Comments on: The Portland Internet Effect http://siliconflorist.com/2008/05/19/the-portland-internet-effect/ Rose City + Silicon Forest Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:04:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: kfox http://siliconflorist.com/2008/05/19/the-portland-internet-effect/#comment-3208 kfox Tue, 20 May 2008 20:45:54 +0000 http://siliconflorist.com/2008/05/19/the-portland-internet-effect/#comment-3208 Nice post. I work for a company called Vidoop (Internet Security, Identity, OpenID) and we are actually in the process of moving the company to Portland for all of the great reasons mentioned in the article. Hopefully PDX doesn't jump the shark... Nice post. I work for a company called Vidoop (Internet Security, Identity, OpenID) and we are actually in the process of moving the company to Portland for all of the great reasons mentioned in the article.

Hopefully PDX doesn’t jump the shark…

]]> By: Mateu http://siliconflorist.com/2008/05/19/the-portland-internet-effect/#comment-3206 Mateu Tue, 20 May 2008 06:37:41 +0000 http://siliconflorist.com/2008/05/19/the-portland-internet-effect/#comment-3206 Once again I find myself wondering if an Entrepreneurial League wouldn't raise the game here like it seems to be doing in <a href="http://www.herald-dispatch.com/homepage/x1657957781" rel="nofollow">other</a> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/26/business/smallbusiness/26sbiz.html?ref=business" rel="nofollow">cities.</a> Anyone have any personal experience with them? adeu, Mateu Once again I find myself wondering if an Entrepreneurial League wouldn’t raise the game here like it seems to be doing in other cities.

Anyone have any personal experience with them?

adeu,
Mateu

]]> By: Ryan Williams http://siliconflorist.com/2008/05/19/the-portland-internet-effect/#comment-3204 Ryan Williams Tue, 20 May 2008 05:39:36 +0000 http://siliconflorist.com/2008/05/19/the-portland-internet-effect/#comment-3204 Great article Nino, good balance between the rise of interest in Portland as a homebase and the reality that it will never be a Seattle, SF or whatever, not that that's a bad thing. You can actually keep up and get to know all of the local startups. Nice to see you back on the scene! Great article Nino, good balance between the rise of interest in Portland as a homebase and the reality that it will never be a Seattle, SF or whatever, not that that’s a bad thing. You can actually keep up and get to know all of the local startups. Nice to see you back on the scene!

]]> By: Erik Dewhurst http://siliconflorist.com/2008/05/19/the-portland-internet-effect/#comment-3203 Erik Dewhurst Mon, 19 May 2008 21:35:25 +0000 http://siliconflorist.com/2008/05/19/the-portland-internet-effect/#comment-3203 I run a local garage-level social networking site for musicians (MusicianForest), and Portland is absolutely wonderful for that level of business. The entrepreneurial spirit is everywhere, and people are always willing to help out. I run a local garage-level social networking site for musicians (MusicianForest), and Portland is absolutely wonderful for that level of business.
The entrepreneurial spirit is everywhere, and people are always willing to help out.

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