Re:How Mormons built a startup ecosystem in Utah
by nobleach on Saturday July 18, 2020 @04:24PM
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While I see people pushing more and more down into American Fork, Lindon, etc I find it strange that they rarely push North. Pluralsight was in Station Park in Farmington, but I believe they've also moved to Provo.
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Re:How Mormons built a startup ecosystem in Utah
by phaedryx on Saturday July 18, 2020 @06:44PM
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It's because setting up between Salt Lake and Utah counties lets you draw talent from both locations.
Re:How Mormons built a startup ecosystem in Utah
by ryankshaw on Monday July 20, 2020 @03:52PM
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I think the question is more, "why not set up in the northern part of Salt Lake valley to be able to pull in people from Davis/Weber county?"
There is certainly plenty of people that live up there, seemingly just as many as live in Utah County. Is it that there is a dearth of them that have the skills tech companies are looking for? Are there governmental/policy reasons keeping companies away? Is it because BYU is in Utah County and WSU/USU are that much worse at providing potential hires than BYU/UVU are?
I don't know the reason but it does seem weird to me that there is so much push into Utah County and seemingly nothing to the north.