Silicon Florist 🌹 Dutchie doubles, Writing rainbow, Kudos 🌟
Issue 613
Bend startup Dutchie doubles valuation to $3.75 billion
Cannabis has always been big in Oregon. Now, cannabis tech is showing it has similar potential. Like Bend startup — and definitely unicorn — Dutchie, which just raised $350 million, placing its current valuation in the $3.75 billion range… More
A name synonymous with kids books pens a kids book
For many kids, Reading Rainbow was one of the formative television programs that put them on the path to exploring books. And the host of that show, LeVar Burton, was a big part of making them seem accessible. Now, LeVar has written his own kids book A Kids Book About Imagination for Portland startup A Kids Company About… More
Community kudos: Amanda Oborne, OEN
Amanda’s efforts and leadership of Oregon Entrepreneurs Network (OEN) over the past nine months have created incredible opportunities for Oregon-based startups. Her partnerships with Oregon Venture Fund (OVF), Business Oregon, and many other investor and mentor groups have revitalized the Portland startup scene in what has been a challenging year. She doesn’t do what she does for the money (though maybe she should) or the fame, and it shows. We’re all learning a lot from Amanda this year… More
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Jobs 💼
Platform Architect (Portland, OR or Remote) at Next Reason
IT Support Analyst at Columbia Grain
Visiting Assistant Professor, Bates Center for Entrepreneurship and Leadership at Lewis & Clark College, Bates Center for Entrepreneurship & Leadership
Javascript Software Developer at Marmoset
iOS Developer at Kiva.org
Android Developer at Kiva.org
Product Manager at Leanpath
Senior Backend Microservice Engineer at Kiva.org
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Events 🗓️
I know that you’re busy. Here are events that are worthy of your consideration, this week.
Tuesday (7:00PM) Portland C++ User's Group
Wednesday (All day) StartOut's 2nd Annual Equity Summit
Wednesday (5:30PM) Pitch Club
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