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title: 'Pete Grillo talks Iterasi, startups, naming, investors, and getting the band back together'
date: '2011-05-02T15:03:01-07:00'
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# Pete Grillo talks Iterasi, startups, naming, investors, and getting the band back together

Talk to anyone about the Portland startup community and it will inevitably come back to one noticeable gap. No, I’m not talking about funding. I’m talking about the fact that we’re a tad short on entrepreneurs with successful exits. But they are here. If you can find them.

[Pete Grillo](http://twitter.com/petegrillo "Pete Grillo") is one of those entrepreneurs. He’s managed to successfully exit—twice. But that hasn’t stopped him from working on another startup—[Iterasi](http://iterasi.com "Iterasi")—and advising other startups on how to play the game.

[Pete recently sat down with the folks at Startup Weekly](http://startupweekly.com/the-journey-is-the-reward-pete-grillo-founder-and-ceo-of-iterasi/) to talk about life as an entrepreneur.

For more interviews with startups, head on over to [Startup Weekly](http://startupweekly.com "Startup Weekly").