People & Culture
Does Utah Tech Need a Culture Reboot?
PEOPLE & CULTURE - January 14, 2022
[Note: In all quoted social posts, any emphasis via italics was added by TechBuzz.] An Acute Problem Nobody in Utah’s tech or startup scene failed t... Read More
Entrata Founder Sends Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Email to State Leaders
TECH NEWS - January 05, 2022
By now, most of the Utah tech community (and many working in national media) have seen the comments made by Utah businessman and Republican political activist D... Read More
SWORD Health Seeks to Outsmart MSK Pain, Raises $163 Million Series D
PEOPLE & CULTURE - January 04, 2022
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 ma... Read More
Kizik by HandsFree Labs: “The Future of Footwear”
PEOPLE & CULTURE - January 03, 2022
The creative and engineering teams for Kizik (Lindon, Utah) are serious about “hands-free” footwear. “These are not slip-ons or flip-flops, th... Read More
Nivati’s Wellness Platform Weathers the COVID Storm
PEOPLE & CULTURE - December 27, 2021
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 fina... Read More
Utah Communities and Xlear Support Afghan Refugees
PEOPLE & CULTURE - December 24, 2021
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 refug... Read More
DealCaptains Rebuilds the Travel Agency
PEOPLE & CULTURE - December 07, 2021
Saying the Covid-19 Pandemic negatively impacted the travel industry is a gross understatement. The U.S. Travel Association analyzed travel spending in 2020, an... Read More
Rob Poleki: Entrepreneur of the Smart Toilet Seat
PEOPLE & CULTURE - December 02, 2021
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 ... Read More
Mixtape Social Music Presses Rewind on Streaming Apps, Recaptures Nostalgia of Sharing Your Favorite Songs
PEOPLE & CULTURE - December 01, 2021
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 w... Read More
Wave of Mind Creates a Self Awareness Guided Journaling System
PEOPLE & CULTURE - November 25, 2021
Happy Thanksgiving from TechBuzz! In honor of the holiday, today’s feature covers a startup designed around mental and emotional wellbeing: Wave of M... Read More
Elisabeth Nebeker named as Program Director of the Wasatch Innovation Network
PEOPLE & CULTURE - November 24, 2021
The Salt Lake Chamber and TechBuzz News announce that Elisabeth Nebeker has been appointed as the Program Director of the Wasatch Innovation Network, ... Read More
A Pep Talk from Sterling Snow, the Utah-Tech Stan Behind Divvy’s “Hype” Billboards
PEOPLE & CULTURE - November 18, 2021
“If you aren't fired up about what the Utah community is doing, you aren't paying attention.” It’s a pro-Utah sentiment itera... Read More
What Was Missing from Weave's IPO? The Founders.
PEOPLE & CULTURE - November 17, 2021
Last Thursday, November 11th, Utah's own Weave debuted on the New York Stock Exchange, as covered by TechBuzz News. The stand was full of Weave executives a... Read More
