Silicon Florist ✨🎊✨ Twitter & Medium alum joins Cozy, dotdotdash takes pictures within VR

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January 6, 2017 / Issue 364
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Big stories
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COZY HIRES TWITTER, MEDIUM ALUM AS VP OF PRODUCT

One of the consistent complaints among startups in Portland—aside from ever present gripes about capital—is the lack of talent. Often, it’s a lament that while there is a ton of early stage experience in town, we’re lacking in growth stage talent or later stage talent. But that’s starting to change. As is evidenced by the latest hire at Cozy, a veteran of both Twitter and Medium.

http://siliconflorist.com/2017/01/05/attracting-growth-stage-talent-cozy-hires-twitter-medium-alum-vp-product/

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KEEPING UP ON YOUR NEW YEAR’S VISUALIZATIONS

It stands to reason that a company called Reflect would have something for you this time of year. You know, to reflect. On where you’ve been. And what you did. And for the tech crowd, what better dataset upon which to reflect than your performance on Github over the last year? Introducing your Github Report Card.

http://siliconflorist.com/2017/01/04/keeping-years-visualizations-reflect-reflect-2016-github/

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IT’S LIKE A KODAK MOMENT FROM WITHIN A VR ENVIRONMENT

Okay. Bear with me. Because I’m still trying to wrap my head around this one. Suffice it to say, it’s cool. Whether I understand it or not. So here it goes… Portland’s dotdotdash—formerly known as Stublisher—has worked with HTC Vive to create a camera that allows you to take photos from within a virtual reality experience.

http://siliconflorist.com/2017/01/05/kodak-moment-vr-environment/

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PORTLAND STARTUPS SLACK
Come hang out with more than 2520 of your startup peers
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Your moment of meme
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Blurry ham
http://kottke.org/17/01/is-this-ham-blurry-or-in-focus

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This week in Portland startup history
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January 8, 2008: With your help, finding Portland events may soon get a lot easier
(My first post about Calagator)
http://siliconflorist.com/2008/01/08/with-your-help-finding-portland-events-may-soon-get-a-lot-easier/

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

MONDAY (5:30PM) FutureTalks Tech Panel + Kickoff Celebration
http://calagator.org/events/1250471290

TUESDAY (6:00PM) R and Machine Learning
http://calagator.org/events/1250471227

THURSDAY (4:30PM) Nike Tech Talks
http://calagator.org/events/1250471282

REMINDER: Portland Startup Week (Feb 6-10)
https://portland.startupweek.co/

More on http://calagator.org/

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Community
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ASK: Looking for Junior dev on part time basis
https://pdxstartups.switchboardhq.com/posts/25420

OFFER: Startup advisor
https://pdxstartups.switchboardhq.com/posts/25506

Join 4160 Portland startup types helping one another
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http://twitter.com/pdx_startups

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Jobs
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