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Tech entrepreneurs defy recession

Here’s what the recession feels like among Portland’s new breed of high-spirited, high-tech entrepreneurs:

Any night of the week you’ll find software developers and Web designers sharing coffee or beer in cubicles, lofts, bars, cafes and theaters. It’s business and pleasure wrapped together.

These aren’t the heads-down geeks of yore, but a hyper-social, mixed-gender crew shouting out to one another across Twitter, Facebook and a score of other online communities.

Even as Intel, Hewlett-Packard, Tektronix and other Oregon tech stalwarts are slashing jobs, new companies are springing up by the bushel in Old Town, the Pearl and Portland’s inner eastside.

by Mike Rogoway, The Oregonian

Full Story: http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2009/05/tech_entrepreneurs_defy_recess.html

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