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It’s never too early to get students started with startups

Rick Turoczy on July 14, 2021

Through programs like Invent Oregon, we’ve seen the power and innovation of college age entrepreneurs. But what about folks who start solving problems in high school? Well, that’s why there’s the TIE Young Entrepreneurs Start Your Startup summer camp.

Category: Events, Oregon, Portland, Startups, students
Tag: camp, Portland, public, Schools, Startup, student, Summer, tie, tie oregon, tye

Student loan forgiveness may unlock — or at least unburden — entrepreneurs

Rick Turoczy on March 4, 2021

We see stuff talked about in the news all of the time. And on social. And amidst a 24-hour news cycle. And despite our best efforts, it tends to make us less and less receptive to the messages being conveyed. Which is why when one of these topics hits close to home, it seems to make it more tangible. Like student loan relief and Portland startup Nexgarden.

Category: Oregon, Portland, Startups
Tag: Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurs, loan, loans, nexgarden, skyler pearson, student, student loans

Add it up: MathLeap offers a forehead slappingly awesome algebra tool for students and educators

Rick Turoczy on March 29, 2016

Some of my favorite products are the ones that seem so utterly obvious in retrospect. Because they’re such a moment of insightful brilliance codified into a product. And you’re just like “Yes. That makes TOTAL sense. Why hasn’t anyone done this before?” Take computers. What are they good at doing? That’s right. Computing. So why hasn’t anyone put that to work in an elegant way to support mathematics in schools? Someone has. Meet Portland startup MathLeap. Read More

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Tag: algebra, mathleap, Portland, student, teacher