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title: 'Portland startup news for the week ending Jan 2, 2026'
date: '2026-01-02T16:25:25-08:00'
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# Portland startup news for the week ending Jan 2, 2026

I was completely wrong about the Portland startup community in 2025. I had a hypothesis. I tested that hypothesis with some experiments. And I failed. Spectacularly. But it gave me insight and inspiration for new experiments in 2026.

- [00:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKSyDzi8gzM&list=PLr9gWRSfZqd6m7AABeIWYP8G-df2-_0-Y&index=1) Intro
- [02:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKSyDzi8gzM&list=PLr9gWRSfZqd6m7AABeIWYP8G-df2-_0-Y&index=1&t=120s) Failures in 2025
- [06:48](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKSyDzi8gzM&list=PLr9gWRSfZqd6m7AABeIWYP8G-df2-_0-Y&index=1&t=408s) What I learned from those failures
- [07:18](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKSyDzi8gzM&list=PLr9gWRSfZqd6m7AABeIWYP8G-df2-_0-Y&index=1&t=438s) Focus for 2026
- [09:35](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKSyDzi8gzM&list=PLr9gWRSfZqd6m7AABeIWYP8G-df2-_0-Y&index=1&t=575s) Becoming more proactive rather than reactive
- [12:15](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKSyDzi8gzM&list=PLr9gWRSfZqd6m7AABeIWYP8G-df2-_0-Y&index=1&t=735s) Vibe coding a visualization