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title: 'Miss “Startup founders: Where are they now…?” Get ready to be happy'
date: '2025-02-12T09:25:45-08:00'
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# Miss “Startup founders: Where are they now…?” Get ready to be happy

Last night, we had the opportunity to gather the community to hear from a variety of founders who were alums from Built Oregon, PIE, Pitch Black, and Vanport Studio to discuss their journeys since we last saw them on stage.

Hosted by Stephen Green and hosted at Instrument, the event featured folks from CPG, tech, and Venture Capital. If you’d like to jump directly to a particular guest, links are available below.

- [Lestarya Molloy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOS9vfvPblc&t=312s) (PIE, Pitch Black)
- [Ian Williams](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOS9vfvPblc&t=660s) (Built Oregon, Pitch Black)
- [Paula Hayes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOS9vfvPblc&t=1010s) (Built Oregon, Pitch Black)
- [Herbert Beauclere](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOS9vfvPblc&t=1403s) (Pitch Black)
- [Precious Hannah-King](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOS9vfvPblc&t=1778s) (Built Oregon, Pitch Black)
- [Damola Omotosho](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOS9vfvPblc&t=2100s) (PIE, Pitch Black)
- [Alicia Kirkland](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOS9vfvPblc&t=2422s) (PIE)
- [Ola Elkanah](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOS9vfvPblc&t=2720s) (Built Oregon, Pitch Black)
- [Jeremy Roberts](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOS9vfvPblc&t=3035s) (PIE, Pitch Black, Vanport Studio)
- [Paige Hendrix Buckner](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOS9vfvPblc&t=3355s) (Pitch Black)
- BONUS: [Stephen Green](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOS9vfvPblc&t=3680s) (Built Oregon, PIE, Pitch Black, Vanport Studio)

The next [evening of intimate conversations with founders](https://www.meetup.com/pie-portland-startup-community/events/306123862/) is already on the calendar for March. And of course, there’s the [big community gathering](https://www.meetup.com/pie-portland-startup-community/events/305535888/) in April.

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