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title: 'Why is Portland a good town for startups?'
date: '2011-03-02T14:20:30-08:00'
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  - '#featured'
  - Kveton
  - Oregon
  - Portland
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  - Kveton
  - 'pete grillo'
  - Portland
  - 'startup weekly'
  - Startups
  - 'urban airship'
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# Why is Portland a good town for startups?

You know me. I’ll rarely pass up a chance to champion Portland as the perfect place to start your startup. And if you read the blog, you know I’ll rarely pass up the opportunity to feature Portland startup darling [Urban Airship](http://urbanairship.com "Urban Airship"), either. Throw in a [Pete Grillo](http://twitter.com/petegrillo "Pete Grillo") mention and I simply have to post.

But I was worried I was getting caught up in my fanboi-ness. So I let it sit for a week. Guess what? I still think it’s good stuff. So I’m running it. Here’s [Scott Kveton](http://twitter.com/kveton "Scott Kveton"), CEO of Urban Airship, on [Portland, his company, and being an entrepreneur via Startup Weekly](http://startupweekly.com/companies-fail-people-don’t-scott-kvetton-of-urban-airship/ "Scott Kveton: Companies fail, people don't").

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For more information on the company, visit [Urban Airship](http://urbanairship.com "Urban Airship"). To watch interviews with other founders, visit [Startup Weekly](http://startupweekly.com "Startup Weekly").