Comments on: Navel gazing: Picking apart Greg Huang’s article on Boston, Boulder, and Seattle to find guidance for Portland http://siliconflorist.com/2009/11/05/navel-gazing-picking-greg-huangs-article-boston-boulder-seattle-find-guidance-portland/ Covering the blossoming startup industry in Portland, Oregon, and the Silicon Forest Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:19:11 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Rick Turoczy http://siliconflorist.com/2009/11/05/navel-gazing-picking-greg-huangs-article-boston-boulder-seattle-find-guidance-portland/comment-page-1/#comment-10603 Rick Turoczy Sat, 07 Nov 2009 08:07:32 +0000 http://siliconflorist.com/?p=4528#comment-10603 @Thomas Completely agree. I always categorize those cities as having "dorm room incubators," schools where people live and collaborate on startups. PSU has always been more of a commuter campus that, while strong, lacks that dorm room incubator angle. @Thomas Completely agree. I always categorize those cities as having “dorm room incubators,” schools where people live and collaborate on startups. PSU has always been more of a commuter campus that, while strong, lacks that dorm room incubator angle.

]]> By: Thomas Lockney http://siliconflorist.com/2009/11/05/navel-gazing-picking-greg-huangs-article-boston-boulder-seattle-find-guidance-portland/comment-page-1/#comment-10602 Thomas Lockney Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:58:26 +0000 http://siliconflorist.com/?p=4528#comment-10602 As much as I love Portland (it is where I *choose* to live after all) I notice one thing about all those other cities that Portland lacks -- a really great university. Don't get me wrong, PSU is decent, but it's nothing compared to what all those cities (and the others that tend to get lumped in as the *next* Silicon Valley all too often) have. Look at some of the other commonly cited examples of strong VC/entrepreneurial communities: Austin, NYC, Chicago, etc. They all have one or more really top-notch universities. I'm not trying to get into PSU bashing here, but I do want to make it clear that this may be one of our biggest hurdles to overcome. As much as I love Portland (it is where I *choose* to live after all) I notice one thing about all those other cities that Portland lacks — a really great university. Don’t get me wrong, PSU is decent, but it’s nothing compared to what all those cities (and the others that tend to get lumped in as the *next* Silicon Valley all too often) have. Look at some of the other commonly cited examples of strong VC/entrepreneurial communities: Austin, NYC, Chicago, etc. They all have one or more really top-notch universities.

I’m not trying to get into PSU bashing here, but I do want to make it clear that this may be one of our biggest hurdles to overcome.

]]> By: Jmartens http://siliconflorist.com/2009/11/05/navel-gazing-picking-greg-huangs-article-boston-boulder-seattle-find-guidance-portland/comment-page-1/#comment-10595 Jmartens Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:24:24 +0000 http://siliconflorist.com/?p=4528#comment-10595 TechStars recently expanded to Boston...maybe we should take up a campaign to woo them to Portland. We have some interesting programs in town, but nothing that really catapults startups like TechStars. Hyde is an Oregon native, might be a good place to start. Heck, maybe the City of Portland should consider leading the charge. TechStars recently expanded to Boston…maybe we should take up a campaign to woo them to Portland. We have some interesting programs in town, but nothing that really catapults startups like TechStars. Hyde is an Oregon native, might be a good place to start. Heck, maybe the City of Portland should consider leading the charge.

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