Last week I had a couple of guys in town from Phoenix and Denver. Both had previously lived in Utah. Both went to school here and worked in the Utah tech industry. Both left the state about six years ago for other opportunities. At the end of the day - after six important meetings - one of the commented to me:

“I had forgotten how many talented and smart people there are here in Utah.”

They both agreed that Denver and Phoenix did not have the depth and breadth of talented people that are here in Utah.

I was a little taken back by that but after thinking about it I believe its true. We really do have some wonderfully talented and smart people here in Utah. No, we’re not Silicon Valley but so what. We have a good group of talent and we need to work harder to build off the competitive advantage.