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“We should buy Wyoming” (notes from the Utah Economic Conference)
I just got back from Governor John Huntsman’s Utah Economic Conference. It was an interesting time. I attended several sessions. The first session on successful growth strategies had some very good thoughts from Alan Hall of Grow Utah Ventures and Josh Coats of Mozy (which just sold for $80M to EMC). Alan talked about being on the customer’s sales cycle. That really hit home with me - condensing sales cycles is something I’ve thought a lot about lately.
I then jumped into a session where John Bresee, Paul Allen, and Josh James were speaking. They had some great insights on Internet marketing. Afterwards I talked to John briefly about GearTrade and Josh and I talked as well. These are great guys who have built some of the coolest Internet companies in the world and they are right here in Utah.
I had the opportunity to sit down with Craig Bott and Alan Hall and talk about some cool initiatives and ideas they are spawning at Grow Utah - there are some really cool things going on in this state. Oh, and I also had a long conversation with Steve Spencer at 12 Horses - those guys are really rocking the house!
Governor Huntsman gave a great speech on the state of Utah business. I called his office to ask for a copy of the speech. The bottom line was this: WE’RE #1!!! He made a funny comment about the state doing so well and having so much cash that we should buy Wyoming. At any rate, I’ll try to get the whole speech and republish it here.
All in all - I think Utah has the strongest business environment in the country. Its amazing what’s going on here. The big takeaway for me was that we have amazing talent and growth in Utah and I’ve only met a fraction of those out making it happen.
Keep up the good work team!Â