Tag: social_beer

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

Social Beer: Mid-2026 Gathering, Tue, Jun 30, 2026, 6:00 PM | Meetup

It’s been a minute since the Portland Startups Slack community has gathered for a #social_beer. And the midpoint of 2026 seemed like the perfect excuse to get together.

Every so often — usually around this time of year — I try to think through all of the Portland startup resources that are designed to get folks engaged with the startup community. More often than not, this list comes as a revelation to folks — or at least an item or two do. Even for folks who are actively part of the startup community.

While I’m never one for quantity over quality, I do like to take notice when we achieve milestones. No matter how insignificant. With that in mind, I’ve been keeping an eye on the membership of our free community Slack instance for Portland startups as it edged ever closer to 7000 users.

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.

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.

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.

Interested in connecting with folks from the Portland Startups Slack over a beverage or two? That’s the idea behind #social_beer, a gathering named after the Slack channel that inspired it. And the next event is coming up, this Thursday.

Feeling down because you can’t make the #social_beer gathering tonight? While that is a shame, there is another opportunity for you to connect with folks from the Portland tech community over beers. That’s right. This week is also Beers with Engineers.