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Monday
Jan 22
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Office hours with Sterling Capital – Office Hours Application for January 22, 2024 at 2:30 pm PT in Portland, OR LEVEL UP YOUR FUNDRAISING/SALES Get honest and direct feedback Time allocated for your questions, even in group sessions Coaching from someone who’s been in your shoes |
Thursday
Jun 23, 2022
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2022 StartOut Demo Day – Accelevents (Online) Join StartOut entrepreneurs as they present their solutions at StartOut Demo Day, generously sponsored by ZenDesk, AWS, Silicon Valley Bank, and Embroker. This year's virtual Demo Day will highlight LGBTQ-led, scalable tech startups to investors. A judging panel will be made up of angels, VCs, entrepreneurs and corporate partners, with a public audience to cheer you on and network with after. Top prizes include $5k for first place, $3k for second place, and $2k for third place winner. Join us for an evening of discussion among some of the brightest entrepreneurs and investors in our community. |
Wednesday
Sep 21, 2022
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Portland 3D Printing Lab: Social with Show and Tell – Autodesk Surprise! We're back and going forward monthly! For our first event, we thought we'd open up the floor. If you have something cool you've been working on and want to share, bring it or share some pictures with us. Let us know if you're planning on bringing anything to make sure we have enough space for it. We'll have approx 10 tables to set up on. Our friends at Autodesk are graciously hosting us at their office. Come in to the front door on Ankeny, sign in at the front desk, and take the stairs to the second floor. If you need the elevator, ask security to let you up. There is bike parking inside the building on the second floor as well. Agenda: 6:00 PM: Sharing and Networking 7:00 PM: Welcome, News, Recap on Makerforce by Shashi ~7:30 PM: Community Time 7:45 PM: Networking 8:30 PM: Clean it up! |
Thursday
Aug 8, 2019
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Apply to PIE: Question and answer session (evening) – Autodesk Inc Thinking about applying to PIE or PIE Shop? Have questions about the program? Curious as to what an accelerator even does? Wondering if the format is right for you? Cool. Let's talk about that. All of that.
Please join PIE at Autodesk for a question and answer session to get more information on our programs and the benefits for early stage startups. Questions about the differences between the two programs causing you to second guess whether you should even show up? Well, let's get that one answered first. Yes. The answer is yes. If you're a founder of an early stage startup, you should show up. And in terms of the differences? PIE is an accelerator designed to support startups building digital products. PIE Shop is an incubator/accelerator designed to support startups manufacturing physical products. We're looking forward to seeing you. Already ready to apply? Here's a cheat sheet that will help you prepare your application: https://bit.ly/PIE2019cheatsheet |
Friday
Apr 8, 2022
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Web3 Founder Lunch With Madrona Venture Group – Beaches Restaurant & Bar Join Madrona Venture Group and Madrona Venture Labs for lunch during ETHPortland to talk with fellow founders and meet investors, including Maria Gilfoyle and Scott Jacobson. This lunch will be full of great conversation and learnings. Last month MVL hosted an accelerator week called, Launchable, which brought together 20 Web3 early-stage companies. Companies heard from leaders in the field and got hands-on help building — with one company being awarded $100,000 in funding. Join us for lunch on Friday between 12:00 and 1:30 p.m. PT. After RSVPing through Eventbrite, click on Fairshare to join our PNW Web3 Discord community and be airdropped a Launchable NFT. In the Discord you can connect with like-minded Web3 builders and entrepreneurs. Everyone at the lunch will also receive a POAP. Madrona Venture Group is the largest and most active venture firm focused on early-stage companies in the Pacific Northwest. We invest in a range of different technology companies, including Web3 companies leveraging blockchain technology. Whatever the investment stage, we roll up our sleeves and work with founders to build their companies. We partner with founders from Day One for the Long Run. Madrona Venture Labs is Madrona Venture Group's incubation program. The lab partners with founders as co-builders, advisers, and their first investors. Founders develop new ideas and start building them in partnership with Madrona from Day One. |
Thursday
Mar 14
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#social_beer (Portland Startups Slack IRL) – Beulahland It's another opportunity to meet the folks from the Portland Startups Slack in real life! |
Thursday
Apr 18
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Portland Startups Slack #social_beer – Beulahland Meet folks from the Portland Startups Slack IRL |
Wednesday
Sep 18, 2019
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Sip and Slack – Botanist Time for friends, food and drinks as we remain cautiously optimistic that we'll get an extended summer and the rain will hold off... Look for the tall brunette wearing glasses that blink. I might also be wearing my Minnie Mouse ears, depending on how I am feeling that day... |
Friday
Mar 8
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45 Camp Jumpstart Weekend through Briq Studio Gives entrepreneurs a crash course in how to build a ClimateTech* Startup. 45Camp JumpStart provides a concentrated 3-day weekend with training, mentorship and connections to let you explore the idea of building a ClimateTech Startup. You’ll also see examples of VertueLab Entrepreneurs who are making it in ClimateTech. VertueLab is a ClimateTech non-profit that is focused on helping Pacific Northwest ClimateTech entrepreneurs achieve their goals. Ideas come from anywhere, and individuals with those ideas often don’t have the entrepreneurial awareness, tools, or guidance to get started in their exploration. Also, entrepreneurship is new in many communities and they need a jumpstart to gain the right knowledge and connections to move forward. The best way to discover, learn, and explore entrepreneurship is through a hands-on approach and meeting others that are building technology and can explain by showing. JumpStart Weekends are designed to be a comfortable space to gather curious individuals and introduce them to tools and methods they can use to explore their ideas and get instant feedback and mentorship, all packaged over a weekend. Although it's in our mission to address the impacts of climate change, entrepreneurship is for everyone. We want to increase access to entrepreneurship, and provide the tools and knowledge to everyone so that we are all part of the solution. So no prior knowledge of ClimateTech is required, all you need is an idea and the curiosity to know more and explore in a weekend of fun, we encourage you to apply! |
Tuesday
Apr 3, 2018
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Portland Coffee w/ Co-Founders: PDX Startup Week Edition – CENTRL East Side Location It's been a while since we've met, but we're using Portland Startup Week as an excuse to resurrect this incredible meetup. About Coffee w/ Co-Founders: As a business owner you are faced with many challenges. You're forced to make decisions every day that could make or break your business. Coffee w/ Co-Founders is a way to network with other Entrepreneurs to allow free flowing information with the intent to collaborate and help each other. So often we're challenged and there's very little we can do to express our challenges with the people we work with or the people we care about. Think of Coffee w/ Co-Founders as your own personal support group for business owners. We're all here to help! |
Wednesday
Sep 2, 2015
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1 Million Cups PDX - Speraker: Josh Lifton of Crowd Supply – CENTRL Office Every week we have a new local entrepreneur building an amazing company here in Portland. They give a short presentation followed up with a great Q&A session where you get to ask questions and ask about the real challenges and triumphs behind the business. As always we welcome everyone interested in startups and founders building great companies here in Portland. Come and check it out and bring a friend. |
Friday
May 19, 2017
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Founders LIVE – CENTRL Office Announcing the inaugural event in Portland! Founders LIVE Portland is an unforgettable happy hour competition where up to five handpicked startups take the hot seat, with only 99 seconds to pitch their company and describe their value proposition in front of an eager audience. After the pitches and audience Q&A, the crowd will vote on a winner who will not only receive recognition from the crowd but also the opportunity to talk more about their product or service. So bring your friends and coworkers, grab some food and drink, get to know your local entrepreneurs and vote for what you think will be the next big thing... built in Portland. About Founders LIVE: Founders LIVE (founderslive.com) is a community and media channel created to inspire, educate and entertain entrepreneurs around the world. The Founders LIVE experience includes unique and unforgettable 99-second pitch competitions sweeping into cities across the nation, which have the potential to create local startup celebrities and burst open additional pockets of creativity and entrepreneurial activity. Additionally, an online network delivers curated articles, videos, livestreamed expert talks and AMA’s, posts and private messaging to members that together develop world-class entrepreneurs. Details: Date: May. 19th, 2017 Time: 5:00pm - 8:00pm Location: CENTRL Office Pearl Cost: $10 Provided: Great food, beer, wine and non-alcoholic beverages Attendance to Founders LIVE Portland is free for Founders LIVE Members Agenda: 5pm: Drinks, food, and networking 6pm: Demos start 7pm: Networking 8pm: Afterparty |
Wednesday
Feb 7
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Pitch Club – CENTRL Office Pitch Club is an event where entrepreneurs learn the criteria and methods used by real investors to evaluate their venture as a potential investment. This is done by recreating a typical investor meeting where a few companies pitch and receive feedback from TiE Oregon Charter Members. These meetings follow the same basic agenda of an investor meeting with three sections: the pitch, Q&A, and investor discussion & decision. Who facilitates Pitch Club? Pitch Club is organized by Kari Naone, TiE Oregon Executive Director and led by Tom Kingsley, a TiE Charter Member who is an investor and successful entrepreneur. What to expect? Please minimally prepare for a 5-minute pitch. If time permits each person could get up to 10 minutes so be prepared for that as well. This can include a slides/ppt that will be presented from your computer. Directly after pitching, Q&A and discussion will take place. Those who attend pitch club will walk away with a better understanding of what investors look for in a pitch and how to answer the questions possible investor will ask. In addition, each presenter will receive a digital copy of their pitch and feedback from their peers and TiE Charter Members. Interested in sponsoring Pitch Club - please contact [email protected]. |
Thursday
Jan 24, 2019
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Pitch Club Portland – Centrl Office Pearl Pitch Club is an ongoing monthly series where entrepreneurs can practice their pitch and receive feedback from their peers and TiE Oregon Charter Members including TiE Angels. Robin Jones, TiE Oregon Charter Member will be the event Emcee, join her as she creates a dynamic and safe environment for you to receive feedback on your pitch - sales pitch, concept pitch, or investor pitch! Participants are given the opportunity to role-play being an investor to other entrepreneurs giving them a better understanding of what the investors are looking for. |
Thursday
Jan 19, 2017
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Building Companies: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – Cozy Portland Office Starting companies is easy. Keeping them going is hard. Join us for an unfiltered, uncensored discussion with the founders/CEOs from Treehouse, Puppet, ClientJoy, and Cozy, people who've been in the trenches and found ways to succeed. We'll cover everything from raising capital, hiring and firing, and cultivating culture, to doing everything you can to stay alive. Stephen Green will field your questions and moderate what's sure to be a lively discussion! Doors open at 6:30pm and the panel will begin at 7pm sharp. Light snacks provided. Seating is limited, so please register to attend. Conversations at Cozy is a series of talks and lectures for the community. Follow @CozyCo on Twitter for details about the next event. |
Wednesday
Feb 17, 2016
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Making the Leap from Employee to Entrepreneur – DeskHub Do you want to start your own technology company, but don't know where to get started? You are not alone. Every day millions of people go to jobs they don't enjoy, but few do something about it. At the “Employee to Entrepreneur” event, you can hear the stories, tips, and best practices of those who left their jobs to pursue their own startup company. Listen to the experiences of people just like you that have made the transition, and discuss any questions or concerns that you have. How do you know if you have a good idea? What are the first steps in an entrepreneurial journey? Join us for a fun evening! |
Wednesday
Mar 2, 2016
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VENUE CHANGE: Founders Institute - Startup Funding 101: How to Raise Capital for Your Idea – DeskHub At this free fundraising workshop, We will host a successful Entrepreneur who has successfully raised capital for their company and experienced Investor that funds startups, will walk you through the process to raise capital for your own idea. This is NOT a startup pitch competition, or an opportunity to pitch investors your ideas. |
Wednesday
Apr 27, 2016
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TiE Oregon Confessions of an Entrpreneur with Jay Haladay, Founder of Viewpoint Construction Software – DeskHub Join us on Wednesday, April 20th for the next event in the series, Confessions of an Entrepreneur. Jay Haladay is the founding partner of 10 Branch, an investment and advisory firm that is associated with the Haladay Family Office. Jay spent over 40 years in the technology field, working for the first 10 years at the IBM Corporation. The last 30 years have been spent founding, developing and operating vertical market software businesses. He recently retired as CEO and Chairman of the Board of one of these firms, Viewpoint Construction Software. Based in Portland, Oregon Viewpoint serves over 8,000 construction customers in 26 countries. With almost 800 employees, Viewpoint is the largest dedicated provider of construction specific software to this large global market. In elevating Viewpoint to this stature, Jay was responsible for raising over $500M in growth equity during the past 6 years. Jay and his wife have four married children and five grandchildren are Oregon residents. 10 Branch is dedicated to providing both financial and operational support for growing businesses in Oregon. This event will be moderated by Ajay Malhotra, Vice President, Technology & Media Practice, CBRE. |
Monday
Feb 1, 2016
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Portland Startup Week: Free coworking at DeskHub Portland through DeskHub Portland Want to try coworking? DeskHub Portland will be opening its doors to offer free coworking space for the entire week of Portland Startup Week 2016! |
Tuesday
Mar 30, 2021
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VC Relationship Building – Digital Webinar StartOut presents VC Relationship Building. Discover the best strategies and tangible steps on how to build authentic relationships in the small business world. Our panelist will share their top tips on how to create and establish relationships with private investors. Learn from their years of experience working with startup ventures and small companies to imprint actionable steps to grow your network. Panelists: Taj Ahmad Eldridge, Partner - Include Venture Partners Ngozi Bell, Partner - Trans-Sahara Investment Corporation (TSIC) Moderator: Kelly McDonald, Founder/CEO - Kyndoo StartOut, a national 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, is the largest national organization to support LGBTQ entrepreneurs with 17,000 members nationwide. Its mission is to increase the number, diversity, and impact of LGBTQ entrepreneurs and amplify their stories to drive the economic empowerment of the community. StartOut helps aspiring LGBTQ entrepreneurs start new companies; supports current entrepreneurs as they grow and expand their existing businesses; and engages successful entrepreneurs as role models and mentors, on its online portal and through targeted events nationwide. |
Wednesday
Apr 28, 2021
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Wine Down Wednesday: What's Blooming?! – Digital Webinar Come as you are and unwind with StartOut entrepreneurs. We'll have a new topic each month designed to facilitate a meaningful conversation and help establish connections that will help you on your entrepreneurial journey. No matter how you arrive, you'll leave smiling and looking forward to the next one. - What's Blooming?! Moderator: Kelly McDonald, Founder & CEO of Kyndoo |
