About Silicon Slopes

Empowering Utah’s tech community to learn, connect, and serve.

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Silicon Slopes

7 min readAug 2, 2016

Silicon Slopes is a nonprofit organization that exists to empower Utah’s tech community to learn, connect, and serve in order to make entrepreneurship open and accessible to all.

CONTACT

Address: 2600 West Executive Pkwy Suite 140 Lehi, UT 84043
Email: hello@siliconslopes.com
Phone: 385–374–0880

Silicon Slopes believes entrepreneurship should be open and accessible to all. We also believe education is key to a diverse, healthy, and vibrant startup community. Our focus on education appears in a variety of different formats with the intent to both inform and mentor Utah startups and entrepreneurs.

SiliconSlopes.com

Led by a team of talented journalists and writers, SiliconSlopes.com conducts extensive reporting on the most important startup and tech news in Utah. We write and publish in-depth feature stories on the most compelling entrepreneurs, companies, leaders, and issues facing Silicon Slopes.

SiliconSlopes.com Features The Following

Community Board showcasing general updates published by community members
Events section showcasing upcoming community events
Podcast section listing all episodes of The Silicon Slopes Hour
Community Voice section that allows community members to publish columns and articles on SiliconSlopes.com
Magazine section publishing quarterly issues of Silicon Slopes Magazine
Sponsors section showcasing our valued partners — without whom Silicon Slopes wouldn’t be possible

Silicon Slopes Tech Summit

Silicon Slopes Tech Summit is a two-day event designed to give all members of Utah’s booming technology industry the opportunity to learn from and network with the leading minds, innovators and experts in technology. The event, scheduled for January 18–19, 2018 and coinciding with the Sundance Film Festival, will be held at the Salt Palace in downtown Salt Lake City.

The Silicon Slopes Hour

Hosted by Silicon Slopes executive director and editor-in-chief Clint Betts, The Deseret News Silicon Slopes Hour airs on KSL News Radio every Sunday at 7am. The show provides an in-depth look inside Utah’s growing startup and tech community from the perspective of the entrepreneurs, executives, and community leaders at the forefront of the industry. A new podcast episode is published every Monday morning.

Silicon Slopes Magazine

In partnership with Utah Business, we publish and distribute Silicon Slopes Magazine — a quarterly print magazine highlighting in-depth reporting on a variety of different topics and issues facing Silicon Slopes, as well as exhaustive feature stories on Utah entrepreneurs and startups.

Silicon Slopes Live

Silicon Slopes Live is a monthly reception and dinner featuring Clint Betts, Silicon Slopes executive director and editor-in-chief, interviewing a high-profile entrepreneur or leader in front of a live, intimate audience. The conversation will later be published on The Deseret News Silicon Slopes Hour.

Silicon Slopes Institute

Silicon Slopes Institute is a collection of workshops taught by experienced professionals and some of the brightest entrepreneurial and creative minds in Utah. Each workshop is centered around a specific topic and lasts for eight weeks. The first four workshops will cover the following topics: entrepreneurship, product, sales, and marketing.

Silicon Slopes Lecture Series

In partnership with Utah Valley University, we organize a 13-week lecture series featuring high-profile entrepreneurs, investors, and executives to educate students and the broader community on how to build a startup.

Silicon Slopes Calendar

The Silicon Slopes Calendar is published and distributed annually to highlight Utah tech companies and the community’s achievements over the past 12 months.

Silicon Slopes has created a unique community platform that fosters a collaborative support environment for every entrepreneur in Utah. It’s our belief that a community is at its best when it’s relentlessly inclusive and the opportunity to be heard and comfortably participate is democratized. Part of our overall mission is to give every Utah entrepreneur a voice and an extensive network of support.

Startup Conversation Series

The Startup Conversation Series brings Utah’s startup community together once a month to participate in a casual conversation between some of Utah’s most prominent and compelling entrepreneurs to educate and inspire.

Silicon Slopes Breakfast

The Silicon Slopes Breakfast is an intimate monthly gathering where entrepreneurs and executives meet over breakfast to talk about persistent problems and to generate feedback and advice from a small group of peers. The discussion is led by a high-profile entrepreneur, executive, or leader in the Silicon Slopes community.

Silicon Slopes Town Hall

The Silicon Slopes Town Hall is a monthly meeting of entrepreneurs, community leaders, and government officials to discuss a wide variety of issues and topics facing Utah’s startup and tech community. Each town hall is moderated by a prominent entrepreneur or community leader.

LaunchUp

LaunchUp is a monthly event that brings Utah’s startup community together to share entrepreneurial excitement, energy, and encouragement. The event follows a specific 90-minute format that facilitates a friendly and encouraging environment where several early-stage startups present — not pitch — their projects and opportunities.

Silicon Slopes Sessions

The Silicon Slopes Sessions pairs entrepreneurs with experienced mentors on a monthly basis to spend time one-on-one working through issues, sharing connections, and getting actionable and relevant advice.

Silicon Slopes Showcase

The Silicon Slopes Showcase is a quarterly event that puts startups in front of active investors to showcase their product, get advice, and make valuable connections.

Silicon Slopes believes in the power of community. We believe service is the central tenet to a healthy and vibrant community, which is why we consistently rally Utah’s startup and tech ecosystem to give back through a number of different programs and initiatives. It’s our duty to ensure the Silicon Slopes don’t rise while the rest of Utah falls or remains stagnant. While we will continuously look for ways to serve, it’s incumbent upon every member of the Silicon Slopes community to give back whenever possible. Service is the heart of our organization. Let it be the heart of our community. We at least have to try.

Startup Santa

Children in Utah need books. Two out of every three children living in low-income families and attending third grade do not read at a proficient level, and only one out of every 300 children living in low-income families has access to books. Startup Santa is a state-wide children’s book drive where Utah companies compete against each other to see who can donate the most books and support childhood literacy programs for children living in low-income families.