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One of the more recent VCs to call the Portland area home, Black Founders Matter, recently had the opportunity to take Crunchbase through some of the goals and motivations for starting the fund designed to support Black-led businesses.
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But before you can pitch to investors, you have to get them to take the meeting — which means emailing your pitch deck to potential investors, and hoping it’s enough to get them interested.
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“Design systems play a central role in democratizing the way we create and contribute to the apps and websites that make up digital ecosystems,“ said Chris Strahl, co-founder and CEO, in a written statement. “Knapsack provides the infrastructure organizations need to realize both efficiency and quality gains made possible by building with reusable user interface patterns.”
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Sometimes, we have startup founders who have been at it so long — and so consistently — that we kind of just take their awesomeness for granted. And that’s why it’s always nice to be reminded of the amazing people we have here in our midst. Like Emma Mcilroy, founder of WILDFANG, who was recently named to the 2022 Class of Henry Crown Fellows.
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There are always discussions about how startups can be “more nimble.” But is that even possible in some industries? If you’re talking about books, it can be. If you’re Portland startup A Kids Company About. Taking inspiration from the tragic events in Ukraine, the company scrambled and sprinted to release A Kids Book About War, this week.
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The retooled event will be monthly, mostly. The group will take May, September and November off, since those months will have other big OEN events: Angel Oregon bioscience, Angel Oregon Food and the annual awards show. PubTalk will also be off in August when many people take time off.
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A lot has to do with Hoang-To, who strikes a much different pose than the stereotypical venture capitalist. An immigrant entrepreneur who was born in a refugee camp before her Vietnamese parents settled in Silicon Valley, Hoang-To describes herself as a “super scrappy” founder.
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Working on a startup while you juggle a day job? Too busy working on your startup during the day to carve out time during work hours? You might be a perfect fit for the TiE XL Boot Camp program that helps educate founders on relevant topics and skills to support their entrepreneurial journey.
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To find out what could be the “standard” compensation for founders, Seedcamp, the European seed-stage VC, collected data of the salaries of 185 founders from pre-seed to Series A companies. The respondents interviewed are based in the UK, Europe and North America.
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A then, there were six. The Westside Pitch Competition 2022 has winnowed the field of applicants down to the finalists. And the group features everything from a food brand to solutions for food service, visually impaired individuals, cannabis, and accessing space.
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