The best conversations in business rarely happen on a stage. They happen in rooms where people can be candid. For the past couple of years, Silicon Slopes has created one of those rooms.

Founder Circle brings together Utah founders leading companies valued at $100 million or more for monthly conversations about the issues shaping our businesses, communities, and state—from housing and the Great Salt Lake to private equity and Utah's affordability crisis.

The conversations have been valuable. What happened outside the room has been even more interesting. Relationships formed. Friendships grew. Deals got done. Founders started helping one another solve problems long after the lunches ended.

We didn't engineer that. We put the right people in the room with two rules:

1. Show up.
2. Give more than you take.

Now we're expanding the idea.

Introducing Silicon Slopes Executive Circles

Silicon Slopes is launching eight peer communities for Utah's CEOs, COOs, CTO/CIO/CSOs, CMO/GTM leaders, CROs, CXOs, CHRO/CPOs, and CLOs/General Counsels. Each circle brings together leaders who sit in the same seat and wrestle with many of the same problems. Because sometimes the person who best understands what keeps a CRO up at night is the CRO down the street.

Each circle meets monthly and has a private community inside the Silicon Slopes Hub with a full member directory. Members will create their own programming track for the Silicon Slopes Executive Forum and help select finalists and winners for the annual Silicon Slopes Awards.

Every other month, leaders from across the circles will come together for dinner. Circle members will also mentor Start School founders and produce workshops for participating companies, helping the experience inside these rooms reach Utah's next generation of leaders. And the members—not Silicon Slopes—set the agenda.

Each circle elects its own Chair, Vice Chair, and Secretary and decides which conversations matter most.

Founder Circle taught us something simple: Put the right people in a room consistently, give them a reason to help one another, and remarkable things start happening.

Now we're opening more rooms.

Silicon Slopes Executive Circles invite Utah's leaders to show up, contribute, and become part of something bigger than their own company. Learn more here.

Join Silicon Slopes on September 10 & 11, when we host two days of everything that matters in Utah tech right now:

AI, Cybersecurity, Data, Systems, Builders, and SaaS.

Hundreds of founders, engineers, operators, and executives will be there.

Check out the Live Agenda!

The first STACKED Summit is the one people will say they didn't want to miss.

Be part of the first Stacked SUMMIT on September 11, 2026, at Salt Lake Community College.

One summit. Two distinct days.

This is an invite-only executive forum, followed by the full STACKED Summit.

Sponsors and speakers can reach both rooms. See ticket information here: https://www.siliconslopes.com/stacked

This October, trade the conference room for the golf course and spend the day with Utah's startup founders, executives, investors, and community leaders at the Slopes Cup.

You'll make new connections.
You might close a deal.
But, you probably won't fix your slice.

Slots are going fast!

More details here:

The benefits equation just changed. Employees want better benefits. Finance wants predictable costs. HR wants to deliver both without losing the argument in the boardroom.

For a long time, those three things couldn't coexist. A new category of benefits technology is changing that.

By funding care in real time and locking in transparent pricing, employers can now offer broader access, zero deductible friction, and no network restrictions — while giving Finance the cost certainty they've always demanded. It's not a tradeoff anymore.

At this exclusive session on Tuesday, Sept. 2, you'll hear how one Utah employer redesigned their benefits strategy to deliver what employees actually want, stabilized their costs in the process, and changed the dynamic between HR and Finance for good.

What you'll walk away with:

• A real-world case study from a Utah employer who made it work

• A clear picture of how this technology shifts the Finance-HR conversation

• A 60-day roadmap to implement before open enrollment

50 seats. Peer leaders only. Come ready to rethink what's possible.

Secure your spot before it's gone.

Nobody enjoys opening a health insurance renewal letter that's 20% higher than last year's rates with zero explanation.

In Utah, four things are doing most of that work: prescription drugs (including GLP-1s), outpatient hospital care, chronic disease, and mental health access — all rising.

A level-funded health insurance option like Silicon Slopes Health Plans doesn't make those pressures disappear. It makes them visible — through transparent claims and utilization reporting most fully-insured groups never see.

And, in many cases, a level-funded quote for your team could outpace and outperform the renewal you've been burdened by. 

Ask your local broker if your company qualifies.

Sept 1: Nate Walkingshaw

Sept 10: Gavin Christensen

Sept 15: Keith Nellesen

Oct. 7: Mark Newman

Showcasing industry and business events that strengthen and support the Slopes community and beyond.

Utah business leaders gathered August 27 at the Loveland Living Planet Aquarium for the 2026 Amplify Growth Summit, presented by Amplēo.

Silicon Slopes was thrilled to be a sponsor for this one-day event where founders, CEOs, and executives explored AI, finance, marketing, HR, leadership, and the challenges of scaling a business in a rapidly changing environment.

Through keynotes, breakout sessions, Growth Notes, and networking, speakers emphasized a common theme: Technology may be changing how companies grow, but strong leadership, smart strategy, and human connection still matter.

Utah’s AI community gathered August 27 at the Utah Mammoth Ice Center in Sandy for the 2026 AI Utah 100, recognizing 100 people helping shape the future of artificial intelligence in the state.

This year’s honorees put the spotlight on the people doing the work—from engineers and researchers to founders, product leaders, and technical operators building and deploying AI. The event brought honorees together with investors and community partners to celebrate Utah’s growing AI ecosystem and the talent behind it.

Presented by Codebase and Pattern and hosted by the Utah Mammoth, the event was supported by Frazier VC, Fullcast, TrueMark, Silicon Slopes, Women Tech Council, Forge Utah, TechBuzz, Women Leadership Institute, and 47G.

Please take 5 minutes (that’s all we ask) to tell us about your StartFEST experience. Your feedback will drive future StartFEST events!

Here’s your chance to help make StartFEST 2027 what you want with the resources you need.

Click here to complete this quick survey.

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