Tuesday
Jan 9
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Startup Open Coffee in the Couve – Formos Software Welcome All Founders and Tech Pros • What we'll do You will drink coffee (and tea for those who are recovering caffeine addicts) and talk with other great founders and companies in our local area. • What to bring Nada. Just a friendly demeanor and willingness to meet new great founders and talk about your project. • Important to know This is REALLY not the place you want to come if you are looking for sales leads. This event is a place to meet and share your startup journey and talk about your project. While we appreciate all the members of our community, network marketing and sales reps will find many short unuseful conversations in this crowd. Thanks for understanding. |
Wednesday
Feb 15, 2023
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New to Portland Tech Meetup – Good Coffee New to the city? Looking to network with other local entrepreneurs in the Technology space? Join Oregon Venture Fund at our upcoming coffee meetup and stay connected with the Portland entrepreneur tech community together with Oregon Venture Fund. This is your chance to network and meet. |
Tuesday
Jul 22, 2014
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PDX SoFo Meetup for Solo Startup Founders – Green Dragon Bistro & Brew Pub We're a group of solo startup founders, business owners, and entrepreneurs. This is our first meetup to share stories, advice, and resources. If you're one of us, RSVP on the meetup website and we'll look forward to seeing you there! |
Wednesday
May 8
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Startup Conversations in the Couve – Hudson Community Room Our May Presenter is: Allie Persitz (Magyar) Allie is a life-long entrepreneur renowned for her passion in fostering connections, crafting meaningful experiences, and developing impactful products through collaborative teamwork. She has a track record of successfully scaling and exiting multiple companies, Allie places a strong emphasis on cultivating cultures that enable individuals to lead fulfilled and balanced lives. Her achievements have earned her accolades such as Entrepreneur of the Year by the Oregon Entrepreneur Network, Founder of the Year by TiE Oregon, Portland Business Journal’s Forty under 40, and a Portland Woman of Influence. Currently, she serves as the Chairwoman of the Board for the Technology Association of Oregon (TAO) and Director of TiE Oregon, Allie is deeply involved in giving back to the community. She actively volunteers and mentors early-stage startups in the greater Portland area, all while savoring precious moments with her kiddos. Allie is also known for her zest for life, marked by celebrating the journey and hosting epic costume parties. About North Bank Innovations North Bank Innovations is an organization based in Southwest Washington, committed to building a thriving ecosystem that helps early-stage startups. About the Startup Conversations Event Each month we host a local founder who will give a short presentation about their company. They will focus on how it all got started, where they are today, and their plans for the future including the challenges they face to make their goals happen. Following the presentation our host, Dave Barcos will dig into the founder's background, the company's story, and other observations. After the interview, we will have an audience Q&A session to help attendees ask direct questions of the presenter. It has proven to be a great format to catalyze the local founders and the startups in the region. You won't want to miss it. For more details on other North Bank events check our event calendar at https://www.northbankinnovations.org/events Please note, that we encourage genuine networking, not hunting for sales or leads. If you are genuinely starting or working with a startup, this is the right crowd for you. Thanks for helping us keep it real. |
Wednesday
Apr 10
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Founders Roundtable and Happy Hour Networking – K&L Gates 1 SW Columbia Street If you are a B2B Founder, this event is for you. Feeling isolated or alone? Hear from other Founders (from Seed to Series C) and gain valuable insights, strategies, thoughts, and concerns during these times of economic uncertainty. This will be a no holds barred, authentic, open-conversation in a roundtable format. Followed immediately with an audience Q&A. Sponsored by K&L Gates, J.P. Morgan, Mucker Capital and LeadrPro Founder Roundtable Participants Darius Monsef, Brave Care (Series B, $25MM) Mat Ellis, Sixty AI (Seed, $3.5MM) Fahti Khosrow, Ceek Women’s Health (Seed, $3.7MM) Henry Shapiro, Reclaim.ai (Seed, $13.4MM raised) Amina Moreau, Radious.pro (undisclosed) Jelani Memory, A Kids Co (Series A, $8MM) plus special guests... To nominate a founder, email [email protected] Moderated by Chris Sheng: Advisor at Mucker Capital, CEO at LeadrPro, and Host of PodSaas We'll cover such relevant topics as: founder war stories raising capital growth during a recession culture and teams during times of uncertainty what's in store for 2024 About the companies: Radious is an online marketplace that transforms houses, apartments, and other residential properties into collaborative workspaces that companies rent by the day. Brave Care is Walk-in Pediatric Urgent Care Sixty AI highlights what needs your attention and magically manages the rest. Reclaim.ai is an AI-powered smart calendar assistant used by over 37,000 companies across the globe, empowering individuals, teams, and enterprises to automatically align their time to their most important priorities. Ceek Women's Health has created the first speculum designed with the patient in mind. A Kids Co is a new kind of kids media company that is working to empower a generation of kids through diverse storytelling. |
Wednesday
Jan 17
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Bootstrap Founders Connect – Kiln Join us for an interactive group session, to share, learn, and connect with other bootstrap founders around Portland! At this event, we'll let 2 founders share in-depth something they're working on. So, if you're looking for some group feedback...or just want to showcase your project...come prepared to share! It'll be a great time for questions, discussion, and feedback. Space is limited...so RSVP's are required! Save time for an optional group lunch after the meetup! |
Friday
Jan 26
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Bootstrap Founders Connect – Kiln Join us for an interactive group session, to share, learn, and connect with other bootstrap founders around Portland! At this event, we'll let 2 founders share in-depth something they're working on. So, if you're looking for some group feedback...or just want to showcase your project...come prepared to share! It'll be a great time for questions, discussion, and feedback. Space is limited...so RSVP's are required! Save time for an optional group lunch after the meetup! Date: Friday, Jan 26 Time: 10a - 12p Location: Kiln Coworking Space 1120 SE Madison St Portland, OR 97214 |
Friday
Sep 6
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Founder Fridays Portland – Lovely Rita A casual meetup where founders discuss their biggest challenges and share learnings. |
Friday
Jun 10, 2016
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Founders Liquid Therapy – Low Bar Invite your startup friends. Invite the other Founders you know and come and detox with some great cocktails and conversations. Its a booming startup town that hides behind the veil of anonymity. Put down the laptop, drop the iPhone and meet other passionate founders. |
Wednesday
Feb 12, 2020
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Picking the Right Incubator, Accelerator, or Co-Working Space – Lucky Lab Quick, what’s the difference between an incubator and an accelerator? How can each one help you? And how are they different from a co-working space? Our panel of experts will break it all down for you. They’ll discuss how to pick the right program based on your start-up stage, how to “win” the application, and more. You’ll learn
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Tuesday
Feb 13
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#social_beer February Hangout! – Lucky Lab Brew Pub Members of the Portland Startups Slack gather in person to do the same thing they do on the Portland Startups Slack. Only in real life. No agenda. Just an opportunity for folks who regularly collaborate online to meet in person. |
Wednesday
Mar 11, 2009
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TiE Oregon SW & Internet SIG: Launching and Building Companies - How They Did It – Monsoon Software TiE Oregon Software & Internet SIG is kicking off the first session devoted to Launching and Building Software & Internet Companies. We will be hosting three special guests who will share their experiences on How They Did It, and offer perspectives on company growth. Michael Berkley - CEO, Splashcast Media. SplashCast is a content syndication service for social networks and mobile devices. SplashCast enables brand advertisers and content owners to reach out and engage consumers through micro-channels of content that people want and share. SplashCast has raised funds from prominent angel investors in the last two years. Mark Friess - President and Co-founder, wired.MD, Inc. wired.MD helps patients and their families make informed healthcare decisions through access to patient education videos and comprehensive solutions that also benefit treatment providers. Following angel investor funding between 2000 to 2005, wired.MD took on debt financing in 2004 and 2007 from PDC and others before being acquired by Krames/StayWell, a division of MediMedia USA in 2008. Ranjit Pandit - Founder and VP, RNA Networks. RNA Networks makes makes memory a shared network resource to deliver high performance on commodity hardware utilizing existing data center resources, without application changes. Investors include Oregon Angel Fund, Divergent Ventures, Menlo Ventures and Reference Capital. Whether you are thinking, planning or in the midst of a startup, this is your opportunity to get insights from the diversity of industry, funding and growth experiences represented by these entrepreneurs. |
Monday
Feb 1, 2016
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Portland Startup Week: Quick Coffee & Then Get Sh#t Done – NedSpace Broadway Grab some coffee. Drink it black. Coffee is for closers. Find a fellow startup founder who is drinking coffee. Introduce yourself. Know they are a fellow startup founder because they're there at 8:30am in the morning and ready to tackle the week and get shit done. |
Tuesday
Feb 2, 2016
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Portland Startup Week: Rethink Diversity w/ Yu – NedSpace Broadway Startups are hard. You don't have to do it alone. Let's challenge the assumptions of what it means to be a startup founder, a person of color and build a diverse startup ecosystem here in Portland. Redefining diversity to be more inclusive (even including white males, go figure). Come for coffee. Meet other founders. Then get to work. Hosted by Yu Te, founder of MacPCX (and Startup Weekend Organizer) [email protected] or 971-998-9511 |
Wednesday
Feb 3, 2016
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Portland Startup Week: Women Startup Founders – NedSpace Broadway As Portland's longest running women's weekly startup group approaches our one year anniversary, there is a lot to celebrate. Let's start with you. Please visit us during Portland Startup Week on Wednesday February 3rd at 7:30am and meet fellow women's startup founders who are working heads down on growing their company and building their product/service in a meaningful way. The Weekly Founders Roundtable is comprised of Portland women founder who are focused on growing their startup and very focused on revenue, sales and marketing. We are a peer-to-peer support group of amazing women, building incredible things, who want to change the world....and understand that big sales and hockey stick like revenue growth is the way to achieve this. We don't talk, we do. We don't pontificate, we focus on milestones. We don't hyper focus on ideas, we focus on revenue. We make things happen. Our combined group of 10 women founded startups will have collective sales in excess of one million dollars this year. Please come join us this Wednesday between 7:30am-8:30am and grab a cup of coffee on us. We'd love to hear about the company you've founded and where you're at. See you here Lin Carson, founder XFounders, and CEO BAKERpedia |
Wednesday
Aug 9, 2017
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1 Million Cups - Portland – NXT Industries: Lab oin us for a morning coffee and a friendly mingling with like-minded Portland entrepreneurs! Every week on Wednesday morning we have a new local startup team building an amazing company here in Portland giving a short presentation followed up with a great Q&A session where you get to ask questions and ask about the real challenges and triumphs behind the business. 1 Million Cups is a great opportunity to network, and as always we welcome everyone interested in startups and founders building great companies here in Portland. Come and check it out - and bring a friend. P.S. We are always happy to hear about newcomers in the PDX startup scene. If you are one and would like to present your startup to our audience you are more than welcome to apply at www.1millioncups.com/portland |
Wednesday
Aug 16, 2017
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1 Million Cups - Portland – NXT Industries: Lab oin us for a morning coffee and a friendly mingling with like-minded Portland entrepreneurs! Every week on Wednesday morning we have a new local startup team building an amazing company here in Portland giving a short presentation followed up with a great Q&A session where you get to ask questions and ask about the real challenges and triumphs behind the business. 1 Million Cups is a great opportunity to network, and as always we welcome everyone interested in startups and founders building great companies here in Portland. Come and check it out - and bring a friend. P.S. We are always happy to hear about newcomers in the PDX startup scene. If you are one and would like to present your startup to our audience you are more than welcome to apply at www.1millioncups.com/portland |
Wednesday
Aug 23, 2017
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1 Million Cups - Portland – NXT Industries: Lab Join us for a morning coffee and a friendly mingling with like-minded Portland entrepreneurs! Every week on Wednesday morning we have a new local startup team building an amazing company here in Portland giving a short presentation followed up with a great Q&A session where you get to ask questions and ask about the real challenges and triumphs behind the business. 1 Million Cups is a great opportunity to network, and as always we welcome everyone interested in startups and founders building great companies here in Portland. Come and check it out - and bring a friend. P.S. We are always happy to hear about newcomers in the PDX startup scene. If you are one and would like to present your startup to our audience you are more than welcome to apply at www.1millioncups.com/portland |
Wednesday
Sep 13, 2017
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1 Million Cups - Portland - A weekly presentation and QA with Portlands hottest new Startups. – NXT Industries: Lab Each week 1 Million Cups hosts great local founders. We hear a short presentation about their company and where its roots and genesis. Then we have a great QA session where you get up real answers about how they built their businesses. It's a great learning experience as well as networking with some of the up and coming startups in our region. |
Monday
Apr 2, 2018
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Immersive startups: A conversation with AR/VR founders – OMSI (Oregon Museum of Science and Industry) Immersive technology like augmented and virtual reality is creating a rapidly growing new industry. A report from Tech Trends’ Editor-in-chief, Alice Bonsaio cites this fast growing sector estimated to be $162B by 2020! Far beyond gaming and entertainment, there is potential for this technology to disrupt everything from healthcare and architecture to changing the way we maintain global supply chain. Join us for an engaging evening of conversation with early startup founders and those that support them, as we explore the experience of being on the ground floor of this new immersive reality. The evening will start with a presentation from Russell Ladson, the Founder of Drop, a ViveX company. Russell will then be joined by two to three other local startup founders in the immersive tech space. We will have a candid conversation about their experiences as founders in the new field, the current state of this technology and where it is headed, along with Q&A from the audience. It will be an insightful and engaging panel. |
Monday
Aug 12, 2019
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Apply to PIE: Question and answer session (virtual) – Online (We realize that not every potential PIE or PIE Shop company can make it to Portland to ask their questions, face to face. But we still want you to have the opportunity to get those questions answered. So we'll be holding a virtual session to help get that done.)
