Tag: Founder

Take Nothing When I Die podcast: Stephanie Ghoston Paul talks with Portland startup founder and mentor Paige Hendrix Buckner

Rick Turoczy on June 18, 2020

If you don’t recognize the names in that headline, you should. Stephanie Ghoston Paul is a former Portland resident now living in Atlanta who worked closely with the Portland startup community. And Paige Hendrix Buckner is a current Portland resident who has been a serial founder and mentor here in town. And so when these two amazing women for whom I have the utmost respect got the chance to chat on Stephanie’s podcast, Take Nothing When I Die, it was a must listen for me. And I thought you might want to listen, as well.

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Black Tech for Black Lives: Portland founders among those imploring tech to take a stand

Rick Turoczy on June 3, 2020

Among the names of 150 Black tech leaders imploring technology companies and startups to take a stand against systemic racism — through a newly launched effort called Black Tech for Black Lives — a couple of names immediately stood out. That’s because they were Portland founders Stephen Green, founder of PitchBlack, and Lindsey Murphy, founder of The Fab Lab.

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The Hidden Founders Project: Highlighting amazing entrepreneurs outside of Silicon Valley

Rick Turoczy on May 28, 2020

Naithan Jones of Andreesen Horowitz is starting a new research project that’s going to be of interest to most — if not all — founders around these parts. He’s calling it “The Hidden Founders Project.” And it’s an effort to highlight amazing entrepreneurs outside of Silicon Valley.

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Making it better together: Behind the scenes with Jaime Schmidt and Chris Cantino of Supermaker

Rick Turoczy on May 28, 2020

Early stage startups can always use more support. And founders can always use more resources for mentorship and capital. That’s why I was so excited to hear about the launch Supermaker and Color, two efforts from Jaime Schmidt and Chris Cantino. Here’s a recent video sharing more on what they’re building and how they’re looking to support early stage founders — including details on the Entrepreneurial Dream Project.

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Willamette Week chats with Portland startup founders at MilkRun and Kamber

Rick Turoczy on May 11, 2020

As the pandemic and lockdown linger on, so does the opportunity for online interviews with interesting folks. And Willamette Week has been doing a great job of chatting with a cross-section of people — including folks for the Portland startup community.

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Insights from a founder who weathered the dotcom boom and bust and the mortgage crisis

Rick Turoczy on April 23, 2020

Sometimes, the best way to navigate the future is to learn from the past. Because we’ve been through downturns before. Maybe not to this extent. But at least in some semblance. So learnings from a startup in the dotcom days — both boom and bust — and the mortgage crisis could provide some interesting insights for startups to survive the current pandemic — and what to expect when the market starts to correct.

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Not your average startup founder Q&A — and yet somehow it seems like exactly what’s needed in these strange times

Rick Turoczy on April 21, 2020

What if you had the opportunity to talk to an extroverted former professional musician, former startup founder, former startup accelerator manager, budding chef who happens to work in the world of VR? Pretty compelling right? That’s right. So don’t miss out on this opportunity to participate in a Q&A session with Nick Lambert.

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Chatting with Latino Founder Hour podcast about Portland, startups, and, of course, founders

Rick Turoczy on March 12, 2020

Any opportunity to join the Sylvia Salazar and Edgar Navas on the Latino Founder Hour podcast is an honor. But a few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to do something even more special: join them for their 100th episode.

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Another Portland startup founder moves on to the next adventure: Nat Parker is leaving moovel (soon to be ReachNow)

Rick Turoczy on July 29, 2019

Portland rarely sees things occur in rapid succession. Funding tends to be sporadic. Exits tend to be blips here and there. But that may be changing. Because it feels like we are starting to see a growing trend of well known Portland startup founders moving on to their next thing. The latest? Nat Parker is leaving moovel, a journey which started with his startup GlobeSherpa.

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Celebrating a decade of experimental founder support: Portland startup accelerator PIE turns 10

Rick Turoczy on July 24, 2019

I’m always encouraging founders to celebrate small wins. And to take pride in the progress they’re making. So for once, I’m going to follow my own advice and take a moment to celebrate. PIE, the startup accelerator that I helped cofound and continue to run as general manager, is turning 10 years old in August. So let’s celebrate.

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