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Issue 766

Sep 21, 2024

Nostalgia on tap: Beer and Blog reunion

Anyone remember Beer and Blog…? It’s totally okay if you don’t. It’s been gone for more than a decade. With a bit of a blip here and there. But it — like “the Pint” in the startup generation before it — played a formative role in the last generation of startups and open source technology in Portland. As a community gathering that brought disparate folks together in the same space on a regular basis. Like every single Friday… More

Drone demo day features Oregon UAS Accelerator participants

These days, the Pendleton Roundup isn’t the only major event taking place in northeast Oregon in September. And that’s all thanks to the Oregon Unmanned Aerial Systems Accelerator (UAS) which launched its first competitive demo day as a predecessor to the classic rodeo event… More

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Tired of startup activities that center around depressants?

The culture around alcohol is changing. And the startup community is changing along with it. What used to be wholly focused on events involving happy hours and alcohol has continued to evolve into a wide range of activities. At the foundation, they’re very much the same: a way to create connection in the community. But these days, that connection can come without the pretense of inebriation… More

Quick recap of the Portland Alternative Investment Association gathering

I love event recaps. There are so many different things going around here that there’s no possible way to attend them all. So when someone takes the time to capture their experience, it truly helps anyone. Take the annual meeting of the Portland Alternative Investment Association (PAIA). I wasn’t able to make that one. But Kathryn Latham was — and she provided five key takeaways from the gathering… More