Thinking about applying to PIE or PIE Shop? Have questions about the program? Curious as to what an accelerator even does? Wondering if the format is right for you? Cool. Let's talk about that. All of that. Please join PIE online for a question and answer session to get more information on our programs and the benefits for early stage startups. Questions about the differences between the two programs causing you to second guess whether you should even show up? Well, let's get that one answered first. Yes. The answer is yes. If you're a founder of an early stage startup, you should show up. And in terms of the differences? PIE is an accelerator designed to support startups building digital products. PIE Shop is an incubator/accelerator designed to support startups manufacturing physical products. We're looking forward to seeing you on the interwebs. Already ready to apply? Here's a cheat sheet that will help you prepare your application: https://bit.ly/PIE2019cheatsheet (Meeting details will be shared with folks who RSVP.) |
Sunday
Aug 18, 2019
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PIE + PIE Shop applications close through Online at PIE, we love founders and founding teams. The passion, creativity, and grit that drive people to pursue their vision is a constant source of intrigue — and inspiration. And it’s a pursuit we want to encourage. And facilitate. We believe that you should be building your company. And we want you to do that. That said, after 10 years of doing this work, we recognize that one of the most challenging things about building a business is finding access to the people and resources that can help support you at the earliest stages. Before you’re popular. Before you’re a household name. Before you can afford an office. Before investors are lining up to fund you. That’s why we’re here. To support you. Please apply: https://piepdx.com/apply |
Monday
Dec 16, 2019
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Crowdinvesting in Zebras – Online Join Zebras from around the world for an online Webinar exploring ways that the crowd can help finance Zebra companies and activities. While we'll touch on traditional crowdfunding, we're eager to share and explore newer "crowdinvesting" models that focus on financing through equity or debt. Topics include:
Speakers:
Please RSVP to join us on December 16, 2019, at 10:00AM Pacific Standard Time (-08:00 GMT) Join us: https://zoom.us/j/213620080 |
Thursday
Mar 19, 2020
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[ONLINE ONLY] PIE Demo Day 2020 – Online UPDATE: No in-person event this year. Online only. More details: https://medium.com/portland-incubator-experiment/pie-demo-day-2020-moves-to-online-only-32cf0a8da8b9 At PIE (https://piepdx.com/), we're hard at work, prepping a couple of new batches of startups — through both PIE and PIE Shop — who are eager to tell their stories. So we want to make sure that you're there to hear those stories. We will be holding the next PIE Demo Day on Thursday, March 19, 2020 as an online event only. This change is due to concerns over COVID-19 Novel Coronavirus and ensuring the health and safety of the Portland startup community. |
Tuesday
Apr 7, 2020
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PIE hosts an "ask me anything" on the Portland startup community – Online Join cofounder and general manager of PIE, Rick Turoczy, for an "ask me anything" session on the Portland startup community. He's looking forward to answering your questions about startups, startup accelerators, and Portland, in general. RSVP: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/piepdx-turoczy-ama-20200407 |
Thursday
Apr 9, 2020
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Marketing and Sales Q&A with Kasey Jones of A Better Jones, Our Galaxy – Online Kasey is a startup growth strategist, community builder, event organizer, and people connecter. She is founder of A Better Jones a demand generation marketing agency that helps startups accelerate growth, sales teams fill pipeline, and leaders expand their influence as industry thought leaders. And co-founder and co-host of The Other Side of Sales, a podcast, Bravado community, and resource on a mission to make B2B sales culture more inclusive by celebrating the stories of underrepresented sales professionals. Her latest endeavor is Our Galaxy, a community, resource, and coaching platform designed to diversify thought leadership, by helping founders, leaders, and business pros on the rise build authentic personal brands and expand their industry influence. |
Monday
Apr 13, 2020
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Portland startup community Q&A with Stephen Green – Online Stephen Green is a an economist, speaker, startup advisor and “recovering” venture capitalist. By day he is the director of operations for Pensole, the world’s only footwear design and development school based in Portland, Oregon. He has spent his career helping founders start, grow and prosper. His tireless advocacy for Black & Latinx founders has landed him on stages across the country speaking about the power of entrepreneurship. One of his projects “PitchBlack” is a national pitch event that connects ecosystems with talented black founders in cities across the country. Since 2015, competitors in the Portland event have gone on to raise over $32MM for their ideas. He is a husband to a brilliant wife and father to 3 wonderful children. Spreadsheets are his super power and sneakers are his kryptonite. RSVP: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/piepdx-stephen-green-ama-20200413 |
Tuesday
Apr 14, 2020
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Community Management Q&A with Cami Kaos of Automattic – Online Cami lives, works, and parents in the rainy city of Portland, Oregon. She’s had a love of WordPress and WordCamps since the last century, when she happened to stumble upon the first WordCamp Portland. Since 2013, she has worked at Automattic, as a community organizer for the WordPress open source project. In that role, she gets to work with WordCamps and their organizers from around the world, every day. She continues to write on an irregular basis at camikaos.com where she explores concepts from the plight of modern parents to mental health to marveling at the seemingly mundane. Cami is active on a number of social platforms but can be most readily found as @camikaos on Twitter. RSVP: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/piepdx-cami-kaos-community-management-20200414/ |
Wednesday
Apr 15, 2020
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Photography, Visual Media, and Your Brand with Aaron Hockley of Tech Photo Guy – Online The photography world has been upended a few times in the last couple of decades and with all professional photography on hiatus for the time being, we'll find out if this leads to another major change. What hasn't changed is that every business, from startup to corporation, needs to have images of their people, products, venues, and other resources. These photos end up on websites, social media, in print, at those things called conferences that we used to do, and elsewhere. Folks are going to notice the difference between an organization that has solid consistent imagery versus an outfit where you can tell that their visual brand was an afterthought. What does photography and visual branding look like for a startup or other organization in 2020 and beyond? When should you hire a pro and when should you do it yourself? If you can afford the same gear as a pro, what else are they bringing to the table that you don't have? Should you invest in photography proactively, or react as you have a need for pictures? Let's talk about visual media and photography. Join us for a mentor Q&A with Aaron Hockley of Hockley Photography and TechPhotoGuy.com. Aaron is a professional photographer with a background in the tech world; he's photographed quite a few Portland tech startups and organizations over the past 12 years. The Professional Photographers of America has recognized him as a Master of Photography and Photographic Craftsman, which means that he knows a thing or two (maybe even three!) about making and using effective images. RSVP: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/piepdx-aaron-hockley-visuals-photography-20200415 |
Thursday
Apr 16, 2020
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Community Projects in Times of Crisis with Marcelino Alvarez of Fresh Consulting – Online We all rely on the bonds of our community in order for our businesses to thrive. We seek intros to VCs, backchannels to clients, advice from our peers and mentors. In normal times, these bonds heavily rely on in-person interactions — coffees, lunches, beers, and 1:1's. Reading body language is a critical component to reinforcement of those bonds. In our most vulnerable moments, we want to ensure that the other party is present, listening, and empathizing. And beyond the 1:1 interactions, in social places like our coffee shops and coworking spaces, we create room for serendipity — that chance encounter that leads to something new and unexpected, whether it's a new business idea or a solution to an existing problem facing a member of our community. During this pandemic, we've been stripped of the ability to interact as normal. Sure, we have all these video chat tools — but it's not a replacement of our in-person interactions, just a digital proxy. And while those proxies may suffice for our 1:1 meetings, they certainly aren't helping with serendipity. So how do we form community in a time of crisis? How do we create space for chance? And how can we come together to listen, to engage, to be present, when many of us are already at our wits end staring at a video on a computer screen all day long? Join us for a mentor Q&A with Marcelino Alvarez, Chief Product Officer at Fresh Consulting. He was formerly CEO of Uncorked Studios, which co-founded Safecast during the 2011 Fukushima earthquake and ensuing nuclear disaster. He'll share perspectives from then and now as he undertakes other efforts to maintain his community and pursue digital serendipity. RSVP: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/piepdx-marcelino-alvarez-community-projects-20200416 |
Monday
Apr 20, 2020
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Effectively using video Q&A with Sylvia Salazar of Tono Latino – Online Please join us for a Q&A session with PIE alum and mentor in residence Sylvia Salazar of Tono Latino, a media company that helps distill politics down to digestible chunks — with a special focus on informing Latinx and Spanish speaking communities. Sylvia is a Colombian immigrant and a computer engineer turned political activist. Her passion is helping other people understand what is going on in the world of politics and encourage them to become more politically involved and vote. She is determined to change Latinx representation in politics and in media. As her following has grown, Sylvia has experimented with a number of video formats and has a variety of creative ways to make short form video work. (You can experience her creativity firsthand on Instagram.) She's excited to share that expertise with you. RSVP: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/sylvia-salazar-tono-latino-video/ |
Tuesday
Apr 21, 2020
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ASABHKE* with Saul Colt of The Idea Integration Co. – Online *Ask Saul Anything Because He Knows Everything Join PIE and long time PIE mentor Saul Colt for an AMA (but we recommend that you tap into his Word of Mouth marketing genius). Saul is the Founder and Creative Director at The Idea Integration Co. In his career he has been named as one of the iMEDIA 25: Internet Marketing Leaders & Innovators as well as been called one of Canada’s best community builders/experiential marketers. NYT Best selling author and Internet Pioneer Chris Brogan once referred to Saul as “exactly who you want representing your company” and that message has been echoed by media properties ranging from Inc to Forbes Magazine. Saul has had many career highlights including being selected as the first international employee of Zipcar and the person responsible for launching Zipcar into the Canadian marketplace. Was the first marketing person and a key part of the growth of FreshBooks.com (The #1 Cloud Accounting service for Small Business Owners) as well as leadership roles at Rogers Communications and the first Chief Evangelist of Xero.com. And as if that wasn’t enough, Saul is also a Professional Speaker and Consultant specializing in Word of Mouth Marketing, Stunt Marketing, Social Media, Customer Experience, Community Building and Business Courage. RSVP: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/saul-colt-ama-word-of-mouth-marketing/register |
Wednesday
Apr 22, 2020
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Living alone and extroverted: A struggle for sanity — but still easier than being a founder – Online Everyone needs hobbies. And if you follow PIE mentor Nick Lambert on Instagram, you'll see that the pandemic has been a good time for him to reboot a few of them: music, cooking, ridiculous short films… we all deal with this stuff differently. We're happy to have Nick take moment away from his more creative efforts to join us for an "Ask Me Anything" session. Being a former startup founder, startup accelerator manager, and professional musician — and currently Customer Success Manager at local VR/AR/XR startup The Wild — you've got a wide range of topics at our disposal. So please register to attend and start adding — and upvoting — the questions we'll be asking. |
Thursday
Apr 23, 2020
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Really Working from Home: How to get the most out of your now remote employment – Online With the onset of quarantine and social distancing, many of us have been settling into a somewhat surreal semblance of remote work. It doesn't feel quite right. But we're doing our best to fake it. And because of that we're not really working from home. PIE wants to help. That's why we've assembled a panel of PIE mentors: one who helps lead a successful remote only company, one who has worked as a remote employee for a decade while working alongside an online school student, and one who has assembled the most fervent community of remote workers on the planet — all while leading a remote company, himself. Join these incredibly insightful PIE mentors for an open and honest discussion about how to be truly successful as a remote employee. And how to manage remote teams. And deal with all the life that happens when that life all happens in a single place. Any question you've had about working from home, these folks are going to be able to answer. Invited panelists
RSVP: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/working-from-home-remote-work-panel |
Friday
Apr 24, 2020
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A founder's journey through upticks and downturns: Q&A with Elia Freedman – Online Please join us with a former founder who has seen the ups and downs of the economy for insights on what to suspect — and some guidance that may help you navigate this new normal. Elia Freedman was founder and CEO of Infinity Softworks, which he started in 1997 as a senior in college, leveraging both his business training and programming ability. The company has helped more than 20 million professionals and students in real estate, financial services, math and science who use calculation every day to solve problems and generate proposals, both in the field and at their desk. The company's primary app, PowerOne, has been in existence as apps for iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Palm OS, and Windows computers for more 20 years, Infinity Softworks re-launched PowerOne as a web and mobile service in 2018. As a founder, Elia weathered both the dotcom bust and the mortgage crisis. Which is sure to inform a unique vantage on our current state of existence within a pandemic ravaged economy. RSVP: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/founder-ama-elia-freedman-powerone |
Tuesday
Apr 28, 2020
