The change signals the metro area's increasingly diversified and innovative economy, expert observers say. But, they add, the region has a long way to go before it ranks among the nation's best cities to start a business.
Governments, universities or other nonprofit organizations finance incubators to help new companies survive, although the two newest metro-area incubators are for-profits seeking a fee or an equity stake.
JONATHAN BRINCKMAN The Oregonian Staff
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(Many thanks to the NASVF http://www.nasvf.org for passing this story along. Russ)