USU FOUNDERS
This USU-connected entrepreneur founded Denik and built it into a national custom notebook brand.
Who is Tyler Tolson?
The most common reason startups fail: building something nobody actually wants.
What is lack of product-market fit?
Utah is nicknamed this because of its fast-growing startup ecosystem.
What is Silicon Slopes?
The percentage of a company investors receive for their investment.
What is equity?
The best place on campus to run into entrepreneurs and free food.
What is the Entrepreneurship Center?
This cookie company founded by USU alumni exploded on TikTok and rotates weekly flavors.
What is Crumbl?
This is the moment when a startup’s revenue finally equals its expenses and it stops losing money.
What is break-even?
This Utah-founded billion-dollar company makes customer experience software.
What is Qualtrics?
Money provided to very early startups to get off the ground.
What is seed funding?
The club hosting this Jeopardy game.
What is E-Club?
This USU-connected brand started with baby products and grew into a massive comfort and bedding company.
What is Malouf?
A startup built with little outside funding, relying on revenue and savings.
What is bootstrapping?
What VC company bought majority stake in Swig
What is Savory Fund?
When a company is valued over $1 billion.
What is a unicorn?
The major most likely to start 5 businesses and sleep 3 hours a night.
What is entrepreneurship?
This USU alumnus founded JJ Cole baby gear and later sold it for millions.
Who is Jeremy White?
A simple early version of a product used to test ideas with customers.
What is an MVP?
This outdoor brand founded in Utah became famous for coolers and drinkware.
What is YETI?
The document investors read that explains the business and opportunity.
What is a pitch deck?
The phrase every founder says when things go wrong: “We’re going to…”
What is pivot?
This famous gaming entrepreneur attended USU before founding Atari and Chuck E. Cheese.
Who is Nolan Bushnell?
When a company earns more money than it spends.
What is profitability?
This LDS apostle, Cache Valley native, and businessman co-founded a multibillion-dollar fitness equipment company.
Who is Gary E. Stevenson?
Shark Tank investors are typically looking for this, a way to get their money back multiplied.
What is an exit?
What every college founder secretly checks daily besides Canvas.
What is their bank account?