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Lunch & Learn: Shelly Bell, Black Girl Ventures – Online PIE is honored to be hosting Shelly Bell for a virtual Lunch & Learn. This is a rare opportunity to grab some time with one of the most impactful people in startups. So please come with questions. Named as one of Entrepreneur Magazine’s Top 100 Powerful Women in Business, Shelly Bell is a computer scientist, system disruptor and business strategist who moves ideas to profit while empowering people to live to build and foster better relationships. She connects entrepreneurs, investors, and corporations in order to diversify their talent pipeline, increase equity and grow their brands. Shelly is among the nation's most sought-after transformational speakers in the DC Metro area with features in Forbes, Fast Company, The Washington Business Journal, NewsOne, Entrepreneur Mag, People of Color in Tech and on Politico Live. Her organization, Black Girl Ventures (BGV) is a culturally converging ecosystem igniting economic security, civic engagement, and hyperlocal infrastructure at the intersection of STEM education and entrepreneurship for Black and Brown woman-identifying founders, funders, and veterans. Since 2016, BGV has funded 41 women, increased access to social capital for 168 program participants and launched their efforts in 10 cities. As a one of 8 Google Gurus across the nation and an Ecosystem Builder, she engages audiences from grassroots to government. Through Shelly’s Return on Relationship (R.O.R) Method she is teaching intrapreneurs, entrepreneurs, and wantrepreneurs how to hold the ladder for others and/or how to find the person they need to hold the ladder toward moving to the next level of success. She has trained over 5,000 entrepreneurs, held over 300 events for empowering leaders, managed multi-million dollar contracts, and helped to scale over 200 businesses. RSVP: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/shelly-bell-black-girl-ventures-ama |
Wednesday
Apr 29, 2020
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Asking the right questions with Leah Noble Davidson of Because Human – Online Join PIE as we talk with Leah Noble Davidson, Chief Experience Officer at Because Human. Leah has consulted within Portland’s startup tech industry for 10 years, working with larger teams from Jive and Puppet to startups like Torch and BeyondPulse. Having newly ventured into the role of a founder, she’ll be asking questions from the perspective of a female design professional who can speak the language — but is only now really learning how to juggle the risks and rewards firsthand. Finding answers is one thing. Knowing the questions to ask is entirely another. Leah — a professional asker of questions — will help us hone in on the right questions, provide the necessary reality checks, and share ideas about leveraging the startup community to find the help you need as your startup grows from a concept into being a real business. RSVP: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/leah-noble-davidson-because-human-ama |
Thursday
Apr 30, 2020
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Building a sustainable and resilient company for the 21st century with Kate Ertmann – Online We're excited to have the chance to sit down with Kate Ertmann for a question and answer session. Her life's work has been focusing on building from scratch — or rebuilding and reorganizing — the operational infrastructure for sustainable businesses. That includes everything from the elements of a business plan, the importance of Mission and Purpose and Values, the how-to of defining Roles and Responsibilities, and when to hire and how to best structure that management org chart — as well as the finance that runs in parallel with all of that. Her distinct rallying cry through all of that work is the necessity of embedding equity and inclusion in all processes, procedures, and culture of an organization, and as a guiding principle in all leaders with whom she works — especially when it is "hard" or if there are uncomfortable conversations to be had. Kate constantly seeks to leverage her privilege and position: applying constant pressure to the systemic structure of 20th century practices so there can be systemic changes that will define 21st century practices. |
Talking to media with Malia Spencer of Portland Business Journal – Online We're honored to grab some time with the best startup journalist in Portland, if not the Northwest. Please join us for a Q&A session with Malia Spencer, a Portland-based journalist who covers startups, venture capital, and technology for the Portland Business Journal. Her career has ranged a variety of media, starting with traditional print journalism at daily newspapers. She began at a large metro then at a smaller daily paper on the California central coast. As the media landscape shifted, she finds herself with one foot still in traditional print and one firmly online. At the Portland Business Journal we produce award-winning reporting in a weekly print edition as well as daily work online. I also edit out technology and entrepreneurs focused newsletter, TechFlash Portland. Please RSVP and submit & upvote questions ahead of time: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/malia-spencer-portland-business-journal |
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Friday
May 1, 2020
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Onboarding employees, remote or otherwise, with Kristen Gallagher of Edify – Online Ensuring that new employees are properly onboarded can always be a challenge. And in our new all remote, all of the time world, it can be even more difficult. That's why we're excited to get the chance to catch up with PIE alum Kristen Gallagher. Kristen is the founder and CEO of Edify. She brings over a decade of learning and development and business partnership experience to Edify and has architected and delivered onboarding programs for companies such as AWS Elemental, Puppet, OpenSky Alibaba, Cirium (FlightGlobal), Cloudability, and more. She is a frequent speaker and instructor for O’Reilly, DevOpsDays, and other conferences. If you have questions about employee onboarding, she has answers. Please join us to get those questions answered. RSVP: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/kristen-gallagher-edify-employee-onboarding-ama |
Tuesday
May 5, 2020
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Portland startup community Q&A with Rick Turoczy of PIE, Silicon Florist – Online Join cofounder and general manager of PIE, Rick Turoczy, for an "ask me anything" session on the Portland startup community. He's looking forward to answering your questions about startups, startup accelerators, and Portland, in general. A little background on our guest… Rick Turoczy has worked in, on, and around the Portland, Oregon, startup ecosystem for more than 25 years. Throughout that time, he's worked for venture funded startups, founded failed companies, consulted, mentored, and worked to connect dots within and outside the community. More than a dozen years ago, he started Silicon Florist, a blog designed to capture what he saw happening in the Portland startup community. That work led to the opportunity to start PIE, the Portland Incubator Experiment, an organization he continues to manage. At its very most basic, PIE is an ongoing experiment designed to explore ways that established organizations — like corporations, governments, and educational institutions — can effectively collaborate with startup communities in mutually beneficial ways, thereby strengthening the entire ecosystem. PIE currently exists as an early stage startup accelerator with three separate areas of focus: Software as a Service (in partnership with Puppet), manufactured products (in partnership with Autodesk), and traditional consumer products like food, beverage, and apparel (in partnership with Built Oregon). RSVP: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/portland-startup-community-ama-rick-turoczy-20200505 |
Wednesday
May 6, 2020
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Consumer products startup ecosystem with Mitch Daugherty – Online Join us for a conversation with Mitch Daugherty, cofounder and director of Built Oregon, an organization focused on championing the consumer product industry in Oregon. The greatest joy Mitch has found is meeting with everyone in the statewide ecosystem. Listening to entrepreneurial challenges. Looking for opportunities to connect them to a resource that could help them get one step further down the road. Engaging in conversations about breaking down the silos and echo chambers. He listened to stories and realized each one formed a piece of this tapestry that makes up Oregon. As he looked back on his journey, he noticed the common theme in all his adventures and career choices has been the effort to bridge gaps through interaction and dialogue. He cofounded Built Oregon as a way to build on a simple belief: that stories can raise awareness of companies and regions and help drive economic development. Throughout that process, he's constantly reminded of what he has learned over his journey: Conversations matter. And the most important conversations take place with those outside of your sphere of influence, and with people who possess opposing views. The value of a given dialogue hinges on conversations that are inclusive, honest and transparent. RSVP: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/consumer-products-startup-ecosystem-mitch-daugherty-ama |
Thursday
May 7, 2020
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Discussing founder mental wealth with Anthony Ware – Online As part of our celebration of Mental Health Month we'll be spending time with Anthony Ware who champions mental wealth. Mental wealth is the collection of intentional thoughts, behaviors, and experiences—mental wealth deposits—someone uses to make a positive impact on their mental health. These deposits have a cumulative positive impact, especially during times when you’re challenged with mental illnesses and external events. Mental wealth deposits include working with a therapist, spending time by large bodies of water to connect with nature, going on a vacation, or making time for friends and family. RSVP: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/founder-mental-wealth-anthony-ware-AMA |
Tuesday
May 12, 2020
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PIE founder stories: Mat Ellis, Cloudability – Online Join PIE alum and longtime PIE mentor Mat Ellis, founder of Cloudability, for a conversation about his experience as a founder growing a startup from an idea to a successful exit, all of the lessons learned along the way, effectively engaging with and supporting the Portland startup community, and maybe just maybe, what's next. According to The Oregonian, "Cloudability was among the most prominent of a generation of startups that emerged in Portland in the aftermath of the Great Recession. It helped clients such as BP, Sony and Siemens manage what they spent hosting their data in third-party data centers. "Before its sale, Cloudability said it managed more than $9 billion in spending at Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud." RSVP / Submit questions: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/founder-story-mat-ellis-cloudability |
Wednesday
May 13, 2020
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Next generation of innovators with Juan Barraza of PSU – Online Please join PIE for a conversation with Juan Barraza from the Portland State University Center for Entrepreneurship, Invent Oregon (InventOR), and Pitch Latino. At the PSU Center for Entrepreneurship, Juan works to propel students innovators to solve big problems that benefit our community. Through an exciting learning environment and program of events, students find the creative energy to expand their impact, explore new ideas, and bring their future into focus. Invent Oregon is an exciting competition for college and university students with ideas for inventions to address today’s most pressing problems. Inspired by PitchBlack, Pitch Latino is designed to give Latinx startup entrepreneurs a platform to connect with the regions growing startup ecosystem. RSVP / Submit questions: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/juan-barraza-psu-center-entrepreneurship-inventor-pitch-latino |
Thursday
May 14, 2020
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Establishing healthy habits with Karthy Chandra of Goalden Hour – Online Join PIE for a conversation with Karthy Chandra, founder of Goalden Hour, for guidance on how to establish and maintain healthy habits and goals, even in the most challenging of times. Goalden Hour is the first productivity app that connects the realms of task management, scheduling, and self-improvement to encourage you to make goals & habits an integral part of your planning process. We provide meaningful insight into the different areas of life and nudge you to reflect often, build better habits, and discover new ways to grow and improve. Our mission is to help people manage and master their lives. Interested in learning more? Watch Karthy's presentation from PIE Demo Day 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RiIxNcC4HY RSVP / Submit questions: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/karthy-chandra-goalden-hour-healthy-habits |
Friday
May 15, 2020
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PIE founder stories: Julia Niiro, MilkRun – Online Join us for a conversation with PIE alum and Techstars alum Julia Niiro, founder of MilkRun. See Julia's story about MilkRun at PIE Demo Day 2019 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbaIO9XltRg), her views on small local farms from TEDxPortland 2019, and the explosive growth MilkRun has seen due to the pandemic shared during Techstars Anywhere Demo Day 2020. MilkRun works with farmers and producers in Oregon & Southern Washington to break down the access barriers to local food. The national average for how far food travels to get from the farm to your house is 1,500 miles. That’s wild! We’ve cut down our average to 35 miles and have designed a system that leapfrogs the industrialized food system. Less travel = less pollution. More access to food = fresher, healthier foods! It’s not just about ditching the grocery store lines, it’s about keeping money in the community and supporting local producers. For farmers, we’re able to provide 6-7x what they’d make from a normal grocery store. It should be as easy (if not easier) to buy from local farmers as it is to order a cab or book a stay in someone’s house, right? 90% of the small farms in America right now are at risk of extinction. If mega-industrialized farming becomes our only option for food, we’ll have no more farmer’s markets, no more CSAs, no more farmers who are stewards to the land. Without radical new systems like MilkRun, the only options for food will be from huge corporations pushing profit over people, and we just don’t want to live in that kind of a world. We can do this, together! RSVP / Submit questions: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/pie-founder-story-julia-niiro-milkrun |
Tuesday
May 19, 2020
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PIE founder stories: McKenna Dempsey, Kamber – Online Join PIE for a conversation with McKenna Dempsey, cofounder and CEO of current PIE company Kamber. At least 20 million teenagers are living with a mental health disorder in the United States and 70% of them aren’t getting the treatment they need. Kamber’s mission is to change that by providing easily accessible tools and resources that empower teens to prioritize their mental health and make space for self acceptance. By creating a mobile app that provides exercises for difficult moments, coping techniques and education, teens will be equipped with the tools they need to begin managing their mental health and find ways to ground themselves. For more, see McKenna's presentation from PIE Demo Day 2020 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_vrmHAI4MQ). RSVP / Submit questions: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/founder-story-mckenna-dempsey-kamber |
Tuesday
May 26, 2020
