Comments on: Portland Ten: Incubating 10 $1 million startups by 2010

By: Portland Ten thinks bigger, plans expansion to become the United States 100 or Global 1000 or something « Silicon Florist

Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:29:17 +0000

[...] Portland Ten was originally founded with the goal of fostering 10 $1 million Portland startups by Oc…. How’d they do? Well, a couple of their startups have either hit the mark or are well on their way. Since its founding in 2009 by Director Carolynn Duncan, Portland Ten has seen successes including ShopIgniter’s exceeding $1MM within 18 months and $3MM venture capital funding, a $35,000 grant and pilot project with Portland Development Commission, 40+ alumni successfully completing the Portland Ten and Sprint programs, working with 100+ startups in the Checkups, and Skill Development programs… [...]

By: The Daily Globe | Portland, OR » Blog Archive » We have ignition: Portland’s ShopIgniter secures $3 million in venture capital, snags new CEO from lead investor Madrona

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:26:34 +0000

[...] this is a major win for Portland Ten—the startup bootcamp project run by Carolynn Duncan designed to create more viable Portland startups—in which ShopIgniter was a participant. Not a bad success story for the old alumni [...]

By: We have ignition: Portland’s ShopIgniter secures $3 million in venture capital, snags new CEO from lead investor Madrona « Silicon Florist

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:08:27 +0000

By: Big Paper Blog » Blog Archive » What’s New At Portland Ten

Big Paper Blog » Blog Archive » What’s New At Portland Ten — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 02:29:41 +0000

[...] informally announced PDX Ten on February 10. The next day, we were written up by Silicon Florist and HackerNews. We received some good critique and tons of support from the local and national [...]

By: What Do You Think? « Portland Ten

What Do You Think? « Portland Ten — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:47:49 +0000

[...] Jump to Comments This week, we’ve seen a lot of discussion about Portland Ten, via SiliconFlorist, Hacker News, Twitter, [...]

By: Chris Blanchard (@LGM1)

Chris Blanchard (@LGM1) — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:52:19 +0000

I have to confess that I took Rick’s entire post, and posted it to the TechBoise blog, with the recommendation that Idaho pursue a similar course.

There is a lot of good feedback from smart people on this topic. Whatever your feeling, though, Carolynn’s plan contains a very important element:

A TARGET

Sure, Boise has all the requisite stuff – the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) offices all over the state, the Boise State University TECenter, Idaho TechConnect, but in my time in the community here have I ever heard a leader in the private, public, or quasi-public sector ever proclaim an actual target.

I think that whatever happens, Carolynn has achieved something important here – a real goal – a challenge in fact to all the other incubators/business accelerators in town to set some goals and get after ‘em.

By: Carolynn Duncan

Carolynn Duncan — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:19:29 +0000

Thank you to everyone for your comments & suggestions on Portland Ten. Some very valid concerns & feedback were given, and I appreciate this very much, because it will help us to make Portland Ten better at being/becoming something that is useful and appropriate for the startup community.

Here are some of my thoughts and responses to specific items discussed:

http://bigpaperblog.com/2009/02/12/update-on-portland-ten

For those who are excited about the project, we appreciate the support. For those who have concerns, I appreciate your effort in letting us know, and hope that you’ll continue to follow the project and help us stay on track, or make changes when necessary.

By: Big Paper Blog » Blog Archive » Update on Portland Ten

Big Paper Blog » Blog Archive » Update on Portland Ten — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 17:04:29 +0000

[...] Ten, yesterday brought a flurry of unexpected/moderately high profile visibility in the form of a post on Silicon Florist, a discussion on Hacker News, and several comments from entrepreneurs on [...]

By: JR

JR — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:46:57 +0000

I’ll offer the same services for $300 a month. Thx.

By: Elia Freedman

Elia Freedman — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:05:04 +0000

I don’t understand why we need another one? Doesn’t OTBC already fill this niche? Not to mention Portland State Accelerator? It’s not clear what Portland 10 brings that these others services don’t.

One of the problems with start-up inclubators in Portland is that they can’t figure out how to work together. Here’s another innovator who knows better than others.

I wish them well. We can use more successful start-ups in town, but I hope they would consider making this work with other organizations like Portland State Accelerator or OTBC.