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1. BEST
Oregon
Start-Up Ideas

2. Oregon has
Entrepreneurial
Spirit
Besides being a great place to
enjoy a local brew and a
strange donut or two, Oregon
is also home to innovative
business owners with great
entrepreneurial spirit and a
zeal for startups.

3. Oregon Floats More
Venture Capital
Why start in Oregon? For the
first time in over twenty years,
Oregon overtook Washington
in terms of venture capital
investing. This statistic may be
surprising given that many of
Oregon’s startup companies
are platform play companies.

4. Platform Play
Companies Perform
Platform play companies are
businesses that work for other
businesses to help them
succeed. AppThwack and
CloudAbility are two platform
play companies started in
Portland in 2013 thanks to
another platform play
company, Pie.

5. Tap into a
Sustainable Startup
Oregonians are always trying
to save the environment while
staying healthy themselves.
New startups like Safi Water
Works combine love of cycling
with love for the environment.
After just one minute of
cycling, Safi Water Works’
invention turns dirty water into
a serving of treated, safe
drinking water.

6. Local and Organic
Startups
Oregonians love supporting
local businesses that use
organic, locally grown
ingredients and supplies. Salt
& Straw started as a two-
person ice cream shop that has
now spread to three locations
in a few short years. A
sustainable startup is bound to
be better received here.

7. Food Carts as
Simple Startups
Oregonians love their food
carts. By Travel Oregon’s last
count, Portland and
surrounding cities are home to
over 500 actively operating
food carts. New carts sprout up
overnight, some are stagnant
while others can be seen
roaming the city on wheels.
None require much startup
capital, just a love for food
with a little personal flair.

8. Beyond Beer
It’s true: it really does rain 155
days in Oregon every year.
While some may drown their
seasonal depression in their
beer, Alex Carson, the owner
of Lightbar, which opened in
Portland in 2013, hopes you’ll
come for a light pick-me-up,
instead. Carson is literally
bringing light therapy in a
modern café bar setting to
Portlanders suffering from the
winter blues.

9. Connect with Local
Resources
Before you make your original
startup idea a reality, connect
with someone who’s already
been there. Oregon
entrepreneurs will gladly share
their business acumen with
you over a cup of dark coffee
at a local, organic roasting cafe
because they’ve learned that
at the foundation of every
successful startup company is a
support group of business
owners with resources.