Silicon Florist 🌹 Columbia River pitch, EasyHome acquired 🏡
Issue 751
TiE Oregon Columbia River Pitch: And the winners are…
TiE Oregon held there second of three pitch competitions occuring around the Portland metro area, Columbia River Pitch, a startup pitch competition designed to feature companies from Multnomah County, Oregon, and Clark County, Washington. (Westside Pitch, which focused on Washington County, was the first, and a Clackamas County pitch is in the works.) And when all the votes were tallied, the winners were… More
Portland startup EasyHome has been acquired
EasyHome may not be a familiar name to some folks in the Portland startup community. But I’ve been lucky to spend some time with founder and CEO Sean Kennedy over the years. And during that time, I’ve watched him methodically and quietly grow a valuable company that solved a definitive need in the market. Clearly, I’m not the only one who saw that value. EasyHome has been acquired by Fixle… More
SheerID names new CEO
SheerID has grown to be one of those companies that tends to fall outside of my regular coverage — because they’re mature enough to get coverage from real journalists and publications on a regular basis. But this was a big announcement, so I thought I’d share: SheerID has appointed Stephanie Copeland Weber CEO… More
That one time, when a bunch of Panic Playdates went missing
I’ll have to look forward to an upcoming podcast episode for the full explanation — or maybe an episode of Scooby Doo. But apparently $400,000 worth of Panic Playdate gaming consoles were delivered to the wrong address, stolen, and then dumped, which the company fully recovered… More
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