It was my birthday last week and my sister made me the most magnificent chocolate cake. Every year, I think about branching out, but I find myself always requesting chocolate cake or brownies.
Rachel Parcell (@rachparcell), Cara Loren Van Brocklin (@caraloren), Hannah Neeleman (@BallerinaFarm) and hundreds of other women who started as bloggers and influencers have transformed themselves into moguls. And yet these influencers’ drive, technical skill sets and business sense aren’t perceived in the same way as the tech execs of Silicon Slopes, even though the timing of Utah’s tech boom and the rise of Utah’s bloggers and influencers follow the same pattern starting in the 2000s.
Why has prestige eluded many of the influencers-turned-moguls cohort? Read more.
A majority of Utah voters approve of Sen. Mitt Romney’s performance, with 52% approving compared to 44% who disapprove.
But as Romney weighs whether to run for a second term in the U.S. Senate, the latest Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll shows Romney continues to struggle with the most conservative members in his own party, which could make him vulnerable in the Republican primary.
Rep. Chris Stewart, who represents Utah’s 3rd Congressional District, and former national security adviser Robert O’Brien, who recently said he’s moving his permanent residence to Utah are both rumored to be considering a run.