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August 18, 2017 / Issue 396
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Big stories
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DOING MORE FOR THE PORTLAND STARTUP COMMUNITY

There’s this weird thing about milestones: they make you super reflective. Like “rethink the whole world order” reflective. And other things affecting the world order only tend to exacerbate that. So after a decade of blogging about the Portland startup community, I hope you’ll forgive my few moments of introspection. The topic this time? Patreon.

https://siliconflorist.com/2017/08/18/doing-more-for-the-portland-startup-community-by-taking-my-patreon-presence-a-little-more-seriously-but-just-a-little/

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WITH THE SOLAR ECLIPSE LOOMING, IT SEEMED LIKE THE PERFECT TIME TO PROMOTE PITCHBLACK

Okay okay. So I know that’s a bit of a stretch. The solar eclipse isn’t going to make it pitch black around here. But I’m never one to shy away from the opportunity for a punny headline. Plus, I promised that I would start giving you more of a heads up about awesome events around town. So there’s that, too.

https://siliconflorist.com/2017/08/15/with-the-solar-eclipse-looming-it-seemed-like-the-perfect-time-to-promote-pitchblack/

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GATHERING THE BEST AND BRIGHTEST OF OREGON’S CONSUMER GOODS INDUSTRIES

While I like to drone on an on about tech startups, the truth is that there are any number of startups and industries that are thriving in Oregon. Perhaps none as obvious as the breadth of consumer goods — apparel, beverage, food, outdoor, tools… the list goes on an on — we have here in the state. But for all of the activity, there seems to be little opportunity to gather these amazing companies and entrepreneurs together. Until now. Meet the Built Up Festival.

https://siliconflorist.com/2017/08/14/gathering-the-best-and-brightest-of-oregons-apparel-food-and-beverage-and-consumer-goods-industries/

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PORTLAND STARTUPS SLACK
Come hang out with more than 3170 of your startup peers
https://pdx-startups-slack.herokuapp.com/

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Your moment of meme
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Recipe for chicken parmigiana
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Jobs
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Chief Technology Officer at NWEA (Northwest Evaluation Association)
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This week in Portland startup history
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August 15, 2011: PHP Fog gets $8 million and a new name: AppFog
https://siliconflorist.com/2011/08/15/php-fog-8-million-appfog/

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

MONDAY (10:19AM) Solar eclipse
https://www.greatamericaneclipse.com/oregon/

TUESDAY (5:30PM) PDX WIT #Action - Oregon State Legislature Panel
http://calagator.org/events/1250471919

WEDNESDAY (8:30AM) 1 Million Cups - Portland
http://calagator.org/events/1250472334

More on http://calagator.org/

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Community
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ASK: Revenue Focused Marketer Looking To Join A Growing B2B Digital Tech Startup
https://pdxstartups.switchboardhq.com/posts/30920

OFFER: Magnet; A Different Kind Of Networking Event - Sept 6
https://pdxstartups.switchboardhq.com/posts/30888

Join 4460 Portland startup types helping one another
https://pdxstartups.switchboardhq.com
http://twitter.com/pdx_startups

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