14th January 2010 23:49
When asked what shapes Portland's startup culture, Silicon Florist blogger Rick Turoczy named 3 defining aspects of the industry - hardware roots, open source projects and iPhone development. Turoczy has been in Oregon for the past 15-years and started Silicon Florist as a way to cover the region's early stage startup scene alongside other Portland tech sites like Mike Rogoway's Silicon Forest blog and Strange Love Live. tweetmeme_url = 'http://www.readwriteweb.com/readwritestart/2010/01/never-mind-the-valley-heres-po.php';tweetmeme_source = 'rww';
Since then he's watched…