Portland Start-up Index for September 2008: Did Vidoop get lost on the Oregon Trail?
Didn’t we just have a Techvibes Portland Start-up Index a few weeks ago? Yes, we did. But Techvibes has decided to change the publication date, so we’ll be getting these at the beginning of the month.
Techvibes has changed a few other things, too.
And while the listings might be a little more cryptic now—and unfortunately lacking in indicators in regards to movement this time around—this effort continues to provide a interesting way to assess and discuss the local startup scene.
The biggest mover on this edition of the index? Pheedo rocketing up 33 slots to crack the top 20.
Strangest part of the new list? Vidoop has completely dropped off the index during the week that they’re relocating the entire company to Portland. NetworthIQ (acquired by Strands), MyOpenID (JanRain’s OpenID relying party), and Workplace2go also disappeared from the list.
Portland Start-up Index for September 2008
- AboutUs
- MetaFilter
- Kongregate
- Discogs
- Digital Trends
- COLOURlovers
- Frappr!
- Jive Software
- SplashCast
- Platial
- Clicky
- Pheedo
- Earth Class Mail
- Sandy
- Gone Raw
- eROI
- Stikkit
- Attensa
- Active Reload
- Walker Tracker
- Grabb.it
- GadgetTrak
- iovation
- UrbanDrinks
- KnitMap
- Pibb
- ChoiceA
- Art Face Off
- LUNARR
- WeoGeo
- Iterasi
- FreeRange
- fmyi
- GoLife Mobile
- Rocketbook
- Picktastic
- Kryptiq
- Jama Software
- MomHub
- GreenRenter
- Goboz
- Lightfleet
- Imindi
- Cendix
- Vocal Nation
- Box Populi
- GoSeeTell
- Collaborative Software Initiative
- YourList
- Techchex
- Avnera
- Kumquat
- IDP Solutions
- Worldwide Nest
As always, the official metrics can be found at Techvibes.
Interested in seeing your Portland-based company on this list? You now have an automated way to add it. And make sure to drop the Techvibes folks a note, too.
Things people have said about this post
From Ryan Williams on September 2nd, 2008 at 8:13 pm
Well, that’s a bummer. I guess since it’s officially Corvallis based now, NetworthIQ doesn’t qualify? No biggie, with the switch to all ssl, Alexa isn’t an accurate gauge for it anymore anyway. Still a great reference and love seeing the list expand.
From Rick Turoczy on September 2nd, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Given that Techvibes is now going to focus on cities and not regions, I have newfound motivation to create a Silicon Forest startup index.
Just need to carefully craft the top secret metrics….
From Rob on September 2nd, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Hey Rick,
When we launched the new Techvibes.com site in mid-August we automated the way the start-up indexes are generated - unfortunately a couple companies fell through the cracks. We’ll get them back on the list for next month and welcome other Portland start-ups to apply.
Rob.
From Rick Turoczy on September 2nd, 2008 at 9:07 pm
@Rob I figured it was something like that. It was just ironic that Vidoop happened to be one of them.
And congrats on the new automated system. I’ll definitely be pushing folks to register to be on the list!
From Jmartens on September 2nd, 2008 at 10:07 pm
I think we may need to call August a mulligan and see how things come out after September.
From Josh Pyles on September 2nd, 2008 at 10:42 pm
No offense, but how is eROI a startup? Sure, a small business, but they don’t really fit in with the rest.
From kfox on September 3rd, 2008 at 9:19 am
This is a pretty neat list, thanks for posting. I would be interested to know what happened to cause myVidoop and myOpenID, two of the best OpenID providers, to drop off…
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