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As the masses salivate over the potential of May 17 IPO, Facebook has beefed up its Preferred Marketing Developer Program, highlighting their anointed marketing partners. And among the 232 chosen? There are four Portland-area companies. ShopIgniter, Crowd Factory (which just yesterday announced their acquisition by Marketo), Webtrends, and Woobox. Read More
I’ve been a little tardy on posting this news. But today seemed like a good day to do it.
Sprint.ly, the company cofounded by Joe Stump—which he joined full-time following the acquisition of SimpleGeo by Urban Airship—is now calling Portland home. Read More
I had heard that Ryan Carson was well on his way to making Portland, Oregon, his new home. But I guess this confirms it.
TechCrunch is reporting that Ryan’s Treehouse has landed more funding. And they’re now listing their headquarters as Portland. Read More
I’m always torn with these things. On one hand, I like gathering them up because, inevitably, I run into a few new companies. But I hate gathering them up because, inevitably, I miss a few obvious companies.
So, with that caveat, here’s a list of Twitter accounts for a bunch of Portland startups you should be following. Read More
You may not have heard of Crowd Factory, a Portland startup focused on social media campaign management, but I’m sure you’ve heard of their clients. They’re working with companies like HBO, Coors, Sony, PR Newswire, and Jive.
And with a list of clients like that, it isn’t surprising to report that Crowd Factory has been acquired. Read More
When it comes to startups, a lot of companies tend to focus on consumers or commercial businesses. But what about providing services for nonprofits?
Well, that’s what Good Works Now is designed to do. Read More
Yesterday, Portland-based Cloudability took the stage for Demo Day at TechStars Cloud. And some folks thought they were the best of the bunch.
Robert Scoble took the opportunity to chat with them. And, of course, he had a video camera with him. Read More
Portland is lucky to have an amazing Startup Weekend program. As such, we’ve got a lot of interesting startups that are @pdxsw alums.
Today, we chat with one of the alums from the last round, Return Guru. Read More
More and more, Oregon is seeing its share of noteworthy startup speakers making the rounds. Just last week, Michael Jones, former CEO of MySpace (and an Oregon alum) was here in town to speak at the New Venture Championship.
Now, Paul Berry, former CTO of Huffington Post, will be in Eugene to keynote the Willamette Angel Conference. Read More
