Marketplace Innovators
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Maud’s Café Serves More Than Coffee
Maud’s Café, a non-profit program overseen by the Volunteers of America Utah is run on teen power—specifically teens that are taking the steps needed to leave, or avoid, homelessness. Each…
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WorkSumo: Company Wants to Help Workers Grow Careers
As a way to keep up with shifting job titles and rapid movement toward workforce automation, WorkSumo founders Teki Koloa, CEO, and Zach Johnson, Chief of Product, have launched a…
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Take a Deep Breath—Utah Company Creates Safe-Air Face Masks
The World Health Organization estimated 7 million premature worldwide deaths were caused by urban air pollution and use of indoor solid fuels.
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Ogden Man Creates Original Bicycles from Cast-Off Parts
If you’ve noticed some strange bicycles around Ogden lately, you probably have Mark Johnson to thank. Johnson, a jiu-jitsu instructor who taught English at Ogden High for 21 years, has…
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Wooden Bow Ties from W.K. Wilson
Bow ties creatively designed, skillfully handcrafted, and wonderfully unique.
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In a Changing Climate Night Flight Comics Re-Invents as a Mail Order Business
How did Night Flight Comics succeed for 30 years when so many others failed? It wasn’t just luck.
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Joe Maughan Continues a Tradition of Hands-On Jewelry Making at 9th & 9th Jewelers
Joe the Jeweler is an expert at creating custom jewelry to fit any budget.
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Salt Lake Podcaster Andrea Smardon
Smardon describes her podcast as “a show for people who want to explore a new way forward, and who are hungry for a more expansive view of the human race.”