When booking a vacation upon a luxurious cruise liner, most people envision themselves indulging in fine cuisine, enjoying live performances, and soaking up the sun on the top decks of the massive ship. Few people would expect to be clinging onto a rope on the ship’s hull awaiting rescue as the ship sinks into the…
Dear Utah executives, legislators, and educators: We’ve talked about this for far too long. It’s time to act. In Utah, like in many other states, we have a talent stalemate: while high-tech jobs provide enormous opportunity for socioeconomic growth for our young people, companies are complaining that they can’t fill them despite the increasingly higher…
Over the past few years, I’ve advised a large number of CEOs and CFOs of software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies all of whom shared one common challenge: which of the many SaaS metrics frequently cited they should track. I’m frequently asked, “I just need to know a few key metrics that can tell me how I’m doing and that I…
Originally aired on Salt Lake City’s KCPW on April 19, 2016: The Bottom Line – (Air date: April 19/26, 2016)Bassam Salem immigrated to the U.S. from Egypt as a young kid. Despite currents of prejudice and discrimination flowing against him, Salem rose to become a successful entrepreneur and software engineer in Utah. He has been…
These days, it’s easy to argue that the expression “if you’re not growing, you’re shrinking” has never been more true. We all know and talk about local startups that are growing and thriving, attracting all of the funding, media attention, and talent. Many of these startups aren’t even that big. However, how much time do we…
Utah is a beautiful place to live. But, unfortunately, we have a big environmental problem in the northern part of the state: winter inversions. The number of red air quality days has exploded from 4 in 2012 to 23 in 2016, an almost five-fold increase! That’s where Bill Wilson and his team at Sustain3 come…
More and more of us are asking the question, “how can I get more protein in my diet?” Well, Pat Crowley, founder of Chapul, has the answer. Over the past few years, his company has worked to create a grassroots movement to introduce insects into the food chain, something that has been done outside the…
