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Paul Godfrey (center) with Gove Allen (L) and David Benson (R)
Intellect
Nature Study: Increasing number of university-licensed startups in the U.S. are not actually operating
Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
January 23, 2020
An analysis of the Top 50 patent-producing universities in the United States finds a staggering increase in the amount of university-licensed startups that exist on paper, but are not really doing anything — no employees, often no physical location, no economic impact, finds the Nature Biotechnology study.
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Image: BYU alums on stage of Shark Tank
Intellect
Shark Tank deal for BYU inventors of massage therapy ball
Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
October 28, 2019
Rollins Center-supported startup Myostorm lands deal on ABC's prime-time show.
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Intellect
New BYU student venture: Rockets that make space access affordable
By Whitney Steele
May 08, 2019
Finalist of BYU Marriott School's New Venture Challenge wants to make space more accessible
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Kimball Parker and Gordon Smith
Announcements
BYU Law launches LawX, an idea incubator within a classroom
June 19, 2017
BYU Law School announced the launch of LawX, a legal design lab that will create products and other solutions to address the pressing issues relating to access to legal services. 

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Intellect
BYU students make winter hammocking a warmer reality
By Alec Sears
April 23, 2017
BYU's 2017 Student Innovator of the Year created a lightweight insulator that covers hammocks for cold-evening camping.

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Clay Ellis
Intellect
Student-created budgeting app will finally save your budget
Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
March 27, 2017
You’ve tried it all: spreadsheets, software, the envelope system. And despite your best efforts, it seems like every month you blow your budget. One BYU student wants you to give it one more shot, using his budgeting app.

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Journey App
Intellect
BYU mobile app winner makes keeping a journal easier than ever
Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
March 21, 2016
Journaling app "Journey" beat out more than 25 other student-made mobile apps (with everything from games to social media apps) to win the BYU Mobile App Competition.

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