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title: 'Urban Airship and Cloudability investor Brad Feld talks startups communities, entrepreneurs, and Portland'
date: '2012-10-11T10:16:55-07:00'
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  - Oregon
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  - Startups
  - Videos
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  - 'brad feld'
  - 'foundry group'
  - Portland
  - Startups
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# Urban Airship and Cloudability investor Brad Feld talks startups communities, entrepreneurs, and Portland

While Portland is still relatively immature as a startup community, we’re making strides in the right direction. And we’re beginning to track on the “[Boulder Thesis](http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/tag/boulder-thesis "Boulder Thesis"),” a concept championed by [Brad Feld](http://feld.com "Brad Feld")—cofounder of [TechStars](http://techstars.com "TechStars") and [Foundry Group](http://foundrygroup.com), an investor in Portland companies Urban Airship and Cloudability—in his book [Startup Communities](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1118441540/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1118441540&linkCode=as2&tag=return02-20).

[PIE](http://piepdx.com "PIE") startup [KS12](http://ks12.net "KS12") took a few minutes [to chat with Brad on Skype](http://www.videosprint.net/brad-feld/ "Interview with Brad Feld") regarding Portland, entrepreneurship, and investing. Here’s what they captured.

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For more interviews from KS12 with entrepreneurs and investors, visit [Video Sprint](http://www.videosprint.net/blog/ "Video Sprint"). For more of Brad’s insights and access to additional resources, visit [Startup Revolution](http://www.startuprev.com/ "Startup Revolution").