Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr.

"We live in a highly competitive region of the United States where we have to earn what we get."

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Fred Lampropoulos, founder, president and CEO of Merit Medical Systems

"There's a renaissance going on in this state, and I think it's being led by the governor. . . . There's something going on, and if you don't sense it, you soon will. It's a different day in this state, and I'm delighted because for many many years — without trying to be derogatory towards anybody or any administration — it was very sleepy around this town, and it bothered me because I just thought we were missing the mark."

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Dinesh Patel, managing director of vSpring Capital

"You cannot import success. . . . If you're a local success, you're going to stay."

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Michael Young, University of Utah president

"We have pointy-headed professors who are doing extraordinary things up there, but (commercializing technology) isn't our strength. That's not what we understand how to do, and we would like to do that. We generate these great ideas. We have the know-how. So the question is, how do we move that on?"