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Well, I was. I swear. First with the AI Portland Zero to One Build Challenge. And now with the CodyMD AI Health Hack & Back, a hackathon designed to inspire health-related prototypes and concepts.

As part of the new leadership at Built Oregon, the organization has appointed a new chair to lead the board activities, long time consumer products expert Karmen Olson. Karmen had previously held a board seat at Built. Other existing board members remain in similar roles.

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

Portland, Ore., Has Worst Housing Crisis Outlook | LendingTree

Portland, Ore., ranks worst, largely due to its lack of available housing and unaffordability. Across the 100 largest U.S. metros, Portland has the fourth-lowest vacancy rate (4.76%) and 13th-highest home value-to-income ratio (5.57). Boise, Idaho, and Bridgeport, Conn., rank second and third overall.

I think I’ve seen Mitch Daugherty do more press opportunities in the short time since he’s taken the lead role at the new Portland Office of Small Business than I have in the last decade of being alongside him as a cofounder. And given how much I know he squirms at this sort of attention, please allow we to highlight another conversation where Oregon Business took the time to sit down with Mitch for an interview.

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

AI Portland Launchpad NW event for small businesses with AI questions – Portland Business Journal

AI Launchpad Northwest is a half-day event slated for June 11 and will feature speakers vetted by the AI Portland group. A major element of the event is small group break-out sessions where attendees can bring questions about their business and AI to get answers, said organizers.

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

From Weird To Boring: A Quick Trip Through The Recent History Of Startup Naming

Now that we’re entrenched in the bland era, we thought it would offer a shot of entertainment value to take a look back at some of the sillier naming trends that have popped up over the past nine years that we’ve been chronicling such matters.

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

Prosper Portland Dodges a Big Cut for Now, but Council Takes Aim at Lack of Agency Oversight

A proposal by two city councilors to eliminate allocation of all general fund dollars to Prosper Portland—a total of $11 million—was struck down after heated debate at Wednesday’s marathon budget session of the Portland City Council.