — marks the birth of a two-part entity that is instantly one of the most powerful in a state where tech is evolving into the primary economic driver. The new alignment combines Silicon Slopes’ mission as an education, community-building and outreach organization with the technology council’s trade-focused, public policy advocacy for an innovation industry that numbers over 6,000 companies and […]

By |2019-04-30T14:01:44-06:00April 30th, 2019|

Utah Technology Council Unites With Silicon Slopes

The two organizations will operate under the same umbrella to better serve Utah’s startup and tech community. The Utah Technology Council (UTC) has joined forces with Silicon Slopes to unite Utah’s startup and tech community. The UTC organization and its stellar legacy of public policy, advocacy, and world-class events will continue to thrive within the Silicon Slopes ecosystem. In addition, Banyan CEO, Carine Clark, has been appointed the new chair of UTC. Silicon Slopes co-founder and executive director, Clint Betts, will assume the same role on behalf of both entities. “Silicon Slopes couldn’t be more thrilled to unite with UTC […]

By |2019-03-26T15:39:25-06:00March 27th, 2019|

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 Years, 10 Offices at Instructure

10 Years Ago, Josh Coates, an entrepreneurial founder, had an idea to create a learning management system that was easy to use and created from the ground up to be awesome. Instructure now has more than 3000 learning institutions using their platform. In this, their 10th year of operation (founded in 2008) the company has more than 1100 employees across the globe and their 10th office is right here in Pleasant Grove, Utah. The second campus in Utah will be home to more than 400 employees focusing on worldwide technical support and software engineering. Unlike the ribbon burning at their […]

By |2018-03-26T09:32:49-06:00March 26th, 2018|
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