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Tag: social_beer

Spoiled for choice: Looking for an event to attend? I hope you’re free Thursday

I tend to be a “While that seems like a negative, it’s actually a positive…” kind of person. So where one might see a night jam packed with event choices and bemoan the scheduling conflicts, I tend to say that having a bunch of competing events from which to choose means that the community is starting to get some momentum going again. So when I glanced at Thursday, it made me extremely happy.

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Looking to celebrate Pi Day…? Whether you’re in Bend or Portland, you’re in luck

Granted, this only make sense if you’re in the US or another country that uses the Month/Day/Year format, but we’ll take these small weird wins where we can. This Thursday is 3/14. Or 3.14. Making it Pi Day. So whether you’re looking to gather in celebration of your favorite constant or not, there are a couple of happy hours on Thursday that may be of interest. One in Bend and one in Portland.

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Interested in connecting with folks from the Portland Startups Slack in real life?

The Portland Startups Slack is a great way to connect with folks in the Portland startup community. But what about moving beyond avatars and keystrokes to connecting with those exact same folks in real life…? Well, that’s why there’s #social_beer, the Slack channel that magically comes to life once a month in various locations around town. And the next one is now scheduled for March 14, 2024.

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Feeling social? #social_beer might be for you

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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