The University of Utah is now ranked first in the country along with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in creating new startup companies from research-based inventions. This puts the University of Utah in front of prestigious institutions such as Columbia, Michigan and Johns Hopkins.

Over the past several years Utah has regularly been recognized as one of the  “best place for business”, “best managed”, “fittest”, “healthiest”, ”most volunteers”, ”most livable” or “happiest” “state in the nation.
Now Forbes magazine has published a ranking …