How Utah Valley actually makes its money
Utah Valley is the southern half of Silicon Slopes, the birthplace of a direct-sales industry that staffs itself every summer, and the home of employers most of the country has never heard of. Honest profiles of the companies and the industries behind them.
doTERRA in Pleasant Grove: The Campus, the Jobs, and the Two Workforces People Confuse
doTERRA in Utah County: the Pleasant Grove headquarters campus, employees vs Wellness Advocates, why headcount figures disagree, and working there.
Grad School or the Job Market? The Utah Valley Math Changed in July 2026
Federal Grad PLUS loans ended for instruction beginning on or after 1 July 2026, replaced by...
Starting a Business the Year You Graduate: The Utah Paperwork, in Order
Registering a business in Utah is three separate filings with three separate offices, and...
Non-Competes and Job-Offer Law in Utah: What First-Jobbers Actually Sign
Utah caps non-compete agreements at one year, and a 2026 amendment banned them outright for...
Holiday & Seasonal Hiring in Utah Valley: The Calendar, the Pay Rules, and the 24-Hour Law Nobody Mentions
Seasonal jobs in Utah Valley: the hiring calendar that closes early, and what Utah wage law...
Selling Homemade Food in Utah: The Exemption, the Informed Final Consumer, and What You Still Cannot Sell
Selling homemade food in Utah: what the Home Consumption and Homemade Food Act exempts, the...
Unemployment Benefits in Utah: What the Employment Security Act Is For, and Why Eligibility Turns on How the Job Ended
Utah's unemployment system exists under the Employment Security Act, and the Legislature...
Workers' Compensation in Utah: The Trade at the Heart of It, and What the Act Actually Covers
Utah workers' compensation explained: no-fault benefits for injured workers in exchange for...
The Best Companies to Work For in Utah Valley: How Those Lists Are Actually Made
Utah has three competing 'best workplace' lists and all of them are opt-in — two charge the...
Coding Bootcamps in Utah Valley: The Industry Started Here, and the Word 'Registered' Does Not Mean What You Think
The modern coding bootcamp was partly invented in a Provo candy factory. Understanding what...
The Chip Factory in Lehi: How a Failed Memory Venture Became Utah's Largest Investment Ever
The building off I-15 in Lehi has had three owners in twenty years and made three different...
Nu Skin: The Provo Apartment That Built the Building Downtown Is Named After
Nu Skin's Provo story: started in 1984, how its sales model shaped downtown Provo, the FTC...
Omniture: How Two BYU Dropouts Built the Company That Became Adobe's Utah Campus
Adobe's Lehi campus exists because of a company two BYU students started in 1996. The real...
The Point: What Is Actually Being Built on the Old Prison Site
The 600-acre former Utah State Prison site is becoming a state-owned district called The...
The Provo Woolen Mills: The Factory That Made Provo an Industrial Town, and Then Vanished
In 1872 Provo opened the first large factory in Utah Territory, employing 150 people a few...
The Chains Utah Built: Kneaders, Cafe Rio, Costa Vida and the Valley That Exports Restaurants
Kneaders started in Orem. Costa Vida's first franchise was in Provo. Cafe Rio sued Costa...
Raising Money in Utah Valley: Who Actually Writes Checks Here, and at What Stage
Startup funding in Utah County: the investment firms, the stages they fund, BYU's...
The Genealogy Industry in Utah Valley: How a Provo Book Publisher Became a $4.7 Billion Company
How Utah Valley became the center of the family history industry: Ancestry, FamilySearch,...
Healthcare Jobs in Utah Valley: The Four Employers, the Credential Ladder, and the Jobs Nobody Tells Students About
Utah Valley's health system runs on four large employers and a credential ladder that starts...
Teaching Jobs in Utah Valley: Three Districts Becoming Five, and the Licensing Routes That Actually Get You Hired
Utah County's school employment is about to be reorganized — Alpine School District splits...
Trades and Apprenticeships in Utah Valley: The Job Comes First, and Almost Nobody Tells You That
In Utah you generally need the job before you can get the license, and the license before...
