Tag: puppet

Thoughts on community and Clickety

Rick Turoczy on July 13, 2021

One of my favorite things about working with early stage startups is getting the opportunity to use the earliest versions of their products — and then getting to watch those product morph and iterate over time. So when Puppet founder Luke Kanies offered me the opportunity to be an early user of Clickety — his newest startup pursuit — I jumped at the chance. Especially because Clickety had the potential to solve some very specific pain points and knowledge gaps for me.

Read More

Puppet founder Luke Kanies reveals more about his next venture, Clickety

Rick Turoczy on January 29, 2021

It’s always nice to see successful Portland founders moving from being one-time entrepreneurs to serial entrepreneurs. And so I’ve been watching with interest as Luke Kanies, the founder of Portland’s Puppet, chase his next pursuit, Clickety.

Read More

REMINDER: Learn more about what startups need to know about accessibility

Rick Turoczy on August 3, 2020

When folks are building new things, they have a tendency to build them from their own perspective. And with that, comes the danger of building something that is inaccessible for part — if not all — of the target market they’re looking to serve. That’s why it’s never too early to think about accessibility, so that products are available to and usable by the broadest user base possible.

Read More

Travel back to the earliest days of Puppet with founder Luke Kanies

Rick Turoczy on July 13, 2020

Origin stories. They tend to be the thing of myth. Glossed over and hazy. Usurped by unnecessarily hyperbolic embellishment. All to accentuate the drama. But leave it to Luke Kanies, founder of the company that would eventually become Portland’s Puppet, to take a different direction. To share a borderline gonzo origin story.

Read More

Puppet now has an active hand in supporting the next wave of Portland startups

Rick Turoczy on November 22, 2019

Earlier this week, Puppet announced that they would be serving as the workspace for more than two dozen early stage Portland startups. For some, this might seem like a surprising move. But in actuality, it’s core to the culture of the company. And has been a hallmark of its existence, ever since Reductive Labs relocated to Portland.

Read More

Interested in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning? There’s an unconference for that

Rick Turoczy on October 15, 2019

There used to be a time when the Portland startup community was awash in unconferences. Unconference here, unconference there. On a variety of interesting topics. And while those heady halcyon days of unconferencing may have passed, an interesting one rears its head every now and again. Like this weekend. When it’s the AI/ML Unconference.

Read More

Amplifying the voices of Black Women in STEM

Rick Turoczy on February 8, 2019

I’m always a fan of events that highlight more voices in our community. So it will come as no surprise that I’m psyched to see Black Women in STEM 2.0 being held in Portland, next week.

Read More

Portland startup Reflect acquired by Portland mainstay Puppet

Rick Turoczy on June 7, 2018

One of my concerns about the Portland startup community is that it often takes a significant amount of time for companies to find their way to an exit. And for venture funded companies, it’s all about the exit. So it was a pleasant surprise to see two Portland companies involved in an acquisition—especially when one of those companies was still on the earlier stages of growth. Puppet has acquired Reflect.

Read More

Portland cloud monitoring startup Sensu adds Puppet founder Luke Kanies to board

Rick Turoczy on April 13, 2018

In the world of equity financing and startups, it’s not rare to see folks adding new board members when they announce funding rounds. Because it’s usually VCs who have invested who are getting those seats. So when Portland startup Sensu announced a new round of funding and new board members, it was a pleasant surprise to see that one of them was an independent, Luke Kanies, founder of Puppet.

Read More

A Portland founder’s perspective on venture capital and its effects on companies

Rick Turoczy on November 9, 2017

In the startup world, there are some prevailing assumptions about venture capital and building companies. But just because those assumptions are prevailing doesn’t mean they’re correct. That’s why I always like resources that help demystify the world of venture capital and its impact on companies. Like Venture Deals by Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson.

Read More

1 2 3
%d bloggers like this: