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title: 'Burgeoning Bac’n business coerces Kveton into consulting'
date: '2009-04-09T09:55:16-07:00'
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categories:
  - Bacn
  - Bacon
  - Consulting
  - Gigs
  - Kveton
  - Oregon
  - Portland
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  - Bacn
  - Bacon
  - Kveton
  - OpenID
  - SAO
  - 'scott kveton'
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# Burgeoning Bac’n business coerces Kveton into consulting

*\[Editor: Let me preface this by saying that I know, full well, that Kveton hates it when I do this. But I think it’s newsworthy. And I thought I should let you know. For that, I’m willing to incur his wrath.\]*

[![Scott Kveton](https://i0.wp.com/siliconflorist.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/scott-kveton.png?w=925)](http://kveton.com/blog/about/ "Scott Kveton")Many of you know Portland’s [Scott Kveton](http://kveton.com "Scott Kveton") as one of the [new board members for Software Association of Oregon (SAO)](http://siliconflorist.com/2009/02/03/software-association-of-oregon-board-adds-familiar-faces-twitter/), founder of the [OSU Open Source Lab](http://osuosl.org/ "OSU Open Source Lab"), the former [chair of the OpenID Foundation](http://siliconflorist.com/2009/01/28/openid-foundation-portland-people-remain-in-leadership-roles/ "Portland people remain in OpenID leadership roles"), a [Portvangelist](http://siliconflorist.com/2008/03/03/guest-editorial-scott-kveton/ "Portvangelist"), someone who spends [more than his fair share of time at PDX](http://siliconflorist.com/2008/03/27/hacking-pdx-compiling-a-geeks-guide-to-portland-international-airport/ "Hacking PDX"), and the guy who helped [bring Vidoop to Portland](http://siliconflorist.com/2008/02/05/kveton-joins-vidoop-opens-portland-office/ "Kveton joins Vidoop opens Portland office").

But it’s likely that far more of you know Kveton for one thing: **[bacon](http://search.twitter.com/search?q=bacon+kveton "Twitter search for bacon and Kveton")**. Or perhaps more appropriately [Bac’n](http://bacn.com "Bacn").

And now, what began as side project—albeit a passionate one—has drawn Kveton into the world of consulting as a full-time gig.

But it’s more than just his passion for that [wonderful magical meat animal](http://www.snpp.com/episodes/3F03.html "Homer Simpson on pigs"). It’s truly a desire to help organizations understand how to better use technology and community to achieve business worthy ends—regardless of their particular focus.

> It’s really hard to explain but selling bacon is honestly one of the most interesting/fun things I’ve ever done. Its not just technology-for-the-sake-of-technology. [Jason](http://jasonglaspey.com/ "Jason Glaspey"), [Michael](http://michaelrichardson.me/ "Michael Richardson") and I created something out of nothing using off-the-shelf tools to make a solution that delivers real things to real people. And we did it all in less than a month.

Long story short, Kveton is taking the opportunity to do something he loves—and to make it a viable business. And given that that is something with which many of us struggle, I personally couldn’t be happier seeing him take this chance.

I know Portland will gain from this move. And I’m already seeing some local startups beginning to take advantage of his talent and guidance.

For more, see [Kveton’s post on his new pursuit](http://kveton.com/blog/2009/04/09/bacn-and-a-business-model/ "Bacn and a Business Model") or follow [Kveton on Twitter](http://twitter.com/kveton "Scott Kveton").

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