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Portland’s latest TechTown video spotlights firms’ diversity efforts.

Back in 2013, Portland tech companies pooled their resources and made a glossy video touting the city as an up-and-coming destination for ambitious tech firms tired of the Bay Area’s crowds and prices.

Seven years later, they’re taking a very different approach.

The Silicon Forest has cemented its status as one of Silicon Valley’s favorite tech outposts—so much so that some economists wonder if the absence of locally grown companies presents an economic risk to Oregon.

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