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May 5, 2017 / Issue 381
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Big stories
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THE HIGH COST OF FITTING IN

When I was 23, I was hired as a system administrator for the first time. I joined BlueStar Communications, which was a young but well-funded company stupid enough to take on the incumbent telecom carriers. Their CEO was a maverick, especially in staid telecom in Nashville, Tennessee. He was bringing always-on internet to small businesses in the southeast (yes, there was a time when this innovative), and blended in about as well as a hockey player in a three piece suit. I was excited to work with someone who I could identify with, and learn from.

https://shift.newco.co/the-high-cost-of-fitting-in-6882e6aea8e1

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MVP ONBOARDING FOR 97% OF THE STARTUPS WHO HAVE NONE

I meet dozens of startup founders with just a few employees (and even some with 20–100 employees), and the reality is that they don’t have the time, resources, or internal know-how to do onboarding “right” right now. We already know how expensive it is to bring on a new hire, and that it’s even more expensive to have them leave. So, what can we do to ship an MVP of onboarding?

https://medium.com/@kristenmaeve/mvp-onboarding-for-the-97-of-startups-who-have-none-ca2dd5bf867d

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PORTLAND STARTUPS SLACK
Come hang out with more than 2870 of your startup peers
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Your moment of meme
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Donald Trump’s Frog Chin
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/donald-trumps-frog-chin

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This week in Portland startup history
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May 3, 2011: One million more reasons to love COLOURlovers: $1 million in funding
https://siliconflorist.com/2011/05/03/million-reasons-love-colourlovers-1-million-funding/

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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) New Relic FutureTalk
https://impactflow.com/event/futuretalk-with-keith-lay-skip-newberry-2965

WEDNESDAY (5:30PM) ScoutSavvy Launch Party
http://calagator.org/events/1250471855

WEDNESDAY (6:00PM) Refresh Portland — Everything Is Negotiable
http://calagator.org/events/1250471792

More on http://calagator.org/

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Community
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ASK: Conversation on founder agreements, vesting, etc
https://pdxstartups.switchboardhq.com/posts/28381

OFFER: Nights/Weekends Desk Space Available
https://pdxstartups.switchboardhq.com/posts/28261

Join 4280 Portland startup types helping one another
https://pdxstartups.switchboardhq.com
http://twitter.com/pdx_startups

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Jobs
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