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Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:

From Building $18 Million Startup as a BYU Student to a GP in a VC: Adam Shaw’s Founders & Funders Bet – TechBuzz News

That instinct — find the margin, build the relationship, bet on yourself — has carried Shaw from Woodland, Washington, a small town an hour’s drive from Portland, through a medical-supply company he scaled as a college student from zero to $18 million during the pandemic, a management-consulting stint that helped restructure procurement for a group of major REITs, and now into the role of co-founder and partner at Founders & Funders, the Utah-born venture and events company he now runs alongside Jeff Erickson.

If you’re interested in connecting with folks from the Portland startup and/or tech community, there are a number of opportunities to do so. And this week it spans from coworking sessions to birthday parties. So let’s find you a few places to show up, this week.

Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:

AI Builder Series: AI Without the Hype — September 5, 2026

Led by Scott Hanselman, this session is practical, grounded, and interactive. Together, participants will explore how to use AI tools in ways that actually save time, reduce repetitive work, and support creativity. The goal is not to chase buzzwords or speculate about AGI. It is to understand what is useful now, what is overhyped, and how to make informed decisions about the tools showing up on our laptops, phones, and in our work.

Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:

Flipboard acquires Graze, the tool for building your own social algorithm

Flipboard has acquired Graze, a Portland startup that lets creators build, tune and monetise custom social feeds without writing code, mainly on Bluesky. Graze says it has delivered more than 41 billion posts to 12 million users since forming 21 months ago.

You know those times where you accidentally do the wrong thing and then — upon realizing your mistake — work to begin repairing that mistake…? And then you realize that it’s going to take exponentially more effort and heartache than if you’d just simply done nothing…? Welcome to the ongoing conversation around Qualified Small Business Stock taxation in Oregon.

I could feel it. You needed some more good news today. Luckily Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley and Representative Suzanne Bonamici are working hard at the Federal level to make that good news happen. To the tune of ~$6 million in support of Oregon startups.