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Bootstrapping a SaaS product? Get ready to connect with your peers at MicroConf Local: Portland

So much of the tech startup news is awash with stories of venture capital funding — and all of the drama that comes with it. But what if you’re building a solid SaaS business by bootstrapping it…? You know, like investing your own blood, sweat, and tears and then (gasp) generating revenue and stuff. Where do you go then? One answer is MicroConf. And if you’re interested in experiencing it, you don’t have to go far. It’s coming to Portland in September.

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Improve your ChatGPT game with Prompts

If you’ve taken the opportunity to muck around with generative AI products, you know that you can sometimes get some valuable and interesting responses. But you also know that it may take you a series of prompts and refinements to make that happen. That’s where Prompts comes in — to help you save your hard work as a template.

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Save the date: PIE Demo Day 2023, in person

The time is 2019. PIE, the early-stage startup accelerator, is celebrating 10 years of helping promising founders who are building amazing companies in Portland — and sometimes elsewhere. They hold their demo day at the Aladin Theater to a packed crowd. And that’s the last time that PIE held an in-person event. Until now. PIE Demo Day 2023 will be an in-person event. With a twist.

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Product-focused startup founder gathering founder.coffee heads to Deadstock Coffee

Connecting with other founders in the Portland startup community can be more challenging than it should be. That’s why I’m always a fan of events that do the work to bring startup founders together to connect with one another. And there’s no more active founder-focused group post-pandemic than founder.coffee (formerly known as Coffee w/ Co-Founders). And their next meetup happens next week at Deadstock Coffee.

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