This week in Portland startup news, Prophetic lands a huge deal, Oregon Entrepreneur Awards name winners, Demolicious plans Champion of Champions 2025, and Oregon’s former CIO returns to the state. Let’s get into it…PORTLAND STARTUP STORIES00:00 Portland startup news intro01:33 Prophetic03:08 Demolicious Champion of Champions 202505:05 OEN Oregon Entrepreneur Awards 202506:24 Sylvia Salazar of ‪@TonoLatino‬ joins ‪@DangerousOnes‬ 08:06 Alex Petit returns to Oregon09:40 SecretsPORTLAND STARTUP LINKS

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• Demolicious Champion of Champions 2025 https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/3294115...
• Portland Business Journal on OEN Awards 2025 https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/...
• Sylvia Salazar - Breaking the feed https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...

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