Portland, Oregon, startup news - Silicon Florist

This week, we talk about Shelpful, the AI solution from Amazon, Microsoft, and Y Combinator alums, Demolicious https://youtu.be/zoF6_a6zu_8, Startup Santa https://youtu.be/UYVT_iwWJDo, and the Portland startup community AMA https://www.youtube.com/live/UHYZO6ReDiA.

00:00 Portland startup news

00:28 Shelpful raises $3 million from Sam Altman

01:12 Demolicious is back

02:27 Startup Santa's 2023 gift list

03:34 Portland startup community AMA

04:54 Happy Holidays to you and yours

This week in Portland Oregon tech and startup news, I'll cover PitchBlack 2024, WordCamp US 2024, AI Portland, a list of Portland and Oregon startups to watch, Oregon Venture Fund, and more.

This week in Portland Oregon startup and tech news, I'll cover articles from Portland Monthly on Portland's past and reimagining Portland's future; Senator Ron Wyden on Apple, Google, and push notifications; a new roof for PDX; a new food & beverage consultancy; and podcasts from Stephen Green, Scott Hanselman, The Shades of Entrepreneurship, and more.

00:00 Portland Oregon startup and tech news

00:18 Portland past and future - https://www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and-city-life/2023/12/portland-lost-its-vibe-essay-william-deresiewicz - https://www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and-city-life/2023/12/reinvent-reimagine-portland-comeback

01:31 Portland airport (PDX) gets a new wooden roof

02:25 Senator Ron Wyden on Apple, Google, and push notifications https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-seeks-answers-from-justice-department-on-alleged-surveillance-of-apple-and-google-mobile-push-notifications

03:41 Industry veteran launches food & beverage consultancy https://www.xoxo-ko.com/

04:43 Society of Automation Software Engineers (SASE) https://sase.space/

05:29 founder.coffee https://www.meetup.com/founder-coffee/

06:07 Podcaster Meetup https://www.eventbrite.com/e/portland-podcasters-meetup-tickets-741106789357

06:48 Promising Portland podcasts - https://siliconflorist.com/2023/12/05/stephen-green-launches-podcast/ - https://www.theshadesofe.com/ - https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/upstartcollectivepdx - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pdx-executive-podcast/id1247188542 - https://hanselminutes.com/

08:33 Happy holidays and stuff

Portland, Oregon, startup news this week has a great mix of Oregon consumer product startup news and Portland tech startup news. So many company mentions. And some national recognition in the pages of Inc. magazine. Trying to keep this all under 10 minutes was more challenging than I could handle. So I'm 90 seconds over.

As always, I'll chunk the Portland startup news below so that you can jump to the stories that are most important to you.

PORTLAND STARTUP NEWS - CONSUMER PRODUCTS & TECH

00:00 Portland Oregon startup news

00:39 PitchBlack 2024 is the biggest story for the second week in a row https://pitchblackpdx.com

01:38 Meredith Malnick is more popular than the founder of Nvidia https://siliconflorist.com/2023/11/29/hello-portland-startup-community-im-meredith-malnick/

02:33 Oregon State alum Jensen Huang, founder of Nvidia, featured in The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/12/04/how-jensen-huangs-nvidia-is-powering-the-ai-revolution

03:06 Built Oregon reveals board of directors for 2024 https://siliconflorist.com/2023/11/30/built-oregon-reveals-new-board-members-roles/

03:57 My Peoples Market takes place this weekend https://www.mypeoplesmarket.com/

04:46 Upstart Collective hosts First Friday https://www.meetup.com/startup-your-startup/events/297442719

05:45 Portland Startups Slack meetup https://www.meetup.com/social_beer/events/297677637/

06:31 adidas announces accelerator cohort https://siliconflorist.com/2023/11/29/adidas-announces-accepted-accelerator-applicants/

07:38 Inc magazine names Portland startups to watch in 2024 https://www.inc.com/inc-masters/portland-startups-to-watch-in-2024.html

09:14 Portland startup community momentum

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It's Black Friday. The end of a quiet Thanksgiving week in the Portland, Oregon, tech and startup news world. And yet… there's still news. Including some breaking news around PitchBlack, PodInbox changing its name, First Friday coming up, Bootstrap Founders, and more.

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Ride Report got acquired. Built Oregon shares a list of gift boxes for your holiday giving. Oregon Entrepreneurs Network held their annual awards ceremony, and other Portland startup news.

Get your SXSW Pitch application done! Than, we'll chat about Oregon Venture Fund seeking new Angel investors to participate in their venture capital fund, an AI cofounder for your company, Caroline Cummings stepping down from RAIN, and other Portland startup news.

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Portland startup news this week includes the Portland teachers strike and its impact on Portland startup founders, ideas for getting connected to the Portland startup community, venture capital office hours in Portland, and more.

Rick Turoczy brings you the latest Portland, Oregon, startup news for the week ending October 13, 2023. Long story short, pretty busy week in the Portland startup community. An acquisition, an expansion to the Bay Area, a write up in a major tech blog… Everything is linked below for your convenience.

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