Silicon Florist 🌹 Orchestrate acquired, Neocities is the new Geocities, Oregon Story Board applications are open

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April 24, 2015 / Issue 275
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Big stories
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CENTURYLINK ACQUIRES ORCHESTRATE

For many startups, the promise of substantially growing their businesses comes with strong partnerships. And often, those partnerships quickly become something much more significant. Such was the case, yesterday, when it was revealed that leading connectivity provider CenturyLink had acquired database-as-a-service startup Orchestrate to augment its CenturyLink Cloud offering.

http://siliconflorist.com/2015/04/21/playing-song-centurylink-acquires-portland-startup-orchestrate-deliver-generation-data-services/

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LONGING FOR GEOCITIES? YOU’LL LOVE NEOCITIES

There was a time before blogs and social media and all of that, when the democratization of the Web was far more simple. And ugly. But everyone has to start somewhere. And many folks started out on Geocities, a platform that enabled you to build your own home on the Web without setting up a server. Well, that magic is back. In a new and prettier way. With Neocities.

http://siliconflorist.com/2015/04/22/longing-days-geocities-love-neocities/

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DIGITAL STORYTELLING ACCELERATOR OREGON STORY BOARD OPENS APPLICATIONS

When it comes to the world of tech startups, there are any number of startup accelerators from which to choose. But what about other types of creative industries? Where are the accelerators for those startups? Well, here in Oregon, we’re working to do our part to help those other industries. With Oregon Story Board.

http://siliconflorist.com/2015/04/23/story-digital-storytelling-accelerator-oregon-story-board-opens-applications-class/

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Your moment of meme
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Five stages of watching a Marvel movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvjMJEqkDqA

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Events
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If you have time for any events next week, I'd suggest the following:

TUESDAY (6:00PM) eBay Tech Tuesday: Computers, Computers, Computers
http://calagator.org/events/1250468316

THURSDAY (4:00PM) TechfestNW and Columbia Sportswear Company present: A Shared Future
http://calagator.org/events/1250468188

FRIDAY (6:00PM) Portland Startup Weekend B2B
http://calagator.org/events/1250467992

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Community
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ASK: Brainstorm/Organize "Code in da Woods!"
https://pdxstartups.switchboardhq.com/posts/10154

OFFER: $25 Off Workshop Registration
https://pdxstartups.switchboardhq.com/posts/9853-25-off-workshop-registration

Join 1927 Portland startup types helping one another
https://pdxstartups.switchboardhq.com
http://twitter.com/pdx_startups

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Jobs
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