Silicon Florist 🌹 TechTown Portland metrics, Spinoffs are back, Managing events is hard

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GUEST: TECHTOWN PORTLAND EXPERIMENT IS WORKING

Editor: This is a guest post from Jared Wiener, the software industry liaison for Prosper Portland (the organization formerly known as the Portland Development Commission (PDC)). As part of his role, he has helped manage the TechTown Portland program which includes the Diversity Pledge. Here, he provides an update on the progress with that program.

https://siliconflorist.com/2017/07/20/guest-post-techtown-portland-experiment-is-working/

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SO NICE TO SEE PORTLAND SPINOFFS HAPPENING AGAIN

There was a time when large tech companies would regularly spinoff smaller startups—or at the very least inspire would be entrepreneurs to bail and start something new. You know, kind of like Happy Days spawned Laverne & Shirley and Mork & Mindy. But then something changed. Corporations became more comfortable with multiple disparate product lines—and the revenue that came with them. So spinoff activity slowed. Now, it seems like that trend may be reversing.

https://siliconflorist.com/2017/07/19/so-nice-to-see-portland-spinoffs-happening-again/

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MANAGING EVENTS IS DIFFICULT. AND PORTLAND’S PSEUDO RSVP CULTURE DOESN’T HELP.

As much as I love Portland and our startup community, I’ve got to admit that it has some flaws. It happens. It can’t be perfect. It’s got foibles. And things that are downright broken. We’re actively working to fix some of those flaws. But there’s one particular flaw that I often fear is beyond repair. One that rears its head more often than any other—and creates a crazy amount of stress and heartache for every single local event organizer to whom I’ve spoken.

https://siliconflorist.com/2017/07/20/managing-events-is-difficult-and-portlands-pseudo-rsvp-culture-only-exacerbates-that-difficulty/

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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) Portland VR Meetup
http://calagator.org/events/1250472212

TUESDAY (6:00PM) Donut.js BBQ 2017
http://calagator.org/events/1250472185

TUESDAY (6:00PM) Magnet
http://calagator.org/events/1250472235

THURSDAY (5:00PM) PDX Women of Color in Tech
http://calagator.org/events/1250471973

More on http://calagator.org/

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