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Tag: Social

Feeling social? #social_beer might be for you

Rick Turoczy on October 10, 2023

When I was originally trying to organize the channels on the Portland Startups Slack — a public Slack instance to help connect folks within the Portland startup community — I had the idea of tagging things as “social” channels versus “startup” channels. One of those social channels was #social_beer, a channel for discussions about beers and brewpubs and whatnot. And while it started innocently enough, that channel has now taken on a life of its own — in real life.

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Whatcha listening to…? New Portland startup matches folks with similar musical tastes

Rick Turoczy on July 10, 2020

Music, by its very nature, creates community with artists attracting fans and followers. And, under previous circumstances, concert goers. In real life. In venues. But none of those fans have that opportunity to spend time with likeminded folks in a concert venue. So what if they could connect over their appreciation of an artist or band virtually? Meet Feel With Me.

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Remote work startup Workfrom launches a virtual cafe to enable social connections in this time of disconnectedness

Rick Turoczy on June 17, 2020

Portland startup Workfrom started its life as a database of alternative spots you could, obviously, work from. Cafes, brewpubs, coworking spaces… the list went on an on. Internet speeds, bathroom codes, noise levels, number of outlets… Workfrom could provide all of the details you needed to help you decide where to work when your office or home wouldn’t quite cut it.

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Experimenting with social distance: PIE Demo Day goes fully virtual

Rick Turoczy on March 18, 2020

I sincerely hope you’re hanging in there. Stuff is weird. I mean, seriously. To be more blunt, shit is weird. And isolating. And lonely. But PIE, one of Portland’s oldest startup accelerators, is hoping to, ahem, disrupt that isolation. By holding its demo day virtually. With appropriate social distance.

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Feeling social? Grab the Portland Startup Summit social pass for free

Rick Turoczy on November 14, 2014

I always like when events find ways to meet their bottom line and make their event accessible to as many people as possible. And that’s just what the Portland Startup Summit is doing. They’ve hit their numbers for paid attendees. So now, they’re offering up 100 social passes. For free. Read More

Two of the five most well funded social software startups are Portland companies says Jeremiah Owyang

Rick Turoczy on January 14, 2013

Now, I know as well as anyone that Portlanders have overly aggressive humility. And that folks are unwilling to toot their own horns. But when independent research shines a spotlight on what’s happening here, that’s worth embracing. Such was the case today with Jeremiah Owyang. Read More

A picture is worth a thousand words, but an Instagram photo is worth a thousand bucks

Rick Turoczy on October 23, 2012

Startups often get critiqued for being one-trick ponies. They launch an impressive single-point solution but don’t have the vision to extend their offering. So when they clear that hurdle, it’s a big deal. And Portland-based Chirpify just cleared that hurdle in spectacular fashion. Read More

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