Your November dispatch from the Office of Small Business
Shop Small Saturday is coming up on November 29, a great time to celebrate and support local businesses. City of Portland is going to offer free parking for on-street parking and all five SmartPark locations sponsored by Portland Bureau of Transportation.
D.R. Horton inks deal with AI startup Prophetic to speed housing – Portland Business Journal
Texas-based D.R. Horton selected the tool by fast-growing startup Prophetic to help the builder identify land suitable for new housing. Both companies note the Prophetic platform has the potential to speed housing development and address affordability.
No Competition? That’s Usually a Red Flag for Solopreneurs (I Learned the Hard Way) | Meysam Azad
The moment that broke me wasn’t the empty dashboard. It wasn’t the crickets after launch. It was staring at my payment provider page showing $0.00 in revenue—the only metric that actually mattered.
Feed the Beast | Derek Larson
If I asked a human “Is this email draft any good” for 45 minutes straight, they’d throw my computer at the wall. AI will oblige without complaint.
The Forty-Year Programmer
I’ll talk about things that didn’t make sense to me when I started, and now they’re the guiding stars in my sky. That means it’s not about specific technologies. Technologies come and go. Languages come and go. They can’t be your sky.
How to Make a Living as an Artist
Most people who enjoy making art should not try to make it their full time job. When you turn an avocation (hobby) into a vocation (job) you have to do new things you do not enjoy. Emails, events, meetings, accounting, and more. These are not only a drag but can actually strip the joy from the rest of your art practice.
Lean Startup Is Wrong… or You Are
Eric Ries gave the world a gospel: build a minimum viable product (MVP), validate it with customers, and iterate toward product-market fit. The idea promised to democratize innovation and de-risk entrepreneurship. Yet nearly two and a half decades later, the success rates haven’t changed (presumably), and venture outcomes haven’t improved. The startup graveyard still fills faster than seats in the accelerator downtown. So, is the method broken? Or are the practitioners?
Lab and office space for lease in OSU Food Innovation Center – Portland Business Journal
Oregon State University’s Food Innovation Center in Portland has 13,000 square feet of wet lab and office space open for lease.
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