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Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:

Your Moat Is Dead. Anyone Can Rebuild Your Product.

I have read that exchange about ten times now, and I think everyone involved is half right. Something real happened, just not what Raymond thinks. Software is moving to the server, but models are not the last moat. And the question underneath all of it, the one a lot of founders have been asking me this year, deserves a better answer than a hot take. If anyone can rebuild your product, what is your company actually worth?

Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:

Lake Oswego-based Rule42 acquires 64 Analytics platform – Portland Business Journal

Rule42’s acquisition, 64 Analytics, is an NCAA transfer portal resource that focuses on baseball and softball. According to 64 Analytics’ website, the company was founded a response to “a growing need for in-depth analysis in the new era of the transfer portal” and delivers its customers “live rankings, a comprehensive data matrix spanning all divisions and the most in-depth transfer portal coverage available anywhere.”

I love getting the opportunity to work with startups on their pitches. It’s probably because my first startup gig was being the deck monkey, building slides for pitches and roadshows. And then with PIE, I had the opportunity to workshop pitches all of the time. So forgive me if it makes me nostalgic.

Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:

Launch NY’s Marnie LaVigne on helping founders get to the next thing faster

Launch NY’s first limited partner fund has already begun returning capital to investors. Its $15.775 million LP Fund II is actively deploying capital. Its Investor Network has grown to more than 400 accredited investors. And its portfolio includes companies such as Dimensional Energy, Ognomy, HelixIntel and Exostellar that have gone on to raise significant outside capital or achieve exits.

They grow up so fast. It seems like just yesterday that we were watching the inaugural Oregon AI Accelerator come into being. Now…? They’re hard at work on cohort 2. More than 50 startups applied. Here’s who made the cut…

Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:

Design for the Win: Creatives Behind Women’s Sports in Portland Tickets, Wednesday, October 14  •  6 PM – 8:30 PM | Eventbrite

Join us for an inspiring evening celebrating the incredible creatives who work behind the scenes to fuel the surge of support for women’s and gender expansive sports in Portland! This event features presentations and a dynamic panel with talented individuals who have contributed their magic to teams and organizations like the Rose City Rollers, Portland Fire (WNBA), Cherry Bombs FC (USL W), Portland Cascade (AUSL), The Sports Bra, and Unmatched filmmakers who retell the iconic Portland Pilots 2005 season with legends Megan Rapinoe and Christine Sinclair.

We’ve all been there. You’ve been saving stuff willy nilly to your laptop. A gig here and there. That one massive mp4 you’d forgotten about. The suboptimal pdf that is hundreds of megs for some reason. It adds up. Quietly. Until all of the sudden, your Mac is completely out of space. Could be time for a Cloud Diet.

Demolicious is a monthly pitch event run by Josh Carter. It’s designed to give startup founders the opportunity to practice their pitch, learn from one another, and maybe — just maybe — walk away as the crowd favorite from month to month. But that’s not all. At the end of every year, all of the previous monthly winners compete to become the Demolicious Champion of Champions. And if you want to watch that competition, tickets are now on sale.

Bend Venture Conference is just around the corner. And until today, the last spots on the main stage were still up for grabs. Not anymore. EDCO has announced the Growth Stage finalists for BVC 2026. They join the Early Stage finalists revealed on September 28. And the whole bunch will take the Tower Theatre stage in downtown Bend on October 15 and 16, 2026.