Oregon Business

"There’s going to be a gold rush there," Khouri said. "And we’re well-positioned because Japan, much like California, has large commercial-industrial buildings with low weight-bearing requirements."

Startups begin with a good idea. But entrepreneurs must quickly adapt as their business takes shape.

In new offices downtown, the video encoding company wants to show "that you can build great companies in Portland."

The ability of Oregon’s elected leaders to work together wasn’t a one-off event.

When a retailer with a Chirpify account solicits purchases on Twitter, customers can simply tweet the word "Buy" to make a purchase.

Founded last November, the company currently has 34 employees and is in the process of adding a dozen more. It makes its training videos in an Orlando studio.

In the mayor’s office, Newberry helped craft a strategy that made software one of the city’s key economic priorities.

The act calls for one co-op in each state, but doesn’t place a limit on the number that each state can have. So far Oregon is the only state with two co-ops, but awards have been made to organizations in 10 different states.

A passion for the environment pairs best with public policy, or at least that’s what Scott Lewis thought until a series of technology startups that he launched convinced him otherwise.

Meyers says the material, which he has not yet named, could be used to replace Sheetrock and lumber as building materials, and it could be used to mix into concrete, instead of rock and sand.