---
title: 'With your help, the hottest startup at Under the Radar could be a Portland company'
date: '2012-04-24T20:11:23-07:00'
type: post
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categories:
  - Oregon
  - Portland
  - Startups
tags:
  - appfog
  - cloudability
  - puppet
  - 'puppet labs'
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# With your help, the hottest startup at Under the Radar could be a Portland company

You know I constantly crow about how awesome Portland startups are. But now, some of our startups have a chance to be recognized on a much bigger stage.

[Under the Radar](http://www.undertheradarblog.com/ "Under the Radar")—a conference that features up and coming startups—has selected three Portland companies as part of VentureBeat’s “[Hottest startups at Under the Radar](http://venturebeat.com/2012/04/13/who-is-the-hottest-startup-at-under-the-radar-vote-now/ "Who is the hottest startup at Under the Radar? Vote now!").”

And your vote could put one of those companies over the top.

So who’s in the running? Well, [Puppet Labs](http://puppetlabs.com "Puppet Labs") is running in the distance of the three. And [AppFog](http://appfog.com "AppFog") stands a very real chance of winning the whole thing, as they’re running neck and neck with some other company for the lead.

But [Cloudability](https://cloudability.com/ "Cloudability")? (Get ready for the guilt trip.) They’re going to be [firing people if they lose](http://cloudability.com/blog/vote-for-cloudability-my-job-depends-on-it/ "Vote for Cloudability before 4/26 … my job depends on it!").

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So there you have it. Three Portland companies from which to choose. Two with a real chance of winning the prize. And one ruthless enough to threaten you.

Take a few moments and [vote for your favorite Portland startup](http://polldaddy.com/poll/6135704 "Hottest Startup at Under the Radar"), Puppet, Cloudability, or AppFog. Please act quickly. Voting ends on April 26.

And what’s his name from Cloudability thanks you.