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title: 'Entrepreneur: Portland is one of the best entrepreneurial cities'
date: '2009-07-28T16:07:54-07:00'
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# Entrepreneur: Portland is one of the best entrepreneurial cities

\[HTML1\]From the “telling you what you already know” department, Portland is a great place for startups, it seems. No, I’m serious.

Don’t believe me? Well, how about Entrepreneur magazine? They’ve named [Portland, Oregon, one of the best cities in which to be an entrepreneur](http://www.entrepreneur.com/magazine/entrepreneur/2009/august/202666-2.html "Where to Be an Entrepreneur - The Cooperator: Portland Oregon"), nicknaming the Portland “the cooperator.”

> Portland has made do with the great resources it does have, creating vibrant electronics, clean-tech, health sciences and apparel sectors, and one of the largest and most innovative open source software communities in the world. Plus, the quality of life–Portland is a perennial favorite on most livable and most sustainable cities lists–means a high retention rate for workers.

And while they give Portland kudos, they also do a good job on calling the Rose City on one of the things it lacks: the world dominating mindset. (Although, I know many would argue that to be another positive aspect of the Portland community.)

> There’s only one downside: Portland may be too genial. “For good or ill, the collaborative mind-set tends to diffuse that killer instinct,” says \[[OVP](http://ovp.com "OVP")‘s Gerry\] Langler. “We don’t have too many people obsessed with dominating the world market.”

Well, [except for those Open Source Bridge folks](http://www.flickr.com/photos/turoczy/3645524504/ "Hello world domination").

For more information, you can read the [August issue of Entrepreneur online](http://www.entrepreneur.com/magazine/entrepreneur/2009/august/202666-2.html) or grab a copy wherever fine dead tree publications are sold.

*(Hat tip [Clay Neal](http://www.portlandonline.com/mayor/?c=49519&a=256407))*

*([Image courtesy Matt McGee](http://www.flickr.com/photos/pleeker/126738485/ "Portland Oregon"). Used under Creative Commons.)*