Silicon Florist 🌹 $4B acquisition, Fintech hire, $6M Rally 💰
Issue 615
Former Simple exec and Seed cofounder to head up innovation at Lincoln Savings Bank
We don’t make a big deal of it, but Oregon punches above its weight for innovative fintech expertise. From the Simple diaspora to current players like Bumped, Expensify, and Sila, there are a lot of local folks rethinking finance and the infrastructure that runs it. And it’s always nice when other regions recognize how compelling that talent is. Like Lincoln Savings Bank which has recently hired former Simple exec and Seed cofounder Ryan Hildebrand to head up innovation… More
Portland ecommerce startup Rally secures $6 million
As the pandemic hit, suddenly every product and retail company was forced to become an ecommerce company. But choosing the right platform amidst all of the potential possibilities proved to be another challenge to overcome. Which inspired Portland startup Rally, a headless decentralized ecommerce platform that works in tandem with a variety of other providers… More
Gumroad founder launches The Minimalist Entrepreneur
Local founder Sahil Lavingia has been impressively open about his journey as an entrepreneur. Now, he’s collected learnings from that journey into a book and course to help more folks figure out their own path to building something amazing. It’s called The Minimalist Entrepreneur… More
Zendesk to buy SurveyMonkey in $4 billion all stock deal
Now, I realize that this isn’t exactly Portland startup news. But it is former Portland startup news. And the company in question still has a significant presence here in town. And it’s Friday. So I feel it’s warranted. SurveyMonkey — now known as Momentive — is getting acquired as part of a $4 billion deal… More
🌟 Community kudos
Has someone in the Portland startup community been helpful and deserving of recognition? Please take a few moments to share some kind words about them and let them know they’re valued as community members. Give them the kudos they deserve.
💼 Jobs
Early Stage Business/Product Developer at International Persuasion Machines
Engineering Manager at ThreeFlow
Software Engineer at Reperio Health
Platform Architect (Portland, OR or Remote) at Next Reason
Visiting Assistant Professor, Bates Center for Entrepreneurship and Leadership at Lewis & Clark College
Javascript Software Developer at Marmoset
iOS Developer at Kiva.org
Android Developer at Kiva.org
Senior Backend Microservice Engineer at Kiva.org
Hiring? Every single day a whole bunch of super talented and interesting people check the Silicon Florist job board in hopes of finding amazing companies like yours. So if you’re looking for incredibly intelligent, informed, and charming folks to join your company, you should be clicking the “Post a job” button. And since you’re a newsletter reader, please feel free to take 15% off your next long-term job post. Just use the discount code “iamawesome.”
🗓️ Events
I know that you’re busy. Here are events that are worthy of your consideration, this week.
Wednesday (5:00PM) Hands On with Y Combinator
Wed-Thu (All day) CascadiaJS
Thursday (5:00PM) Accelerate Biotech & Digital Health Virtual Happy Hour
Have an event you’d like to promote? Make sure to add it to Calagator.
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