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

Oregon business leaders react to Prosperity Council report – Portland Business Journal

To see how the recommendations landed with businesses, we connected with leaders of four small-to-medium-size companies for their perspectives. We asked them to share the obstacles they’ve faced to growing their companies in Oregon and which Prosperity Council recommendations would be most helpful.

It’s a Silicon Forest renaissance. Since the 80s — you know, last century — when we earned the moniker, Portland’s semiconductor prowess has been quietly churning along. The fabs out in Hillsboro. The decades of chip knowledge and talent. A quiet somewhat unglamorous engine humming underneath Oregon’s economy. But now, with compute and processors again taking center stage in our new AI enabled world, we’ve got an incredibly strong story with a fabled history to tell. And that has just landed the Silicon Forest a federal tailwind.

Latino Founders took a huge step forward when they transitioned from a relatively virtual organization to having a physical space in Southeast Portland. But they weren’t stopping there. Now, they’ve announced that — come August — Latino Founders will be expanding their physical footprint and relocating to the Pearl District.

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

Your July dispatch from the Office of Small Business

From navigating permits to taking advantage of event foot traffic, the Portland Office of Small Business is here to streamline your path to success. In this month’s newsletter, we’re excited to let you know about our upcoming Show Up for Small Business event, in-person office hours, major road closures, and a newly available webinar.

As one of the premier drone flight facilities in the world, the Oregon UAS Accelerator has always had a global appeal. But now they have a direct pipeline to an international partner. Thanks to a memorandum of understanding with Korea Investment Accelerator.

If you’ve spent any time on a shop floor, you know the thing that keeps a shop running isn’t the machine. It’s the person standing in front of it — the one who can look at a print, look at a photo of a botched part, and just know why the tool chattered. And more importantly, how to fix it to prevent that from happening again.

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

Columbia Sportswear CEO Boyle on Blazers, taxes, Portland – Portland Business Journal

What can Oregon do to become more business-friendly? You can’t rely on the serendipitous nature of Nike and Columbia and other businesses that were grown here. You can’t rely on lightning strikes that will save the state. You need to have people that are creating wealth and have created wealth that come here because it’s a great place to live and also stay here.