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A little over three months ago, a group of aspiring entrepreneurs joined in an experiment called PIE, the Portland Incubator Experiment. After three months of mucking, mentoring, and molding, these eight startups are prepared to take the stage and launch their companies, on January 17.
Our Senator Ron Wyden is doing his part to stop SOPA—the incredibly inane bill that would cripple the Internet we know and love—but what can you, ordinary concerned citizen do?
Well, you can change your Twitter avatar to reflect your Stop SOPA leanings, for one thing. Read More
And the hits just keep on coming.
Fast on the heels of Portland Seed Fund alum Vizify closing a round, PSF alum 4-Tell announced today that they had closed a $1 million round. Erik Siemers at the Portland Business Journal broke the news. Read More
Good news for all of you startups who applied for the Portland Seed Fund. The PSF now has more funding for, um, funding.
According to The Oregonian, the Portland Development Commission has allocated an additional $200,000 in funding for the PSF. Read More
Sometimes, side projects become startups. But what happens when a startup has an interesting side project?
That’s what happened to Ken Westin and his company GadgetTrak. The result? Their latest product, CameraTrace. Read More
It’s been an amazing run for Portland startups over the last few months. And that activity has raised the visibility for the town, the entrepreneurs, and the investors.
It’s also got a lot of folks asking, “How do I get involved?” and “How can I invest?” Well, if you’re asking those questions, you’re in luck. Because Angel Oregon offers an interesting way to get engaged with the startup scene. Read More
One of the biggest backchannel conversations of 2011 was the drama around Silicon Lumberjack, a blog designed to cover the Portland tech scene without pulling punches. First it was on Tumblr. And then it was on WordPress. But it was always anonymous. Until now. Read More
It’s a well known fact that the Internet was created for two reasons: 1) To share videos of embarrassing moments and 2) To share pictures of cats. A close third is telling people what you had for lunch. But we’re not discussing that here. Read More
News out of Portland-based Janrain today, that might not be shocking but it’s definitely telling.
A new social identity study by Portland’s Blue Research indicates that four out of five folks hate having to create new logins at new sites. As luck would have it, Janrain fixes that. Read More
While we love chatting with startups, we also enjoy getting to know the folks who provide foundational support for the startup scene, here in town.
One of those companies who helps startups—and sponsors Meet the Startup—is Silicon Valley Bank. Read More
