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title: 'How does Portland become more attractive for venture capital investment?'
date: '2010-11-29T09:48:18-08:00'
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categories:
  - '#featured'
  - Funding
  - Oregon
  - Portland
  - VC
tags:
  - 'august capital'
  - 'david hornik'
  - Investment
  - Portland
  - TechCrunch
  - VC
  - 'venture capital'
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# How does Portland become more attractive for venture capital investment?

Even as Portland startups continue to make waves and land capital, we’ve still got a lot to do to step up to the big leagues. So what does Portland need to do to step up and be among the premier cities for startups?

One thing is for sure. Being attractive to venture capitalists can only help the cause. And ensure that Portland startups have the capital they need to succeed. But how? Well, why not ask a VC? [That’s what happened on TechCrunch’s “Ask a VC” last week](http://techcrunch.com/2010/11/26/ask-a-vc-why-david-hornik-invests-close-to-home-and-the-dumbest-deal-in-the-valley-tctv/ "Ask a VC: Why David Hornik Invests Close to Home and the Dumbest Deal in the Valley (TCTV)").

And the VC they asked, [August Capital](http://www.augustcap.com/ "August Capital")‘s [David Hornik](http://twitter.com/davidhornik "David Hornik"), has some ideas.

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I’ve picked up the conversation at the Portland comment, but if you’ve got a few minutes, I’d highly recommend watching the whole thing.

For more, see [TechCrunch Ask a VC: Why David Hornik Invests Close to Home and the Dumbest Deal in the Valley (TCTV).](http://techcrunch.com/2010/11/26/ask-a-vc-why-david-hornik-invests-close-to-home-and-the-dumbest-deal-in-the-valley-tctv/ "Ask a VC: Why David Hornik Invests Close to Home and the Dumbest Deal in the Valley (TCTV)")

*(Image courtesy Brian Solis. Used under Creative Commons.)*