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title: 'Completing the Portland startup community trifecta: Portland Startup Week 2019'
date: '2019-03-22T13:31:01-07:00'
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# Completing the Portland startup community trifecta: Portland Startup Week 2019

If you’ve had the feeling that it’s getting even more startuppy around these parts as of late, it’s no wonder. Last week was [PIE Demo Day 2019](https://siliconflorist.com/2019/03/15/pie-demo-day-2019-rewatch-all-of-the-pitches/), [Built Oregon has launched a new accelerator program](https://siliconflorist.com/2019/03/19/building-a-consumer-product-startup-built-accelerator-wants-to-help-for-free/), and the [Startup Champions Network just wrapped up a three day event](https://siliconflorist.com/2019/03/18/portland-startup-community-meet-folks-from-a-bunch-of-other-startup-communities/), here in town. April promises to be just as awesome thanks to [Portland Startup Week](https://portland.startupweek.co/) with concludes with [TechfestNW](https://techfestnw.com/).

But what’s happening at Portland Startup Week besides TechfestNW, you ask? Well, we’ll take the wraps off the schedule, officially, next week. But to give you a little teaser, Portland Startup Week contains a varied and eclectic series of events, all independently organized and always free — or at least with a free option during any given time slot.

And as our old friend Tom Peterson used to say, “Free is a very good price.”



You’ll be able to choose from things like:

- **Free coworking**. Every year, [our friends at CENTRL Office open their doors to the community](https://centrloffice.com/free-coworking). Allowing anyone to work from their space for free. All you have to do is RSVP so that they know when to expect you.
- **Free pitch events**. [Founders Live PDX](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/founders-live-pdx-tickets-58008449835) has a special version of their startup pitch event specifically for Portland Startup Week.
- **Free panel discussions**. Interested in hearing from other folks in the community? Portland Startup Week gives you the opportunity to [hang with growing startups like Bumped](https://www.meetup.com/Bumped-Tech-Events/events/259481043/), who has invited in a bunch of other startups to talk about the community.
- **Free coffee (and community)**. Monthly events like [Coffee w/ Co-Founders](https://www.meetup.com/Portland-Coffee-w-Co-Founders/events/259703009/) use Portland Startup Week as a way to introduce new folks to their programming and community.
- **Free half-day events**. Take [Finnovation PDX](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/finnovation-pdx-tickets-58379978086), a chance for the FinTech community – its leaders, employees, investors, supporters, and customers – to come together, deepen connections, celebrate wins, and share lessons and insights.
- **Free lunch**. [Portland Lunch 2.0](https://www.meetup.com/Portland-Lunch-2-0) has a couple of gatherings during the week. [OTBC will be hosting Lunch 2.0 out in Beaverton](https://www.meetup.com/Portland-Lunch-2-0/events/259391143/). And [CENTRL will be hosting lunch in eastside location](https://www.meetup.com/Portland-Lunch-2-0/events/258167925/).
- … and that’s just the (ahem) start of it.

But even with all of that awesomeness, there’s always room on the schedule. So if you’re interested in throwing together a free event of your own — don’t overthink it —[we’d love to have you no the docket for Portland Startup Week 2019](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd6SkF4Ec-XNLIxEO5WXplf98EmrSmNYtffscQi4NIHIMJpUg/viewform?usp=sf_link).

And to get notified when the schedule publishes, please visit [Portland Startup Week](https://portland.startupweek.co/).