Silicon Florist 🌹 How Portland got creative with startup funding, What investors want you to know
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June 17, 2016 / Issue 335
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Big stories
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HOW PORTLAND GOT CREATIVE WITH STARTUP FUNDING AMIDST AN AWFUL RECESSION
To many folks in the startup community, the Portland Seed Fund has always been here. It’s become such a prominent part of the early stage investments in town. But it wasn’t always that way. And it took some foresight from a variety of local leaders to bet on spending when the economy was in the doldrums to make it happen.
http://siliconflorist.com/2016/06/17/buy-portland-creative-funding-startups-awful-recession/
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WHAT INVESTORS WANT STARTUPS TO KNOW
It’s no secret that there’s a limited number of investors in Oregon. Which means there’s not a lot of crossover between the startup investment community—unless folks are raising. But there aren’t a lot of conversations, information sharing, or mutual understanding. It’s often just checks—or lack thereof. That’s why it’s always nice to hear from the investors, firsthand, about their world and what sort of things they’re looking for.
http://siliconflorist.com/2016/06/17/investors-startups-conversation-corey-schmid-peaks-ventures/
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PORTLAND STARTUP WEEKEND LATINO, JUNE 24-26, 2016
Much to its credit, Portland is really good at starting things. At trying new stuff. And at leveraging its culture of curiosity and experimentation in ways that result in really interesting concepts. What it’s not often good at is doing something for a second time. And that’s why it’s awesome to see Portland Startup Weekend Latino capitalizing on its momentum from last year to run the for a second year.
http://siliconflorist.com/2016/06/15/continuing-momentum-portland-startup-weekend-latino-takes-place-june-2426-2016/
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PORTLAND STARTUPS SLACK
Come hang out with more than 1900 of your startup peers
https://pdx-startups-slack.herokuapp.com/
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Your moment of meme
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Rose City (Tetris) ’Til I Die #rctid
http://siliconflorist.com/2016/06/17/rose-city-tetris-til-die/
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This week in Portland startup history
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June 17, 2005: Building a better startup scene: Techtown Portland companies take a diversity pledge
http://siliconflorist.com/2015/06/17/building-startup-scene-techtown-portland-companies-diversity-pledge/
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Events
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If you have time for any events next week, I'd suggest the following:
SATURDAY (10:00AM) Programming Languages I've Been Meaning To Try But Haven't Gotten Around To Yet (PLIBMTTBHGATY)
http://calagator.org/events/1250470211
SUNDAY (9:00AM) Node PDX 2016
http://calagator.org/events/1250470445
TUESDAY (All day) Open Source Bridge 2016
http://calagator.org/events/1250470351
More on http://calagator.org/
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Community
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ASK: Office space for a small tech crew?
https://pdxstartups.switchboardhq.com/posts/21215
OFFER: Looking for a team to share our creative office (west end/downtown)
https://pdxstartups.switchboardhq.com/posts/21237
Join 3680 Portland startup types helping one another
https://pdxstartups.switchboardhq.com
http://twitter.com/pdx_startups
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