# Clint Betts

> Clint Betts is the co-founder and CEO of Silicon Slopes and CEO.com. He founded Beehive Startups in 2013, helped bring it together with Silicon Slopes in 2016, and works across interviews, events, founder education, and writing. His recent projects include Start School and the Utah journalism venture Utahn.

- **Role:** Co-founder and CEO at Silicon Slopes; co-founder and CEO at CEO.com
- **Organizations:** Silicon Slopes, CEO.com, Beehive Startups, Utahn, The Beehive, Start Foundation
- **Education:** Utah Valley University
- **Known for:** Founded Beehive Startups in 2013., Helped unite Beehive Startups and Silicon Slopes in 2016., Founded Startup Santa, whose initial drive collected approximately 13,000 books by January 2016.

## Career timeline

- **2013** — Founded Beehive Startups to cover Utah entrepreneurs and startups.
- **2015** — Beehive Startups announced StartStudio; Startup Santa launched that December.
- **2016** — Beehive Startups joined forces with Silicon Slopes in a nonprofit organization.
- **2019** — Publicly documented as executive director and editor-in-chief of Silicon Slopes; chaired the Salt Lake Chamber Housing Gap Coalition.
- **2020** — Interviewed Mark Zuckerberg at Silicon Slopes Tech Summit; CEO.com launch covered by TechBuzz.
- **2024** — Spoke at the ITU Global Innovation Forum in Malta.
- **2026** — Unveiled Start School and published an essay explaining why he is building Utahn.

## Achievements

- Founded Beehive Startups in 2013.
- Helped unite Beehive Startups and Silicon Slopes in 2016.
- Founded Startup Santa, whose initial drive collected approximately 13,000 books by January 2016.
- Interviewed Mark Zuckerberg at the 2020 Silicon Slopes Tech Summit.
- Helped introduce the free Start School initiative in February 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Unveiled Start School at the Silicon Slopes Summit as a free initiative supporting sustainable businesses, including founders who do not pursue venture capital.
- **2026-03** — On March 31, Betts reported more than 1,000 Start School applications, more than 350 accepted companies, and more than 150 mentors; these are his contemporaneous participation figures.
- **2026-06** — Listed as CEO and President of Silicon Slopes in a Utah Business Forward speaker biography.
- **2026-07** — Published Why I’m Building Utahn, describing the journalism project’s purpose and his literary influences.
- **2026-10** — CEO.com’s author catalog lists an October 2 video by Betts about AI and leadership.

## Links

- Website: https://clintbetts.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clintbetts
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/clintbetts

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Last updated: 2026-10-23