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Ecosystem builders: Anika Horn, Social Venturers – Online Join PIE for a very special conversation with consummate ecosystem builder Anika Horn of Social Venturers. Anika Horn is on a mission to support changemakers build purpose-driven careers, organizations and ecosystems without losing themselves Rooted at the intersection of systems thinking, social impact and storytelling, she helps changemakers lead impact-driven careers and meaningful lives by equipping them with thought-provoking insights, field-tested resources and a strong peer community at Social Venturers. Through her advisory services, Anika works closely with selected purpose-driven entrepreneurs in the areas of strategy, communications, personal and professional growth. She leverages her global network to raise the profile of ecosystem building for social change as a contributing editor for Impact Boom (where she covers Europe and the U.S.) and Ecosystem Builder Hub (where she heads up the national campaign Unsung Ecosystem of Ecosystem Building) as well as co-lead of storytelling at the ESHIP Storytelling Initiative. Previously, Anika co-founded Unreasonable Lab VA (Virginia’s first mini-accelerator for social entrepreneurs), CO.STARTERS VA (a startup program for idea-stage founders) and Rebelle Con (a boutique conference for entrepreneurial women). At the same time, she worked with high-growth startups at nationally ranked accelerator program Lighthouse Labs and spearheaded the B Corp movement in Virginia as the state’s official B Keeper. Prior to her work in North America, Anika earned a Bachelor of European Studies and Masters of Sustainability Sciences in Germany, France and Australia where she spent a decade working in journalism, non-profits, government and the private sector. RSVP: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/ecosystem-builder-anika-horn/register |
Tuesday
Jun 16, 2020
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How to create frameworks and strategies for equity within startups – Online Join PIE for a conversation with PIE alum Quincy Brown about how to create frameworks and strategies for equity within startups. "As startups we have a chance to lead with equity as we develop our business plans, marketing, customer outreach, and the like," said Quincy. "From my perspective, equity includes including women, BIPOC, youth, elderly, and everyone undeserved by policies and programming." Quincy is a young, native transportation planner from Portland. He began is transportation planning career volunteering at TriMet working directly with the HR department where he served as a volunteer translator and helped recruit Latinx employees. Following his degree from Claremont McKenna College, Quincy engaged in post bac work at Berkeley in Sustainability and the Built Environment and City and Regional Planning. He won best research in Human Rights from the Mgrublian Center for Rights and was Claremont McKenna's first Mellon Mays undergraduate fellow, a fellowship for minority students interested in becoming PhD professors. His research has consistently focused on creating sustainable and equitable planning and programming that support and involve people of color, people with disabilities, and low income residents. In all pursuits, Quincy is passionate about bringing equitable and sustainable practices to everyone regardless age, race, gender, sexuality, or belief. RSVP: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/equity-framework-strategy-startup-quincy-brown/register |
Thursday
Jun 25, 2020
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How to pivot – Online Feel free to submit (and upvote) questions ahead of time on Crowdcast Running a startup is hard enough as it is, but with a worldwide pandemic, it became a lot more difficult. And it forced any number of founders and teams to consider pivoting their product and market to survive. If you're working through similar thoughts with your startup, hearing from folks who have already turned that corner might be helpful. So we're inviting you to join us for a conversation about pivots with Alisia Ford, founder and CEO of PIE and XXcelerate alum Glory Skincare, and Jonathan Minori, founder and Chief Product Officer for PIE and Techstars alum Caravel. We'll talk through their experiences, their recommendations for founders who are considering a pivot, and how to communicate your intentions and reasoning to your team. And as always, we'll also spend most of the conversation answering your questions. So if you've got questions or concerns, please share them so that we can get you the information you need. By participating in this event, you agree to abide by the PIE Code of Conduct (http://www.piepdx.com/code-of-conduct) |
Tuesday
Jul 21, 2020
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Apply to PIE: Question and answer session – Online Feel free to submit (and upvote) questions ahead of time on Crowdcast Thinking about applying to PIE? Have questions about the program? Curious as to what an accelerator even does? Wondering if the format is right for you? Cool. Let's talk about that. All of that. Please join PIE online for a question and answer session to get more information on our programs and the benefits for early stage startups. Questions about the differences among the programs we offer causing you to second guess whether you should even show up? Well, let's get that one answered first. Yes. The answer is yes. If you're a founder of an early stage startup, you should show up. And in terms of the differences? PIE is an accelerator designed to support startups building digital products. PIE Shop is an incubator/accelerator designed to support startups manufacturing physical products. PIE Consumer is focused on traditional consumer products like food, beverage, apparel, footwear, beauty, pet products… you get the gist. By participating in this event, you agree to abide by the PIE Code of Conduct (http://www.piepdx.com/code-of-conduct) |
Monday
Jul 27, 2020
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The Startup Community Way – Online Join us as PIE mentor Stephen Green talks with Ian Hathaway, coauthor of The Startup Community Way: Evolving an entrepreneurial ecosystem, the follow up to Startup Communities: Building an entrepreneurial ecosystem in your city by Brad Feld. If you have questions about startup communities — or what Portland could be doing to become a better startup community — you won't want to miss this conversation. "The Startup Community Way is an explanatory guide for startup communities. Rooted in the theory of complex systems, this book establishes the systemic properties of entrepreneurial ecosystems and explains why their complex nature leads people to make predictable mistakes. As complex systems, value creation occurs in startup communities primarily through the interaction of the parts—the people, organizations, resources, and conditions involved—not the parts themselves. This continual process of bottom-up interactions unfolds naturally, producing value in novel and unexpected ways. Through these complex, emergent processes, the whole becomes greater and substantially different than what the parts alone could produce. "Although we are living in a booming age for startups, we need to think about the future. When the boom times slow, what will happen to our startup communities, and how will we ensure that entrepreneurial success is still within reach for everyone? This book provides a framework for answering these questions, looking at startup communities as complex systems that—given the right resources and support—can help entrepreneurs succeed and benefit society as a whole. "If you have been involved in any way in building a startup community or entrepreneurial ecosystem in your city, The Startup Community Way is key to helping you understand the next phase of your journey." The book releases on July 28, 2020. Preorder your copy: https://amzn.to/2WKt4Qe |
Tuesday
Jul 28, 2020
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What startups need to know about accessibility – Online Please join PIE for a conversation with Steve Axthelm, Principal Software Engineer at Puppet, to discuss product accessibility and how that applies to startups and engineering teams. During this session, we'll cover topics like
… plus answering any questions you might have. |
Tuesday
Aug 4, 2020
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What startups need to know about accessibility – Online Please join PIE for a conversation with Steve Axthelm, Principal Software Engineer at Puppet, to discuss product accessibility and how that applies to startups and engineering teams. During this session, we'll cover topics like
… plus answering any questions you might have |
Sunday
Aug 9, 2020
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PIE applications close – Online Thank you for your interest in PIE, an early stage startup accelerator focused on SaaS offerings; PIE Consumer, an accelerator focused on growth stage consumer products; and PIE Shop, an advanced manufacturing and prototyping incubator to support the next generation of product companies. These programs are each designed to connect participants with peers, mentors, investors, and other critical connections, all in an effort to build better founders and to encourage companies to go further and faster than they would be able to go on their own. Selected startups will join us virtually to work with their peers, PIE alums, and the world-class PIE mentor network. We'll provide you with advice, connections, discounts, support, and other benefits. Interested? Cool. Most responses are optional. But more complete applications help us with our decision. All information submitted to PIE via this form will be considered completely confidential and will not be disclosed to anyone outside the PIE selection committee. If you would prefer to upload a presentation or one pager instead, please visit https://piepdx.com/apply-deck APPLICATIONS CLOSE Aug 9, 2020, 11:59PM PT Need to think about your answers? We highly recommend that you begin formulating your responses using our cheat sheet https://piepdx.com/prep Questions? Contact Marquita Jaramillo, Program Manager, PIE, at [email protected]. Want to stay in the loop? https://piepdx.com/newsletter |
Wednesday
Dec 9, 2020
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Portland Lunch 2.0: Virtually – Online Remember in the good old days — like way back in 2019 — when we used to get together for events in person? Well, that's not an option these days. But that doesn't mean that we still can't get together for a good old fashioned Portland Lunch 2.0. Virtually. If you've been looking for the opportunity to reconnect with your peers in the Portland startup community, you're thinking about starting something, or you're new to the area and looking to meet some folks amidst this pandemic weirdness, please join us for a virtual Portland Lunch 2.0. No agenda. No talks. Just lunch with the community. And while we'd love to buy lunch for you like we used to, this time, there is no such thing as a free lunch. You'll have to bring your own. |
Tuesday
May 25, 2021
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Portland Lunch 2.0: Virtually – Online Just because we're still socially distanced doesn't mean we can't connect. There's no better time to reconnect with folks in the community with whom you've lost touch. And there's no better way to gather with a random smattering of your startup community peers than Portland Lunch 2.0. No agenda. No talks. Just lunch with your community. |
Wednesday
Jun 23, 2021
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Portland Lunch 2.0: Virtually – Online Just because we're still socially distanced doesn't mean we can't connect. There's no better time to reconnect with folks in the community with whom you've lost touch. And there's no better way to gather with a random smattering of your startup community peers than Portland Lunch 2.0. No agenda. No talks. Just lunch with your community. |
Monday
Jun 28, 2021
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PIE Demo Day 2021 – Online Please join us online for an all virtual PIE Demo Day, all from the comfort of your Web browser. You do not need to be an accredited investor to attend. And you don't need to be in Portland, Oregon. Everyone is welcome. It's a community event and all aspects of the virtual demo day are free and open to the public. If you're interested in participating in PIE Demo Day, there are three ways for you to do so. Each starts at 3:14PM Pacific Time on June 28, 2021: Follow PIE on Twitter (https://twitter.com/piepdx): Like last year, the PIE Twitter account will serve as the emcee for PIE Demo Day 2021. If you're interested in experiencing the event as we envisioned it, please make sure you're following our Twitter account as we take you through the run of show. Best of all, the event will be captured in a single thread so that you can reference — and share — it later. Subscribe to PIE on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/portlandincubatorexperiment): Interested in more of a "choose your own adventure" format? You're in luck, because we'll be uploading all of the demo day presentations to our YouTube channel as a single playlist. Join the virtual trade show (https://www.airmeet.com/e/4783cf50-cec2-11eb-9d24-03639ec00847): Not every founder will be presenting on PIE Demo Day, this year, but you'll still get the opportunity to meet them and hear more about the companies they're creating. Join us for a virtual trade show to hear more from this year's founders. We look forward to seeing you at PIE Demo Day 2021. |
Wednesday
Jul 28, 2021
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Portland Lunch 2.0: Virtually – Online Things are still slowly getting back to in person, so this month will be virtual, again. There's no better time to reconnect with folks in the community with whom you've lost touch. And there's no better way to gather with a random smattering of your startup community peers than Portland Lunch 2.0. No agenda. No talks. Just (virtual) lunch with your community. |
Thursday
Nov 4, 2021
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Founders Guide to Building a Life Sciences Startup – Online What does it take to get a tech or science-driven startup in healthcare and life-sciences off the ground? Our panel of experts will provide an overview of the mission-critical aspects of founding a life sciences startup - and why it's different. The panel will cover sourcing technology, finding co-founders and partners, continued mentorship resources, and creating an advisory board. Bring your questions and hear our experts speak to their experiences fundraising, managing IP, growth, and marketing. PANELISTS Dr. Yi Wang (He/Him) - VP of Business Development at Isolere Bio Hazel Valdez (She/Her), Associate Director of the Oregon Bioscience Incubator Chris Wang (She/Her), Co-Founder of Shimmer Care Jason Bellett (He/Him), Co-Founder of Eko Health |
Wednesday
Jan 26, 2022
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Apply to PIE: Question & Answer session – Online Thinking about applying to PIE (http://www.piepdx.com)? Have questions about the program? Curious as to what an accelerator even does? Wondering if the format is right for you? Cool. Let's talk about that. All of that. Please join PIE for a question and answer session to get more information on our programs and the benefits for early stage startups. Questions about the programs we offer causing you to second guess whether you should even show up? Well, let's get that one answered first. Yes. The answer is yes. If you're the founder of an early stage startup that has a product of some sort, you should show up. Whether you're building a SaaS product, a hardware product, or a typical consumer product, PIE has a program to support you along your journey. By participating in this event, you agree to abide by the PIE Code of Conduct: http://www.piepdx.com/code-of-conduct |
Wednesday
Feb 2, 2022
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Portland Lunch 2.0: Virtually – Online There's no better time to reconnect with folks in the community with whom you've lost touch. And there's no better way to gather with a random smattering of your startup community peers than Portland Lunch 2.0. Even if it is virtually. No agenda. No talks. Just (virtual) lunch with your community. https://www.airmeet.com/e/d4677d80-787d-11ec-af4d-9fb5c954f03f Sponsored by PIE (https://piepdx.com) By participating in this event, you agree to abide by the PIE Code of Conduct (http://www.piepdx.com/code-of-conduct) |
