Silicon Florist 🌹 Soaring Skyward, Athletepath Gold, Become a Change Wizard

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May 1, 2015 / Issue 276
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Big stories
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A NEW GENERATION OF ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES BEGINS TO SOAR SKYWARD

I often get asked about pervading themes or trends in the Portland startup scene. Mostly because people want me to talk about something that’s actually interesting. Rather than droning on and on. And if I’m forced to name one theme, I often choose one of the cultural undertones that has continued for decades: Portland’s success with enabling technologies.

http://siliconflorist.com/2015/04/28/generation-enabling-technologies-begins-soar-skyward/

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GO FOR THE ATHLETEPATH GOLD

Being a competitive individual athlete can often be a lonely existence. Hours of training. Miles and miles on the road. Even the competitions have you stuck in your head as you plan your race. That’s why Athletepath has helped thousands of amateur competitive athletes rally their fans to support their races. And now, they’re doing even more for those athletes. With Athletepath Gold.

http://siliconflorist.com/2015/04/30/gold-athletepath-introduces-membership-offering-amateur-competitive-athletes/

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EMBRACE YOUR INNER HARRY POTTER, DANTE, OR RAYMOND K HESSEL WITH CHANGE WIZARD

Sometimes, the most interesting things to come out of a startup accelerator are the completely unexpected things. Like random collaborations among classmates. Last year, the Marvelous DB came from a collaboration between PIE alums Orchestrate and Stand In. And now, Oregon Story Board has its own awesome collaboration. With Change Wizard.

http://siliconflorist.com/2015/04/29/embrace-harry-potter-dante-raymond-hessel-change-wizard/

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Your moment of meme
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World’s first dirt bike triple backflip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=22&v=WFLwxGB1qFI

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

MONDAY (8:00PM) DorkbotPDX 0x0D
http://calagator.org/events/1250468231

TUESDAY (4:00PM) Beer and Blog Redux!
http://calagator.org/events/1250468314

WEDNESDAY (4:30PM) PDXWIT: Catherine Williams, Chief Data Scientist, AppNexus
http://calagator.org/events/1250468291

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Community
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ASK: Become Technical Co-Founder of a great SaaS startup!
https://pdxstartups.switchboardhq.com/posts/10349-become-technical-co-founder-of-a-great-saas-startup

OFFER: Come by UX Happy Hour (we're sponsored this month!)
https://pdxstartups.switchboardhq.com/posts/10450

Join 1969 Portland startup types helping one another
https://pdxstartups.switchboardhq.com
http://twitter.com/pdx_startups

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Jobs
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PDX Code Guild is Hiring Instructors
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