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Sure you can demo, but is it Demolicious? 22 Aug 2013 | 11:35 am
Hey you. Yeah, you. Midnight oil. You’re up late. Working on that thing. You know. That side project. The one that’s really going to change the world. All you need is just a little bit more work and t...
Big day for Jama Software: News of $13 million investment draws attention to formerly quiet company 20 Aug 2013 | 08:22 am
When folks are rattling off the names of Portland startups, Jama Software was a name that was often left off the list. While successful, foregoing institutional funding tended to leave them out of the...
Get ready to get Gone: Gone Home game from Portland’s Fullbright Company premieres August 15 15 Aug 2013 | 11:39 am
We were all pretty excited when we heard that a few folks from the Bioshock crew were forming Fullbright Company, right here in Portland. And we’ve been eagerly awaiting the fruits of that collaborati...
MOAR Portland startup collaboration: PDC establishes cross functional entrepreneurship liaison 15 Aug 2013 | 02:40 am
When you work to build momentum, it’s always nice to have someone helping that momentum to continue. That’s why I’m incredibly happy to see the Portland Development Commission focusing staff resources...
Equals: You got your natural language in my equations. You got your equations in my natural language. 13 Aug 2013 | 09:58 pm
I’ve always been appreciative of Portland entrepreneur Elia Freedman‘s thoughtful and deliberate approach to problems. So when he showed me an early prototype of his latest project a few months back, ...
Crossing the streams: Lytics lands $2.2 million from Rembrandt and Voyager 9 Aug 2013 | 08:52 pm
When Lytics stood on stage at PIE Demo Day last year, they compared their solution to Moneyball. Well, that analogy seems to be paying off. The company—which focuses on helping companies better unders...
Six years of Silicon Florist (or How a poorly written blog with ridiculously long headlines somehow spawns awesome things like PIE, TechFestNW, and Or... 8 Aug 2013 | 02:24 am
I have a tendency to forego writing about the stuff on which I’m working—no matter how much Jason Grigsby chides me for it—as I half-ass my way through the Portland startup scene. Because, quite frank...
The more, the merrier: Gorge Bootcamp and Roseburg’s RAIN look to help Oregon startups 7 Aug 2013 | 02:54 am
While I spend a great deal of my time focused on the Portland startup scene. I’m always happy to see other resources helping entrepreneurs around Oregon. Especially when those resources crop up in are...
Catching up with Vizify: Cofounder Todd Silverstein talks to TechStars TV 6 Aug 2013 | 09:56 pm
There are a growing number of TechStars alums in town—Cloudability, Glider, Factor, the companies from the Nike+ Accelerator—but the first Portland company to really make the leap into a TechStars pro...
Get a job: Mac’s List and HiringThing team up to make Portland job searches even better 2 Aug 2013 | 09:40 pm
Talent, talent, talent. It’s a common refrain among Portland startups these days. Folks need to find the right people. They need to hire. And they need to do all of that as quickly and efficiently as ...