Friday
Feb 11, 2022
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Pitch Oregon – Online In its 6th year, Pitch Oregon is TiE Oregon’s marquee event, attracting hundreds of entrepreneurs, mentors, and investors each year. New this year, we are welcoming companies from around the Pacific Northwest to apply and applicants will compete for an equitable investment! |
Monday
Feb 14, 2022
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Apply to PIE: Applications open Online The PIE application period opens for product-based startups building software (SaaS), hardware, and/or consumer products. |
Tuesday
Feb 15, 2022
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PIE Applications AMA (Ask Me Anything) – Online Feel free to submit (and upvote) questions ahead of time on Crowdcast By the time you attend this session, PIE applications will be open! Have questions about the program? Looking for some guidance on the application itself? Wondering if this mentoring format is right for you? Cool. Let's talk about that. All of that. Please join PIE for a question and answer session on the application process, our programs, startup accelerators in general, and the potential benefits for early-stage startups. If you're the founder of an early stage startup that has a product of some sort, you should show up. Whether you're building a SaaS product, a hardware product, or a typical consumer product, PIE has a program to support you along your journey. PLEASE RSVP: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/pie-application-ama-20220215 By participating in this event, you agree to abide by the PIE Code of Conduct (http://www.piepdx.com/code-of-conduct) |
Wednesday
Feb 16, 2022
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Instagram Live: Startup Accelerators 🚀 – Online Hosted by Rick Turoczy (https://instagram.com/turoczy), cofounder and general manager of PIE, who has been working in, on, and around startup accelerators for more than a decade. Join us for an Instagram Live gathering to get your questions answered, to share your experiences with startup accelerators, or to simply try out Instagram Live. |
Friday
Feb 18, 2022
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Creating a compelling pitch deck – Online Join Laura Kubisiak for a Lunch & Learn on “Creating a Compelling Pitch Deck”. There will be plenty of time to ask questions throughout the presentation. |
Wednesday
Feb 23, 2022
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LinkedIn Live: Startup Accelerators AMA – Online Hosted by Rick Turoczy, cofounder and general manager of PIE, an organization that has been working in, on, and around startup accelerators for more than a dozen years. Join us for a LinkedIn Live gathering to get your questions answered, to share your experiences with startup accelerators, or to simply connect with other startups and programs in the accelerator community. https://www.linkedin.com/video/event/urn:li:ugcPost:6895510681521676288/ |
Tuesday
Mar 1, 2022
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PIE: A new experiment – Online Please feel free to submit questions ahead of time at https://www.crowdcast.io/e/pie-2022-experiment There's a reason we call it the Portland Incubator Experiment. In addition to our core efforts to assist founders who are building early-stage, product-based startups, PIE continually strives to rethink, reimagine, and experiment with new concepts each year that further creativity, innovation, entrepreneurship, and collaboration within the startup community. This year is no different. For 2022, we'll be taking on an experiment that reframes the role of the startup accelerator within the broader community. And explores ways that the impact of innovation can be more widespread, accessible, and beneficial beyond the startups and founders, themselves. Sound interesting…? Please join PIE for a discussion about our latest experiment, some ideas for moving the experiment forward, and an opportunity for questions and critique of the concept itself. |
Wednesday
Mar 2, 2022
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Portland Lunch 2.0: Virtually – Online There's no better time to reconnect with folks in the community with whom you've lost touch. And there's no better way to gather with a random smattering of your startup community peers than Portland Lunch 2.0. Even if it is virtually. No agenda. No talks. Just (virtual) lunch with your community. https://www.airmeet.com/e/b7e09bb0-8485-11ec-88b1-451fe11bc4f3 Sponsored by PIE (https://piepdx.com) By participating in this event, you agree to abide by the PIE Code of Conduct (http://www.piepdx.com/code-of-conduct) |
Sunday
Mar 13, 2022
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Hit submit: Apply to PIE virtual coworking sprint – Online Have a partially completed application that you can't seem to finalize? Could you use some motivation, accountability, and camaraderie to derail your procrastination? Have a few last-minute questions before you hit "submit"? Join PIE staff, alums, community members, and other PIE hopefuls for a coworking session focused on getting your PIE application completed and submitted ahead of the deadline (March 14, 2022 at 11:59PM Pacific Time). https://piepdx.com/apply Join us Sunday evening (Pacific Time) — the day before applications are due — in the PIE virtual cafe, powered by PIE alum Workfrom. Everyone will be on mute. Cameras are optional. |
Monday
Mar 14, 2022
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Apply to PIE: Applications close through Online All applications for PIE are due before the stroke of midnight on Pi Day, March 14, 2022. |
Thursday
Mar 31, 2022
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OTBC: Preparing for Seed Funding – Online Join us for a free webinar on Thursday, March 31 from 1-2 PM to hear from an experienced Seed Fund Manager, Robert Pease of Cascade Seed Fund, an active Angel Investor Raul Krivoy, and entrepreneur Lauren Schneider who co-founded TrovaTrip and has raised funds to launch her company. Learn what investors expect from you in the way of a business plan, financials, and market validation. Are there "tips" you can learn about successfully raising money to build your business? What does the current market look like for an entrepreneur to raise money? |
Friday
Apr 22, 2022
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Accenture x PIE: Conversation on Building your Brand and Strong Teams – Online Join Accenture as we partner with Portland Incubator Experiment (PIE) for an exciting event for PNW Black Founders. Our event will be centered around a Q&A with panelists specialized in building your brand and strong teams. Meet our panelists
RSVP: https://www.airmeet.com/e/24497690-ac78-11ec-b214-57fc51231a15 |
Wednesday
Oct 12, 2022
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PIE Demo Day 2022 – Online PIE Demo Day 2022 will be held as a free virtual tradeshow, enabling community members to meet and visit with a variety of startups from PIE — while having the opportunity to meet other mentors, alums, investors, and supporters of the PIE community. On October 12 at 3:14PM PDT, we highly encourage you to join these 26 startups from PIE, PIE for Our Neighbors, PIE Shop, and Slice of PIE at the PIE Demo Day virtual tradeshow:
(Additional companies from the various PIE programs may opt to participate in the tradeshow up until the day of the event.) We look forward to seeing you at PIE Demo Day on October 12! |
Wednesday
Nov 16, 2022
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Ask Julie Anything! – Online Julie Harrelson, Managing Director of the Cascade Seed Fund Julie has over 30 years of experience as an investor, founder, sales executive and consultant. She launched Cascade Seed Fund with Robert Pease in 2019 after being founder of the five predecessor Cascade Angels Funds. Cascade is the first seed fund in Oregon founded outside the Portland metro area. She has been a seed stage investor since 2013 and founded her first enterprise at age 8. (A child prodigy indeed!) Julie was previously a tech executive in multiple companies variously acquired by Earthlink, Time Warner and others. Following an exit from a telecommunications startup, Harrelson worked as a trusted advisor with regional entrepreneurs, Fortune 500 companies, as well as leaders of massive change efforts in healthcare, education and energy before launching Cascade. |
Friday
Nov 18, 2022
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Connecting the dots: A virtual networking event for Black founders – Online A free, virtual networking opportunity for Black startup founders around the US, organized by Accenture and PIE (https://piepdx.com) Join Accenture for an exciting networking event for tech founders. Connect with Black founders, investors, and Accenture industry experts from across North America. Keynote speaker: Dr. Charlton McIlwain Author of the recent book, Black Software: The Internet & Racial Justice, From the Afronet to Black Lives Matter, Dr. Charlton McIlwain is Vice Provost for Faculty Development & Engagement at New York University, and Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at NYU Steinhardt. He works at the intersections of computing technology, race, inequality, and racial justice activism. He has served as an expert witness in landmark U.S. Federal Court cases on reverse redlining/racial targeting in mortgage lending, and recently testified before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services about the impacts of automation and artificial intelligence on the financial services sector. He writes regularly for outlets such as The Guardian, Slate's Future Tense, MIT Technology Review and other outlets about the intersection of race and technology. McIlwain is the founder of the Center for Critical Race & Digital Studies, is the President of the Board for Data & Society Research Institute, heads NYU’s Alliance for Public Interest Technology, and is NYU’s Designee to the Public Interest Technology University Network. Founders attending this event will have the opportunity to...
Peer-to-Peer networking hosted on Mixtroz (https://www.mixtroz.com/). |
Monday
Mar 6, 2023
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Apply to PIE: Q&A – Online Thinking about applying to PIE? Have questions about the program? Curious as to what a startup accelerator even does? Wondering if the format is right for you? Cool. Let's talk about that. All of that. Please join PIE for a question and answer session to get more information on our program, startup accelerators in general, and the potential benefits for early-stage startups. REGISTER: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/apply-to-pie-q-and-a-20230306 Please feel free to submit questions ahead of time. Even if you cannot attend the event. By participating in this event, you agree to abide by the PIE Code of Conduct |
Monday
Mar 13, 2023
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Apply to PIE: Q&A – Online Thinking about applying to PIE? Have questions about the program? Curious as to what a startup accelerator even does? Wondering if the format is right for you? Cool. Let's talk about that. All of that. Please join PIE for a question and answer session to get more information on our program, startup accelerators in general, and the potential benefits for early-stage startups. REGISTER: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/apply-to-pie-q-and-a-20230313 By participating in this event, you agree to abide by the PIE Code of Conduct |
Thursday
Dec 21, 2023
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2024 Portland startup community – Online Get ready for 2024! Please join PIE for a look into the year ahead, designed to help you get more engaged and connected with the Portland startup community.
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Wednesday
Jan 17
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Climate Curious judges PSU Cleantech Challenge – Online Due to weather, PSU has shut down their campus, and therefore we're moving the Cleantech Challenge pitch competition event from in-person to Zoom. We're still very excited to hear what the students have been cooking up, so please follow these steps to join: RSVP to the Zoom invite by clicking through this link Assemble your favorite frosty weather snacks and drinks Sign on to the Zoom at 5:30 pm today Kick back, enjoy, and participate! Apologies for the last-minute heads-up. The school's decision is out of our hands, but we're so grateful to Abigail and the rest of the PSU Center for Entrepreneurship team for coming up with a workaround that will keep the program moving and everyone else safe and cozy at home. See you soon! |
Tuesday
Feb 22, 2022
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Startup Accelerators 🚀 AMA – Online Discord Hosted by Rick Turoczy (https://twitter.com/turoczy), cofounder and general manager of PIE, who has been working in, on, and around startup accelerators for more than a decade. Join us for a gathering on the PIE Discord server to get your questions answered, to share your experiences with startup accelerators, or to simply try out Discord. |
Tuesday
Nov 2, 2021
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Ace the Accelerator Application: Hands On with Y Combinator – Online via Zoom As another application season approaches, hear from Y Combinator on the hallmarks of a successful application. After a short introduction and question and answer session, we’ll break out into small groups for hands-on application tips from investors and founders that have successfully applied to accelerators. Featuring: Nick Vivion, Founder - Ghost Works Tamanna Khemani, Outreach - Y Combinator Robyn Exton, CEO - HER Anthony Scarpone-Lambert, Co-Founder & CEO of Lumify Care AGENDA: 5:00pm - Welcome and Introductions 5:15pm - Y Combinator Interview + Q&A 5:30pm - Hands on workshop with YC mentors 6:00pm - Goodnight! |
Thursday
May 26, 2022
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Power Pitching: Every Time, Every Situation – Online via Zoom This workshop is all about pitching...whether it's for investors, at a networking event (live or virtual) or to decide on a collaborator. What does it really take to make a powerful pitch? What are the pitfalls to avoid at all cost? How can you master the art of pitching with your own style, personality and brand? Join Career Coach/StartOut Workshop Facilitator, Jim Arnoff, who will give you the career coach's top tips for pitching with conviction and results. What you'll learn: Tips on how to prepare How to read the person you're pitching how to engage with & anticipate every question If you ever wondered what it really takes to do a successful pitch, this workshop is for you! |
Tuesday
Jun 7, 2022
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Kickstart Your Investment Career with Crowdfunding – Online via Zoom In recent years, one of the most exciting developments in the world of investing has been the development of investment crowdfunding. With this new type of investing, there is a chance you could make money from startups, expanding businesses, and even real estate in a way that hasn't been possible before. This interactive series brought to you by StartOut's VC and Investor Programming Board, in partnership with iFundWomen, will be paving the path to making investments outside of traditional portfolio tools. Moderator: Alex Cox-Cuzzi, SMBX Speaker: Ashley Olafsen, Startup Coach, iFundWomen |
Thursday
Dec 10, 2020
