Great article by Rick Turoczy over on CenterNetworks last week about why Portland is a great place for startups. Here's his opening:
Honestly, when it comes right down to it, I can’t say enough nice things about Portland, Oregon. I love this town. And I’d be willing to bet that if you’re interested in living somewhere with a contagious entrepreneurial spirit and a great tech scene, you may just fall in love with Portland, too.
If I had to sum up the Portland tech scene in one word, it would be this: community. Cooperative, collegial, and welcoming, Portland thrives with a bevy of events and gatherings, a collection of user groups and coworking, and an interwoven group of folks who seem to understand that we’re all in this together.
Turoczy goes on to name a few of the amazing startups that call Portland home including Jive Software, AboutUs, MetaFilter and COLOURlovers.
We develop award-winning collaboration software that improves a company's productivity through open collaboration among employees, partners and... [more]
AboutUs is a wiki for and about businesses and organizations, containing millions of editable pages about websites as well as other community... [more]
Metafilter is a weblog (what's a weblog? | comprehensive history of weblogs) that anyone can contribute a link or a comment to. A typical weblog is... [more]
COLOURlovers is a resource that monitors and influences color trends. COLOURlovers gives the people who use color - whether for ad campaigns,... [more]
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