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title: 'Another side project: The Long Con'
date: '2025-04-28T12:36:24-07:00'
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# Another side project: The Long Con

Okay. OKAY. Ever since I started doing the [weekly Portland startup community recaps](https://siliconflorist.com/?s=portland+startup+news+for+the+week+ending) as a podcast, people have been asking me to get back into interviewing folks. Fine. Twist my arm. (Actually, I really enjoy interviewing folks. It’s just a scheduling challenge.)

Introducing **[The Long Con](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLr9gWRSfZqd6QlEb7IK8PiYks2dbwKgTm&si=xFlScna7r9_a0xcY)**, long conversations with folks I’ve met over the 30 years I’ve been working in startups, some local — and some from other places.

But here’s the twist: No calls. No virtual meetings. These long conversations will only take place in person, face to face. Because there’s something special about what happens when people are having a conversation IRL. And I hope to capture that.

And that’s the other thing. This isn’t a series of interviews. It’s a series of **conversations**.

I have a long list of people I’m going to invite. I’ve got a couple of conversations scheduled. I’ll start releasing these sporadically.

If you’re interested in following along:

- [The Long Con on YouTube/YouTube Podcasts](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLr9gWRSfZqd6QlEb7IK8PiYks2dbwKgTm&si=xFlScna7r9_a0xcY)
- [The Long Con on Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-long-con/id1810923457)
- [The Long Con on Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/48oglyT5JNKxVH5lnWTYKA)

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