Is Utah the next Silicon Valley

While Silicon Valley has the buzz -- and an HBO series about high-tech startups -- 810 miles to the east, the Utah Valley is holding its own.

A report released Tuesday by the Brookings Institution in Washington highlighted how Provo, Utah -- where software design is the biggest job generator -- is benefiting from the dot-com economy.

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1. Utah had three cities -- Provo, Ogden and Salt Lake City -- among the top 15 in the U.S. with the...

A new study by the Brookings Institution highlights Utah's growing influence in the tech industry, and The New Yorker's Vauhini Vara has taken notice.

"How are they doing it?" Vara asked, before concluding that everything from the "cultural knack for salesmanship and entrepreneurship among Mormons" to Utah's tax system and the influence of BYU — which has notable STEM programs — play a role in building the "next Silicon Valley."

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