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Month: January 2015

Mobile Strategy for Today and Tomorrow: New Relic FutureTalk featuring HP, Simple, and Urban Airship

Rick Turoczy on January 8, 2015

Effectively employing mobile technology often involves impeccable timing. Reaching the customer when and where it is most appropriate and relevant. Speaking of timing… boy did we pick a time to talk mobile. Something tells me there are going to be quite a few mobile devices in use during this talk—given its proximity to the NCAA Football Championship game featuring the Oregon Ducks and some other team—but it should be a great discussion. Read More

It is pitch black. You're unlikely to be eaten by a grue. Meet Mayday! Deep Space.

Rick Turoczy on January 7, 2015

Without getting too philosophical. There are times. (NOTE: This is getting too philosophical, already.) There are times when you’re kind of there in a moment. And you realize that your perception has been nudged. Maybe tweaked. Maybe changed. But definitely nudged. And it’s some crazy work of art that has managed to do it. And I’ll be damned if Mayday! Deep Space hasn’t managed to do that to me. Read More

Was one of your resolutions to be more social? Portland startup event organizers have combined forces to help you [UPDATE 2]

Rick Turoczy on January 5, 2015

[UPDATE] Just got word that this event is being rescheduled. More details after the break. [/UPDATE] What do you get when you mix NewTech PDX, 1 Million Cups Portland, and Portland Startup Happy Hour? Um. Okay. Well, I don’t know either. But how about if you mix all of those at the beginning of the year? Okay then. Now we’re cooking. That’s right. You get the Portland Launch 2015 event, a way for all sorts of startup types to kick off the new year with their peers. Read More

Start off 2015 with some great (digital) stories: Oregon Story Board Demo Day is January 9

Rick Turoczy on January 5, 2015

In the world of startups and accelerators, Demo Days are always among the most inspiring and rewarding events—for both the audience and the startups. Nothing really does an equal job of providing an opportunity for promising founders to share their stories. And this year, we’re not wasting any time. We start demo-day-ing right away. Oregon Story Board is kicking things off with a Demo Day on January 9, 2015. Read More

Already dominant in the Northwest, Bend Venture Conference on track to becoming premier angel conference in US

Rick Turoczy on January 5, 2015

Oregon has this way of quietly building extremely successful organizations with little fanfare so that they suddenly seem to come out of nowhere as an “overnight success.” One such case is the Bend Venture Conference, which continues to set the standard for angel conferences in the Northwest. Read More

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