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Supporting Entrepreneurs & Ventures in Washington County – Online Webinar Have an idea for a new venture, or need help growing your existing venture? Want to learn more about equity financing and the options available in Oregon? Join Laura Kubisiak and Ana Chaud for an interactive session on resources available to entrepreneurs looking to start a new business, as well as existing ventures looking for higher growth. Laura Kubisiak is the Venture Catalyst for Washington County and will talk about the services and resources for early-stage entrepreneurs, as well discuss equity financing to raise capital. She will be joined by Ana Chaud, founder of Garden Bar. Ana successfully sold the business in 2019 and is now giving back to the entrepreneurial community in a variety of ways, including as a TiE Oregon angel investor and an Executive Partner in Elevate Capital. She’ll share her experience as an entrepreneur, as well as her thoughts on working with angel investors and venture capital firms. Topics to be discussed: The focus is on traded sector, but all business are welcome! Speaker Backgrounds: Laura Kubisiak serves as the Venture Catalyst for Washington County. She is an “on the ground” resource for helping traded-sector companies start-up and scale-up. She meets one-on-one with entrepreneurs, assesses their business needs, and then connects them to people, programs and financial capital to help fuel their growth. Laura also leads programming to educate entrepreneurs and give them an opportunity to network with others in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Prior to this role, Laura served as a senior executive in marketing, sales and business development at companies ranging from start-up to Fortune 500. Ana Chaud started her career as a financial and business manager in the San Francisco Bay Area. In January 2014, Ana co-founded Garden Bar, the first fast casual, salad concept restaurant in the NW. In five years, Garden Bar grew ~600% in revenue and expanded from 9 to 120 employees. In 2019, Garden Bar was acquired by Evergreens, which provided Ana with a full circle experience – from concept to exit. Ana recently joined the Board at TiE Oregon and will share her insights on being an entrepreneur, as well as investing in new ventures through TiE Angels and Elevate Capital. |
Thursday
Jul 1, 2021
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Empowering Ourselves: A ProDev Workshop for BIPOC, LGBTQ+ Founders & Allies – Online Webinar How often do you take the time to invest in yourself, especially if you're consistently labeled as "underrepresented"? StartOut welcomes BIPOC, LGBTQ+ founders and allies to connect in a space designed to uplift diverse identities. This networking and professional development event is to represent the underrepresented entrepreneurs out there; particularly those that are Black, Indigenous, Latinx, AAPI, people of color and our allies/supporters. Breakout rooms with discussion moderators will lead safe-space conversations for how to keep the entrepreneurial spirit alive, challenges people of color experience while fundraising, leading/building an authentically diverse team, and how to activate your allyship to diverse founders. |
Friday
Jan 25, 2013
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Founder Seeking Cofounders – OTBC (Oregon Technology Business Center) Find Cofounders - or Find a Startup Looking for cofounders? Give a 1 minute pitch about your business, and what kinds of people/skills you need, and then network with the group to make connections. We'll provide pizza and beverage! We do this about once a quarter (it's been a bit longer this time...) and it's always a great event. |
Monday
Oct 7, 2019
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Marketing Loves Sales – Portland Center Stage at The Armory 128 Northwest 11th Avenue Portland, OR 97209 This year’s Marketing Loves Sales event will focus on the pivotal role Social Media plays for marketing and sales. For the first time, the event will have tracks dedicated to the nuances of social media for each of these teams. From planned marketing programs to social selling, our speaker lineup is packed with industry experts and practitioners who will deliver fresh ideas and innovative case studies. Join more than 300 sales and marketing and sales professionals for a day focused on upping your social media game! |
Thursday
May 30
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VC Day – Portland in person - register for address 10:00am - 10:20 am: Check-in and Morning Networking 10:20am - 10:30 am: Opening Remarks (Josh Wylie, Mary Hull, CIBC, & other sponsors) 10:30am - 11:00 am: Fireside Chat I: Scaling From Seed to Series - A Moderated by: Julie Harrelson, Managing Director, Cascade Seed Fund Allie Magyar, Dynamic Events, Chairman of the Board, TAO Callie Christensen, CBO, Slumberkins Elizabeth Sheils, Co-founder, Rockpapercoin 11:15am - 11:45 am: Meet the Funders: Co-working & Networking 12:00pm - 1:30 pm: Catered Lunch Sponsored by Stoel Rives, Co-working 1:30pm - 2:00 pm: Fireside Chat II: Women in VC Moderated by: Mary Hull, Partner, Stoel Rives, LLP Catherine Williams, Principal, Dundee VC Tee Podder, Investor, Trilogy Equity Partners Angela Jackson, Managing Director, Portland Seed Fund Denise Dunlap, Managing Partner, Sage Growth Capital Cindy Ho, Jr. Partner, Stout Street Capital 2:15pm - 2:45pm: Women and Founder Support Moderated by: Tricia Clemans, Director, Global Technology Transfer Group Caroline Lewis, Managing Partner, Rogue Women's Fund Cara Turano, President & Executive Director, OEN Sarah Studer, Chief Storyteller, Truemedia.org Michelle Drilling, Vice President of Operations, Streamlined Ventures 3:00pm - 3:30pm: Emerging Funds in the PNW Moderated by: Josh Wylie,Founder Breaking into Venture, VC Day Host Evan Poncelet,Co-founder & CEO, Dreamward Ventures Jesse Posey, Co-founder & COO, Dreamward Ventures Isaac Kato, Founder and General Partner, Two Ravens VC Leilani Walkush, General Partner, Indigenous VC Partnering Organizations: Stoel Rives, Stout Street Capital, Portland State Business Accelerator, Venture Partners and more to come. Whether you are a student entrepreneur, a first-time founder, a startup professional in tech, or any other field, or simply interested in entrepreneurship, this event is for you. Join us at VC Day - Portland, OR to chat, collaborate, and network. |
Thursday
Apr 7, 2022
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Portland Business Journal Power Breakfast: Jelani Memory, Founder & CEO, A Kids Company About – Sentinel Hotel Join us for a dynamic conversation with Jelani Memory, who is changing the way we communicate with children about life's toughest conversations. |
Friday
Jan 26
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Startup Cocktails in the Couve – Shanahan's Pub & Grill If you are a Startup founder. If you are working in a Startup. If you are considering a Startup. If you know someone who is working at a Startup. Then this group and event are for you! The truth is Startups are hard! They are hard to build, they are hard to work at, they are hard to sell. There really isn't a part of it that's not hard. That said it's one of the most exciting and invigorating things you'll ever do. It also means you need to hang around others that are doing it also! We Get It! So... Come lift a glass to the life we live and the trials we suffer to create something great! To be clear, this is an open invite to the Startup tribe. This group is inclusive and wants to pull in the broad range of people in our area building startups. That DOES NOT mean service providers who simply wish to sell their services. RESPECTFULLY, DON'T COME IF THAT IS YOUR AGENDA. |
Tuesday
Mar 26
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founder.coffee – Taborspace This month we are back at Taborspace. It's been nearly 5 years since we held a meetup in this space so we decided to come back. We will do our best to provide some signage so people can identify the group more easily. We've heard you and know that it's a bit awkward to ask, "Are you here for the meetup!" when there's nothing to identify the group. As always, be there thinking about ways you can help your fellow founders. No selling, no solicitations, just good conversations! See you there! Josh & Mark About founder.coffee: As a business owner, you are faced with many challenges. You're forced to make decisions every day that could make or break your business. founder.coffee is a way to network with other entrepreneurs to allow free-flowing information with the intent to collaborate and help each other. So often we're challenged and there's very little we can do to express our challenges with the people we work with or the people we care about. Think of founder.coffee as your own personal support group for business owners. We're all here to help! |
Tuesday
Mar 22, 2022
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Hardware Happy Hour (3H) Portland – TBD Hardware Happy Hour is an informal way to socialize, show off your projects, and talk about the world of hardware. We welcome anyone interested in any kind of hardware from beginner to expert: Arduino DIYers, engineers, hardware start up founders, e-textile experimenters, LED-curious folks, 3D printing enthusiasts or robotics geeks. If you're working on something even vaguely related please do bring it along. No presentations, no pitch decks, just projects and conversation. Join us and nerd out about electronics! Venue to be announced, but it will be somewhere Northeast with covered outdoor seating and a vaccine requirement. COVID-19 safety measures COVID 19 vaccination required Event will be outdoors |
Saturday
Feb 25, 2023
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Idea-to-Business Lab 2023 through TBD Applications close January 30, 2023 https://form.jotform.com/230174892286160 This two-day event is designed to validate your business idea and gain insight on how to start a business. You will work with seasoned entrepreneurs, investors, and mentors to validate your idea and give you the tools to start your venture. Who should attend? First-time BIPOC entrepreneurs that have an idea or an early version of a product which highly scalable. The product must have a technology component and be based on Portland, Oregon. |
Monday
May 8, 2023
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NewTech PDX – The Factor Building RSVPs on Meetup.com will not reserve you a seat. Reserve your seat here: TICKETS (https://www.tickettomato.com/event/7800). Join us for NewTech PDX quarterly on the 2nd Monday of the month. Portland has one of the most vibrant tech communities in the country, and the more we support our tech ecosystem, the more we'll all experience and create together! Join us to learn about the cool and amazing technologies being developed by Portlanders. Event volunteers are welcome! Let us know if you'd like to volunteer. Entry to the event is $10 online, or $20 at the door. Agenda 5:30pm - Doors Open / Buffet / Drinks / Get to know your community 6:30pm - Program Begins! Pres. #1: Steve Taylor of Penguin Air Pres. #2: John Connor of SparkBlox Pres. #3: Anthony Brasher of NeedPedia Pres. #4: Vince De Benedetto of Automated Dreams |
Thursday
Aug 15, 2019
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PIE turns 10 🎂and the whole Portland startup and tech community is invited – The Glass Lab Hard to believe, but it's been a decade of experimentation around how established organizations — like corporations, government, and educational institutions — can better collaborate with the Portland startup community for mutual benefit.
That's right. PIE is turning 10 years old in August 2019. So it seemed like a good time for a party. And our generous sponsors Autodesk (https://autodesk.com/) and SKB (https://skbcos.com/) volunteered to help us make it happen. Join PIE, PIE Shop, our alums, our mentors, and the entire Portland startup community to celebrate this milestone. As part of the celebration, we'll be happy to feed you and provide you with a beverage or two. And there will likely be some PIE giveaways, as well. NOTE: This is a family friendly event, so feel free to bring the kids. |
Thursday
Mar 5, 2020
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Out in Tech PDX Social | Intersectionality in Women's History – The Riveter Learn from people in Portland Tech and hear from featured speaker Miki Demeter in this month's Out in Tech social! About this Event: Out in Tech PDX celebrates Women's History Month - but bringing a focus to intersectional practices and gender inclusion. This event is open to all marginalized genders. Everyone is welcome including women, trans women, intersex people, gender non-binary people, gender non-confirming people, trans men, and those who may be questioning their gender. Join us at The Riveter to learn from industry leaders while you network and hear a featured talk from Miki Demeter (she/her), Security Researcher at Intel and 2019 Best Speaker winner for Portland Women in Tech (PDXWIT). Food and Drinks will be provided for all attendees. Activity Table will be provided for youth - parents, please join us. We will not be providing childcare services, but we will be providing distractions. This event is intended primarily for those of a marginalized gender. Allies are welcome. We will collect RSVPs up to the day of the event! 6pm - Doors Open & Networking Sit and chat round-table with industry leaders in Engineering, Management, Data, Startups, Design and more. 7pm - Announcements & Speaker Hear a featured talk by Miki Demeter and updates from your Out in Tech PDX Team 8pm - Goodbyes Tremendous thank you to our sponsor team at The Riveter! The Riveter is on a mission to change the future of work for all women. This means tough conversations, clear actions and key leadership on core diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) principles, advocacy and civic engagement. Thank you also to our food sponsor, ProFocus! ProFocus was built on a model of quality and integrity specifically designed to solve that problem for customers and candidates. Their business model is focused on only making careful introductions of the right candidates. They do this by fully understanding technology, our candidates, and the needs for each hiring position. _ Note: Out in Tech's Code of Conduct applies to all our spaces, online and IRL. |
Wednesday
Jan 10
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OEN January PubTalk: Founder origin stories – TrovaTrip Founders and entrepreneurs possess a lot of the same characteristics like motivation, passion, curiosity and risk-taking that inspire them to start and run a new business. Yet, the pathways to entrepreneurship are wildly different and each faces a diverse set of challenges along the way. For our first PubTalk of 2024, Oregon Entrepreneurs Network is excited to bring to the stage three winners from the OEN Entrepreneurship Awards to share their own origin stories, the resources, and people who have helped them along the way, what has worked for them, and where they plan on going next. We welcome entrepreneurs at all stages to join us for this interactive conversation – whether to commiserate and show solidarity with your peers or to find out what it’s like launching and growing a business in our community. Cost: $15 for OEN members; $25 for non-members |
Thursday
Mar 25, 2021
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Have you heard about this startup…? – Twitter Spaces I (https://twitter.com/turoczy) have been looking for an excuse to user Twitter Spaces, the audio only Clubhouse competitor. And an idea dawned on my that was basically an audio version of Silicon Florist. What if I held a Spaces event where founders got to pitch their startup or startup concept to an audience? We've had a number of amazing founders sign up to participate. Now, we need an audience to listen to their pitches. Won't you please join us? If you’ve got a startup to pitch at a future event — it doesn’t have to be tech — please sign up. We'll ask you to deliver a three minute pitch on your company. And then I may ask you a couple of follow up questions, but we won’t open it up to a full Q&A. So it should be a safe space. That means, even if you haven’t perfected your pitch, it’s a good environment to practice. |
Tuesday
Feb 8, 2022
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Startup Accelerators 🚀 AMA – Twitter Spaces Hosted by Rick Turoczy (@turoczy), cofounder and general manager of PIE, who has been working in, on, and around startup accelerators for more than a decade. Join us for a Twitter Spaces gathering to get your questions answered, to share your experiences from startup accelerators, or to simply try out Twitter Spaces. |
Wednesday
Aug 7, 2019
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Apply to PIE: Question and answer session (morning) – Uncorked Studios (We realize that not every potential PIE or PIE Shop company can make it to events during the day. So we'll be holding a pre-work morning session to get your questions answered. And yes, there will be coffee.)
