I know, I know. You just barely got your taxes done. But I’ve got some other paperwork for you to complete. But this one has the potential of giving you money for your startup. TiE Oregon Columbia River Pitch competition applications are due tomorrow.

It seems like it was only a few weeks ago that Ecobadlandz walked away with the win — and the Demolicious belt. That’s because it was. Demolicious happens every month now. Which means it’s time for the next round of companies to take the stage in hopes of taking the belt. But who are the challengers…?

It’s coming down to the wire, but there’s still time to vote in the annual Webbys competition. This year, two Oregon companies are featured as nominees. But you’ve got to hurry. Voting closes on April 18, 2024.

Everyone has different schedules and commitments. So the same old “happy hour” networking vibe or startup events that consistently take place in the evening may only work for part of the community. Which is why it’s always nice to have Portland startup events happening throughout the day — or starting off the day. Like founder.coffee.

Since many startups are building solutions for Millennials and Zoomers, I thought this data visualization might be helpful. If you’d like to muck with the visualized data yourself visit “This is a teenager.”

As I shared earlier, Portland startup mentor and coach Barrett Brooks has launched a new podcast. And it started off with an — ahem — atomic boom. An atomic boom… *tap tap tap* Is this thing on? Anyway… James Clear isn’t the only guest Barrett has lined up. He also recently released a conversation with Jerry Colonna, as well. And since Jerry has been kind enough to visit us here in Portland before, I thought you might be interested in listening in on the conversation.

I had the chance to catch up with Charlie Kawasaki, yesterday. I’d been tracking on AI related events that TAO was driving, but he brought me up to speed on TAO’s other efforts around AI, including the formation of the TAO AI and Data Community. (Also, hat tip to Aaron Wirick for highlighting it in the AI channel on Portland Startups Slack.)

Neither did I. But given that I grew up south of Craters of the Moon — where astronauts used to train for lunar missions — what might seem like a ChatGPT hallucination to you makes perfect sense to me.

I know I covered the Radious new last week, but I’m always excited when our friends at GeekWire share stories about the Portland startup community. So I’m mentioning it again. ICYMI Portland startup Radious has gone nationwide.