Getting a Business License in Provo: The Four Agencies, the Two Home-Occupation Tiers, and the Short-Term Rental Trap
Getting a business license in Provo: the four registrations most new businesses need, the...
Food Handler Cards & Health Permits in Utah County: What Every Food Job Requires First
Nearly every food job in Utah starts with a food handler card, and it has to come from an...
Getting Your First Provo Job: Applications That Actually Work Here
Provo's hiring market runs on a calendar most newcomers do not know about and a referral...
Gig Work in Provo: The Honest Math on Delivery, Rideshare and Side Apps
Provo has more people willing to drive for apps than almost any city its size, and that fact...
Job Fairs & Hiring Events in Utah Valley: Who Runs Them and When
Job fairs in Utah Valley: the Provo community fair, BYU and UVU career fairs, and Workforce...
Qualtrics: The Provo Basement That Built a $12 Billion Company
A BYU marketing professor, his two sons and a family friend started a survey company in a...
Startup Candy: The Provo Family That Claims America's First Filled Candy Bar
The Startup Candy story: a Provo family candy business, the factory that made Provo the...
Government Jobs in Utah County: How Civil-Service Hiring Actually Works Here
Public-sector work in Utah County pays differently, hires differently, and takes longer than...
Job Help in Utah Valley That Costs Nothing: The Register
Free job search help in Utah County: Workforce Services, LDS Employment Services, university...
Jobs in Provo With No Degree or Experience: The Honest Map
Jobs in Provo without a degree: employers that hire without one, short certifications that...
Part-Time Jobs in Provo: Who Hires, When They Hire, and What the Shifts Are Really Like
Part-time jobs in Provo: employers that hire year-round, evening and weekend shifts, and the...
Working at Provo Airport: Who Actually Hires There, and What the Expansion Changes
Jobs at Provo Airport are not posted in one place — the city, the airlines, the ground...
What Jobs Actually Pay in Provo: A Sector-by-Sector Wage Guide
What jobs pay in Provo and Utah County by sector, from state wage data, and why published...
Summer Jobs in Utah Valley That Are Not Door-to-Door Sales
Utah Valley's summer job market is far wider than the sales industry that recruits hardest...
Tech Jobs in Utah Valley Without Moving to Lehi
Tech jobs in Utah Valley: where the jobs are, the corridor commute, getting in without a CS...
Teen Jobs in Provo: The Utah Rules, and Who Actually Hires at 14, 15 and 16
What Utah law allows at each age, which Provo employers hire teenagers, and the hour limits...
WordPerfect & Novell: Utah Valley's First Tech Boom
Before Silicon Slopes had a name, Utah Valley ran the world's word processing. The story of...
Provo's Oldest Businesses Still Open — and Why the Dates Don't Agree
Provo's oldest businesses: what can be verified about their founding dates, and why the...
Jobs in Provo & Utah Valley: Who's Hiring, What It Pays, and What Nobody Tells You
Working in Utah Valley: the biggest employers, what the unemployment rate hides, how...
Companies Founded in Utah Valley: The Ones You've Actually Heard Of
Companies founded in Utah Valley: WordPerfect, Novell, Omniture, Qualtrics, Nu Skin, Vivint,...
Crumbl: How a Logan Cookie Shop Ended Up Headquartered in Lindon
Crumbl was founded in Logan in 2017 and now runs a national franchise from a headquarters in...
Direct Sales in Utah Valley: Why the Industry's Capital Is Here
Utah County holds roughly three-quarters of Utah's direct-selling jobs — Nu Skin, doTERRA,...
Silicon Slopes, Explained: What It Is and Why It Started Here
Silicon Slopes explained: what the name means, where Utah's tech corridor runs, and the Orem...
The Biggest Employers in Utah Valley
Utah Valley's biggest employers: BYU, the school districts, Intermountain, UVU, Vivint and...
Vivint: Provo's Smart-Home Giant
Vivint, Provo's biggest homegrown company: from a pest-control sales crew to a smart-home...
LGCY Power: Lehi's Homegrown Solar Company
LGCY Power (pronounced 'Legacy Power') is a Lehi-based residential solar company and one of...
Who's actually hiring in the valley
The biggest employers in Utah Valley, what they pay for, and where the jobs actually are.