Thinking about applying to PIE or PIE Shop? Have questions about the program? Curious as to what an accelerator even does? Wondering if the format is right for you? Cool. Let's talk about that. All of that. Please join PIE at the home of PIE alum — and PIE Shop partner — Uncorked Studios for a question and answer session to get more information on our programs and the benefits for early stage startups. Questions about the differences between the two programs causing you to second guess whether you should even show up? Well, let's get that one answered first. Yes. The answer is yes. If you're a founder of an early stage startup, you should show up. And in terms of the differences? PIE is an accelerator designed to support startups building digital products. PIE Shop is an incubator/accelerator designed to support startups manufacturing physical products. We're looking forward to seeing you, bright and early Already ready to apply? Here's a cheat sheet that will help you prepare your application: https://bit.ly/PIE2019cheatsheet |
Friday
Jan 5
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First Friday @ UpStart Collective – UpStart Collective First Fridays at UpStart Collective are back. Join us at our 7th floor perch for a toast to the month ahead! Join Portland-metro founders for a happy hour with views for days and inspiring conversations that will jump start your weekend. |
Friday
Feb 2
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First Friday @ UpStart Collective – UpStart Collective First Fridays are back and Upstart wants to invite you to our 7th floor perch for a toast to the month ahead! Join Portland-metro founders for a happy hour with views for days and inspiring conversations that will jump start your weekend. |
Wednesday
Feb 7
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Magnet - A Different Kind Of Networking – UpStart Collective What if the person who could further your career was already looking for you? What if a room full of people knew exactly the insight you sought? What if your knowledge could be someone else’s Eureka moment? Welcome to Magnet. Where you can let your net...work. Some of the feedback from previous Magnet events: "Genius." "Amazing!" "Brilliantly devised. 10/10." "Where has this been my whole life?" "Best Networking Event I've ever been to!" Here's how it works. At the event, you write down on a sheet of paper something you need help with (aka "your ask") and tape it on the wall, for example: I need a literary agent. I need to chat with someone who has started a technology incubator. I need to connect with someone at GOOD Magazine. I need to hire a web developer capable of setting up a digital sales platform. Does anyone have any contacts in Prague? Does anyone know a good personal trainer? Does anyone know how I can play a round at Augusta National Golf Club? It can be anything! Each sheet will have a unique number associated with it: (1, 2, 3, etc). You’ll have a name tag with that same number. Everyone’s task will be to look at the board of opportunities and select at least 3 people you’d like to connect with, in whatever capacity. How do you connect with them? You write your name and "sheet number" on a Post-It note and slap it on their sheet. |
Thursday
Feb 7, 2019
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Free Workshop for Startups: Punch Up Your Pitch – US Custom House / WeWork Are you a founder struggling to explain your startup in a clear and compelling way? Does it take too long for people to “get” what your company is about? Would you like to feel more confident in your pitch? Get the breakthrough you need to tell a bolder story about your startup...no matter how complex your product is. Join me, messaging strategist Emma O’Brien, for a workshop to help clarify and strengthen your startup’s story. In this small workshop, you’ll learn 3 proven strategies -- illustrated by real-life examples -- to frame your startup in a way that gets people genuinely interested. You’ll be guided through simple exercises to get started, plus the opportunity to get on-the-spot feedback. Whether you’re just working on an idea or trying to attract investment, this workshop will help you uplevel your messaging, pitch your startup, and allow you to move forward with clarity and conviction. |
Monday
Feb 1, 2016
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Portland Startup Week through Various A week chock full of interesting startup events designed to get Portland's founders and entrepreneurs chatting and collaborating. For more details, visit http://portlandstartupweek2016a.sched.org/ |
Monday
Nov 14, 2022
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Global Entrepreneurship Week 2022 through Various 200 countries. 40,000 activities. Removing barriers and welcoming all. This November, Global Entrepreneurship Network will celebrate 15 years of helping millions of people unleash their ideas to start and scale new businesses through Global Entrepreneurship Week. The campaign began in 2008 with an emphasis on inspiring young people to make their mark and has quickly grown to become a comprehensive effort that engages entrepreneurs, investors, policymakers, researchers, support organizations and others collaborating to advance economic growth and innovation in more than 180+ countries around the world. |
Wednesday
Feb 24, 2021
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StartOut Growth Lab AMA – Virtual Zoom Webinar StartOut Growth Lab (“SGL”) is a startup accelerator that offers top quality mentoring, education, and networking opportunities for young companies that happen to be founded or co-founded by LGBTQ+ entrepreneurs. As a part of the application period, we’ll be hosting a virtual ‘Ask Me Anything’ info session to talk through the program and answer your burning questions about the application process, the program and what to expect. This session will be facilitated by the StarOut team and will feature past SGL founders. For more information and to review guidelines on how to apply, visit: https://startout.org/growth-lab/ |
Wednesday
Jun 1, 2016
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Founder Institute -Portland Startup Co-Founder 101: How to Find the Right Partner – WeWork Custom House Do you have an idea for a technology company, but don't have all of the skills necessary to bring the company into reality? Then join us for Startup Co-Founder 101 event. This event begins with a workshop to help aspiring founders understand what to look for in a co-founder, and effectively pitch their startup idea to prospective co-founders. Then, attendees speed-pitch their idea to other attendees, based on the type of co-founder they are looking for and industries they are interested in. Join us for a fun night where you can build the team to make your business happen! Who Should Attend?
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Monday
Jun 11, 2018
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Lost and Founder: Rand Fishkin fireside chat – WeWork Custom House Founder and former CEO of Moz and one of the world's leading experts on SEO, Rand Fishkin, exposes the ups and downs of startup life that most CEOs would rather keep secret with his new book Lost and Founder. |
Friday
Aug 9, 2019
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Apply to PIE: Question and answer session (lunch) – WeWork Labs (Custom House) (We realize that not everyone can make evening events. So our friends at WeWork Labs have graciously offered to host a lunch hour Q&A *with lunch*🙏)
Thinking about applying to PIE or PIE Shop? Have questions about the program? Curious as to what an accelerator even does? Wondering if the format is right for you? Cool. Let's talk about that. All of that. Please join PIE at WeWork Labs for a question and answer session to get more information on our programs and the benefits for early stage startups. Questions about the differences between the two programs causing you to second guess whether you should even show up? Well, let's get that one answered first. Yes. The answer is yes. If you're a founder of an early stage startup, you should show up. And in terms of the differences? PIE is an accelerator designed to support startups building digital products. PIE Shop is an incubator/accelerator designed to support startups manufacturing physical products. We're looking forward to seeing you. Already ready to apply? Here's a cheat sheet that will help you prepare your application: https://bit.ly/PIE2019cheatsheet |
Wednesday
Nov 10, 2021
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Investing in BIPOC Founders – Zoom Join our expert panel for a conversation about investing in BIPOC Founder-led companies. We will examine motivations for investing and what factors you should consider. What investment opportunities exist and how you can get started. Most importantly, whether you plan to invest or not, we will discuss why it is so important to support BIPOC Founders. Working together we can level the playing field. Date: Wed, Nov 10 2021, 4:30-5:30pm PT Panelists: Marceau Michel, Founder, Black Founders Matter Melanie Strong, Founding Partner, Next Ventures Nitin Rai, Managing Partner, Elevate Capital Kate Delhagen, Founder, Oregon Sports Angels Facilitator: Andy Robbins, Founder, Oyster Registration: Free |
Wednesday
Apr 13, 2022
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Ensuring your MVP Success with a Failure Mode Effects Analysis – Zoom Every product has challenges and risks that must be managed to ensure success, help turn your unknown risks into known ones through the FMEA process. An MVP (Minimum viable product) is a basic, launch-able version of your product that supports minimal yet must-have features (which define its value proposition). Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) is a methodology for analyzing potential problems early in the product development cycle where it is easier to take action to overcome potential issues, thereby enhancing reliability through design. The tool is used to identify relationships between process and product requirements and the potential for unacceptable outputs and their effects. In this session you will: Review the various forms of product risk analysis used in different industries. Use a basic template to ensure all product challenges and risks are accounted for + managed with your teams. Access a set of case-study examples to help ensure successful use of the tool in the future. |
Thursday
Oct 7, 2021
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Marketing Yourself as an OUT Entrepreneur – Zoom Meeting As founders, we understand that a personal brand is the unique combination of skills and experiences that make you, you. So how does that differ when you're an LGBTQ+ founder? How can our personal brand as an Out founder build up resiliency in the companies we're leading? What can we learn from marketing a company to also build our personal brand? Join StartOut for a night of insight and networking from key marketing strategists. Together, we will make new connections, learn about key PR strategies, and get some useful tips on how to lead with your multiple identities and unique story while networking. Moderator: AJ DeLeón, Co-Founder of Innovare Innovare is an ed tech firm disrupting education via data strategy. AJ is a Latinx LGBT entrepreneur and networking master. Featured Expert: Danielle Roberts Danielle is a queer, multi-passionate entrepreneur. She co-founded Tail of Two Creatives, LLC., a Wordpress web design agency, alongside her wife in 2017. Through the agency, they built Inclusive Apparel Co., an e-commerce store, to fuel donations to LGBTQIA+ organizations, and they routinely build pro-bono sites for queer businesses and other non-profits that align with the company's values. Danielle also began a coaching business in 2020, where she works alongside other ambitious millennials to uncover limiting beliefs and unlock the next level of their personal and professional lives through career development, business strategy, productivity techniques, and mindset support. In her free time, she hosts a podcast called The Darn Good Life, loves cuddling with her two Australian Shepherd rescues, and enjoys biking to breweries on the weekends. Whether meeting Danielle in a business meeting or for a beer, she shows up the same way in her work as she does in her life - out, proud, and ready to leave this world better than she found it. Connect with Danielle on LinkedIn here. |
Thursday
Apr 15, 2021
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Early Stage Fundraising AMA – Zoom Webinar StartOUT's VC/Fundraising Programming Board Presents an "Ask Me Anything" discussion on early stage fundraising paneled by some of today's leading stars in the investment arena! For a founder trying to raise funding, sometimes it seems like the whole process is just a knotted mess of confusion. Wouldn't it be nice to have a room full of qualified investors to simply answer your questions and help untangle the process? Come to StartOUT's Early Stage Fundraising AMA for just that opportunity. We've assembled a group of today's leading investors who understand the value of diversity and inclusion and are willing to answer your most pressing questions. Questions will be answered during the event, no need to submit in advance, so bring them with you. Panelists: Kelli Jones, Managing Partner - Sixty8 Capital Lorenzo Thione, Managing Director - Gaingels Charlie O'Donnell, Founder/General Partner - Brooklyn Bridge Ventures Rei Tran, Investment Associate - Acceleprise Moderator: Jessica Bussert, Founder/CEO - Wave Therapeutics StartOut, a national 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, is the largest national organization to support LGBTQ entrepreneurs with 17,000 members nationwide. Its mission is to increase the number, diversity, and impact of LGBTQ entrepreneurs and amplify their stories to drive the economic empowerment of the community. StartOut helps aspiring LGBTQ entrepreneurs start new companies; supports current entrepreneurs as they grow and expand their existing businesses; and engages successful entrepreneurs as role models and mentors, on its online portal and through targeted events nationwide. |
Monday
May 17, 2021
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Food & Beverage Futures after COVID-19 – Zoom Webinar StartOut in partnership with Zx Ventures invites you to a panel conversation: We welcome emerging brands, and LGBTQ founders, as we look to the future of CPG/B2C in the food & beverage industry and the impact of COVID-19 on consumer behavior. How have consumers changed? How do we need to change to meet the new needs of our customers? In this conversation we highlight the experiences and challenges of consumer and community-centric brands and what they are planning for their re-emerging in a post-pandemic world. Moderator: Tanner Cohen, Co-Founder of Babe Wine Panelists: Kadi Findling, Founder of myCoffeePass Kadi is the VP of Sales & Marketing at Los Altos Coffee and founder of myCoffeePass. She aims to inspire people to support local — local coffee shops & local nonprofits. myCoffeePass is dedicated to giving 5% of profits back to local nonprofits in Texas. Matt Cortland & David Duckworth, Co-Founders of The Cauldron Company The Cauldron® Co. is a technology-led entertainment studio that delivers immersive experiences & products through hospitality. We blend science & tech with food, beverage, and retail. Brandon Burrell, Founder of Alkaline Fresh Brandon Burrell is a former Wall Street Banker, Serial International Entrepreneur & Founder of Alkaline Fresh. After years of enjoying an alkaline diet, he realized that most consumers have limited options to purchase quick, healthy alkaline meals and created Alkaline Fresh. |
Thursday
May 27, 2021
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Driving Impact with Diversity-Based Opportunity Funds – Zoom Webinar We know that investors often look for patterns, referrals and pedigree to make the investment process efficient, safely fitting into established norms. The unintended consequence is that brilliant founders without the right connections are often passed over. This expresses itself in many ways but often we see that LGBTQIA+, Black, Latinx, and Native American founders are largely left out of the VC ecosystem. Today, companies are creating specific, application based, Opportunity Funds - their goals being inviting more underrepresented founders into the global ecosystem. This looks like a diverse Investment Committee that includes members from both inside and outside of the investment institution, the goal being to review at early stage investments alongside growth investments. The result? Underestimated founders have access to direct capital. Join StartOut Founders, Morrison & Foerster, and Bank of America/Merrill Lynch as we discuss how investors set up these kinds of funds, what current programs look like, how to maintain these funds, and how to bring investors and entrepreneurs into this ecosystem. Moderator: Alexa Hall, Startup Program Manager - Google Cloud Supporting Panelists: Fredo Silva - Partner, Morrison & Foerster - Event Sponsor Fredo Silva is one of the Partners of Morrison & Foerster. We are an international law firm with lawyers practicing throughout the United States, Asia, and Europe working with large businesses to secure their funds and support a diverse ecosystem. Kimelyn Harris - SVP, ESG and Public Policy, Bank of America - Event Sponsor Kimelyn Harris is an ESG Program Executive for the Racial Equality and Economic Opportunity initiative at Bank of America. In this role, she is responsible for executing programming to support the bank’s $1.25 billion, 5-year effort to advance economic opportunity, health care initiatives and racial equality, for people and communities of color. Kimelyn drives business planning and integration for this companywide initiative while also working to identify and build partnerships with organizations, institutions and community leaders. Riana Lynn - CEO & Co-Founder, Journey Foods Riana leads fast-growing software startup Journey Foods. The company is backed by top VCs in North America, Europe and Asia. Riana has served as a top consultant and VC to fortune 500 food and CPG companies. She's currently an angel investor and former Google Entrepreneur in Residence. She is one of just a few dozen black women that have raised more than a million dollars in venture funding. Riana has been featured in Forbes, MIT 35 under 35, USA Today, Fast Company, CNBC, Wired, TechCrunch, Entrepreneur Magazine and more. A Chicago native and Austin-based that enjoys growing fruit trees, writing film scripts, and exploring black culinary and architectural heritage sites around the world. She currently sits on the board of AGLIFF, one of the country's largest annual and inclusive film fests. Damola Ogundipe - CEO & Co-Founder, Civic Eagle + Advisor for Lunar Startups Damola Ogundipe is the co-founder and CEO of Civic Eagle, a company building technology to make government policy tracking easier for people and organizations. Damola is a graduate of The University of Minnesota-Twin Cities where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Finance. He’s a 2018 Camelback Fellow and 2017 Google for Startups Entrepreneur in Residence. Damola is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. In his free time, he enjoys sports and documentaries. Dan Vaughn - Senior Director/Associate General Counsel, M&A and Equity for PayPal |