Free startup strategy event Thursday, Myriad celebrates co-founder's life

Entrepreneurs and business startup hopefuls can start off the new year learning more about strategy for startups at RevRoad University from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday.This free business event will feature a workshop on strategy and a conversation with Craig Earnshaw, founder of LifeLink Corp. The workshop will focus on traction, including lean startup principles, how to get validation early on and how to build relationships with a company’s first customers.As part of the event, Earnshaw will talk with RevRoad’s Rebecca Palmer about how he started his tech company in the ’70s, how it grew and its acquisition story. They will also discuss Earnshaw’s work as an adjunct professor at Brigham Young University, a mentor and an investor. Audience members are strongly encouraged to come with questions of their own for Earnshaw. Lunch will be served after the interview.