Matt Asay's Connect column says Utah's entrepreneurial vision is small
In his October column, Matt Asay Location Matters, Matt Asay takes a dim look at Utah's entrepreneurial prospects. In particular he says "The ideas behind most Utah companies are small,
offering little innovation and even less risk. I’m not sure as to the
reasons, but a day spent in Silicon Valley and another spent in Utah
reveals a huge ambition chasm that Utah seems disinterested in crossing."
Here is an excerpt from the email I sent Matt on this:
Here is an excerpt from the email I sent Matt on this:
"Matt:
You're last column in Connect made me sad. Have
you really given up on Utah as a place that can have a thriving economy and can
actually train our own talent? I wonder why the vision/concept is smaller here
- I personally believe Capital has a role in that - it's been so hard to get for
so long... that I think it is hard to
think "really big". The question is, as new capital comes into the state, will
that change? "
The rest of the question is - if our vision is smaller (and I agree that "sometimes" it is smaller here) why? Are we not collaborating enough with the folks at the universities? Our State Science Advisor is preparing a scorecard - and compared to many other states, we look good on Federally funded research. But clearly, Utah's business community doesn't interact a lot with our university communities. Why? Why not?
The rest of the question is - if our vision is smaller (and I agree that "sometimes" it is smaller here) why? Are we not collaborating enough with the folks at the universities? Our State Science Advisor is preparing a scorecard - and compared to many other states, we look good on Federally funded research. But clearly, Utah's business community doesn't interact a lot with our university communities. Why? Why not?
Posted by StartupNotes at 10/20/2006 12:23 PM 
Categories: General Entrepreneurship, Utah and Economy
Categories: General Entrepreneurship, Utah and Economy
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