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title: 'GeekWire names Portland''s Reflect one of the best pitches at Techstars Seattle Demo Day'
date: '2016-05-20T15:50:46-07:00'
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  - 'alex bilmes'
  - 'brad heller'
  - cloudability
  - 'colby aley'
  - 'demo day'
  - geekwire
  - PIE
  - reflect
  - techstars
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# GeekWire names Portland's Reflect one of the best pitches at Techstars Seattle Demo Day

You know me. I love a good Demo Day. And I love it even more when there are awesome Portland companies on stage. So wouldn’t you know it, when [Techstars Seattle](http://techstars.com "Techstars") holds a Demo Day and there’s a Portland company on stage…? It’s going to be post worthy. And [GeekWire](http://geekwire.com "GeekWire") calling them out only makes it moreso. Meet [Reflect](http://www.geekwire.com/2016/reflect/ "Reflect").

Composed of [PIE](http://piepdx.com "PIE") and [Cloudability](http://cloudability.com "Cloudability") alums [Alex Bilmes](https://twitter.com/abilmes "Alex Bilmes"), [Brad Heller](http://twitter.com/bradhe "Brad Heller"), and [Colby Aley](https://twitter.com/aley "Colby Aley"), the team was highlighted as [one of the favorite pitches from Techstars most recent Demo Day](http://www.geekwire.com/2016/startups-watch-favorite-pitches-techstars-seattle-demo-day-2016/ "Startups to watch: Our favorite pitches from Techstars Seattle Demo Day 2016").

> Bilmes noted how tools like AWS, Twilio and Stripe have helped spur a culture around “buying functionality instead of building it.” He said Reflect does the same, but for data visualization, helping companies save both time and money.

> “Now anyone can have team of designers, engineers, and data scientists through an incredibly simple API,” Bilmes said.

For more on the company, see the [GeekWire profile on Reflect](http://www.geekwire.com/2016/reflect/ "GeekWire profile on Reflect") or visit [Reflect](https://reflect.io/ "Reflect").

*\[Full disclosure: I had the opportunity to work with every member of the team during their stints at PIE. Despite this setback, they’ve still managed to become really awesome founders.\]*