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title: 'Planning ahead: Portland Startup Week 2025, Thursday events'
date: '2025-05-08T10:59:05-07:00'
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# Planning ahead: Portland Startup Week 2025, Thursday events

You’re on the downhill portion now! You’ve figured out [Monday](https://siliconflorist.com/2025/05/05/planning-ahead-portland-startup-week-2025-monday-events/), [Tuesday](https://siliconflorist.com/2025/05/06/planning-ahead-portland-startup-week-2025-tuesday-events/), and [Wednesday](https://siliconflorist.com/2025/05/07/planning-ahead-portland-startup-week-2025-wednesday-events/). Now it’s time to figure out how you’re going to immerse yourself in [Portland Startup Week 2025](https://lu.ma/pdxstartupweek) on Thursday. If only so that you can keep the streak going and sail into Friday. Let’s take a look at what’s happening.

May 15, Thursday
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- 9:00 AM [Startup Week LIVE Podcast](https://lu.ma/wnxyj6pq)
- 10:00 AM 
  - [Build a Startup in 90 Minutes w/ John Hill](https://lu.ma/2k4cpgf6)
  - [Upskilling Workshop | Connect & Create by (Human) Design with Jyssica Leilani](https://lu.ma/u4grstd6)
- 12:30 PM [Fundraise Faster w/ Bread and Butter Ventures](https://lu.ma/hhhghgcy)
- 1:00 PM [Upskilling Workshop | How to Accelerate Your Sales Cycle for Large Contracts ($500K)](https://lu.ma/ewfdxpsj)
- 2:00 PM [Reverse VC Pitch](https://lu.ma/hputaev0)
- 2:30 PM [Upskilling Workshop | Tackle 10x the Marketing Workload with Limited Resources using AI](https://lu.ma/cvsaqgyq)
- 5:00 PM 
  - [Beers w/ Engineers](https://lu.ma/vfvpd1ny)
  - [Speed Bragging Event](https://lu.ma/xep7tjv2)
  - [Demolicious: Portland Startup Week Edition](https://lu.ma/hubs3yem)
- 5:30 PM [How to Get a Marketing Job in Today’s Uncertain Economy](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/how-to-get-a-marketing-job-in-todays-uncertain-economy-tickets-1303298082649)
- 6:00 PM [AI Portland: Hello World! Demystifying AI/ML/NLP](https://lu.ma/akf6tbk3)
- 7:00 PM 
  - [Premise Session: Are the Machines Coming to Get Us?](https://lu.ma/69qfesa3)
  - [Portland Launch Party](https://lu.ma/p4klxegw)

For the entire schedule, visit [Portland Startup Week 2025](https://lu.ma/pdxstartupweek).

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