Silicon Florist 🌹 $83.5M for Oregon entrepreneurship 💰

Issue 657

$83.5 Million for Oregon small business growth and entrepreneurship

Oregon, approved for up to $83.5 million, will operate five programs, including two venture capital programs to which the state has allocated $30 million. The venture capital programs are designed to invest in funds in need of additional capital to launch and scale and to make co-investments in companies alongside private investors by matching the lead investor’s structure and terms. Across its programs, Oregon’s plan aims to counter systemic barriers to economic opportunity by providing access to capital in persistently underserved, low- and moderate-income areas and rural communities. Oregon expects these programs to be self-sustaining, providing vital support to small business in Oregon now and over the long term… More (PDF)

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Rick Turoczy @turoczy

I had breakfast tacos… for lunch. You can't stop me. You can only hope to contain me.

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💼 Jobs

• Sr. Software Engineer at Audigy

• Ventures Program Associate at Washington Maritime Blue

• Senior Backend Developer at DeepSurface Security

• Senior iOS Engineer at Kiva.org

• Curtiss-Wright's PacStar Business Unit

  • Director of Systems Engineering

  • Principal Systems Engineer - MDC

  • Software QA Engineer

  • Software DevOps Engineer

  • Software Development Engineer

  • Senior Software Engineering Manager

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Rick Turoczy @turoczy

And for those of you clutching your pearls… tech happened *TO* Oregon. In the nearly 30 years I've been working in tech here, it's never been something that the state has effectively supported. Any upside has been accidental. Oregon succeeding despite its best attempts to fail.

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🗓️ Events

• Tuesday (Noon) PDXWIT Presents: August Virtual Happy (Lunch) Hour

• Wednesday (4:00PM) Beaverton Challenge info session

• Thursday (5:30PM) Confessions of an Entrepreneur

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