Fraser Bullock: A Lifetime of Achievement
Fifteen years ago, Fraser Bullock was “all in” at his Olympic post where he and Mitt Romney were salvaging a reputation and planning the most heralded Winter Games ever. “Josh James called me up and said he was really struggling with the budget at Omniture — they were out of money,” Bullock recalls. As an […]
The Q Awards: John Pestana named Entrepreneur of the Year
John Pestana should have been on our cover years ago. He’s the co-founder of Omniture, after all — arguably one of the most influential tech companies in Utah’s history. (For the record, his co-founder, Josh James, has graced our cover twice.) To this day, people meet Pestana and innocently ask, “What do you do for […]
A class of their own: 4 college drop-outs talk their degree-defying decisions
They aren’t your textbook success stories. But these phenomenally successful entrepreneurs need to be studied. Go inside their choice to not give it the old college try. Gee Whiz Garrett Gee’s college experience is driven by goals. The BYU soccer player turned entrepreneur has created one revolving educational door. “I honestly love school, but […]
Risky business: 5 local entrepreneurs dish on the riskiest thing they’ve ever done
Entrepreneurs have guts. They create something from nothing. They breathe life into livelihood. And they trade cushy consistency for the unsettling unknown. So just how do they get those stomachs of steel? BusinessQ asked five local entrepreneurs to share the riskiest thing they’ve ever (or almost ever) done. Find out who used wedding presents as […]