Silicon Florist 🌷 TechFestNW becomes a destination event, PIGSquad marathon
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April 29, 2016 / Issue 328
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AFTER FIVE YEARS, TECHFESTNW HAS BECOME A DESTINATION TECH EVENT
It’s hard to believe that it’s been five years since we held the first TechFestNW. Back then, we called it the Portland Digital eXperience or PDX, and it hosted a small contingent of tech faithful at both the Leftbank and Ziba Design, late in the summer of 2012. This week, a bigger, better—and independent of MusicFestNW—TFNW filled the Armory in Portland with activity, energy, and a view into our tech future.
http://siliconflorist.com/2016/04/28/coming-years-portlands-techfestnw-grown-destination-tech-event/
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PIGSQUAD HOLDS LIVESTREAM VIDEO GAME MARATHON TO END PLEDGE DRIVE
There are few things I enjoy and appreciate more than people who figure out how to make a living doing what they love to do. That’s what’s so appealing about indie game developers. And that’s what’s equally appealing about the scrappy Portland organization that supports them, PIGSquad, Portland Indie Game Squad. But making ends meet for an organization can be challenging. And that’s why PIGSquad has taken to Patreon to raise funds.
http://siliconflorist.com/2016/04/29/gather-coins-pigsquad-host-video-game-marathon-livestream-fundraiser/
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PORTLAND STARTUPS SLACK
Come hang out with more than 1750 of your peers.
https://pdx-startups-slack.herokuapp.com/
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Your moment of meme
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A poem about Silicon Valley, assembled from Quora questions about Silicon Valley
http://fusion.net/story/295515/quora-poetry-silicon-valley/
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This week in Portland startup history
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April 29, 2008: Let’s start finding the right VCs for Portland and the Silicon Forest
http://siliconflorist.com/2008/04/29/lets-start-finding-the-right-vcs-for-portland-and-the-silicon-forest/
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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) StartUp .NET: How to build a startup on MS Stack by Damola Omotosho
http://calagator.org/events/1250469724
WEDNESDAY (4:00PM) Portland State Business Accelerator 12th Annual Company Showcase
http://calagator.org/events/1250470160
THURSDAY (5:00PM) Rose City Atari Club
http://calagator.org/events/1250470149
More on http://calagator.org/
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Community
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ASK: UX Research - Seeking Participants!
https://pdxstartups.switchboardhq.com/posts/19720
OFFER: PDX Women in Tech Launched a Mentorship Network!
https://pdxstartups.switchboardhq.com/posts/19708
Join 3538 Portland startup types helping one another
https://pdxstartups.switchboardhq.com
http://twitter.com/pdx_startups
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