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Issue 654

Early play to earn NFT based videogame Alchemon raises $1 million

While the frothiness of the NFT world has subsided a bit due to larger dynamics within the industry, there are still any number of folks who are bullish on the concept and continuing to explore the potential of tokens in rethinking how we’ve done things in the past. One of those companies is Portland based Alchemon, which was an early player in the NFT based videogame space. And they’re not the only ones with optimism. They just raised $1 million from a group of investors, according to Fortune… More

Think digital health startups have potential in Oregon?

I may have mentioned a time or ten that my first experience in Portland startups was with a digital healthcare company that was building some wacky new thing called Electronic Medical Records for physicians near the end of the last century. And while it’s been a couple of decades since I was active in that realm, I still think that digital health startups have potential around here… More

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Rick Turoczy @turoczy

Had the opportunity to attend a demo day/pitch competition for cannabis-oriented startups today, which reminded me to impart this — if I do say so myself — ever so insightful marketing advice: Maybe not green…? Maybe choose another color for the brand…? You're welcome.

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Rick Turoczy @turoczy

I always refer to the exit slide in the early stage deck as the "Oregon investor" slide because those are the only investors I've ever heard request it. Everyone else is "WTF…?" “Don’t Put an Exit Slide in a Seed Deck” — @hunterwalk

link.medium.comThree Startup Pitch Deck Mistakes That Are Red Flags For Venture InvestorsFortunately They’re Really Simple To Fix!

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