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Issue 777

Dec 07, 2024

Save the date: Portland startup community 2025 kickoff

It’s hard to believe that 2024 is drawing to a close. But that means that it’s time to start thinking about 2025. And what better way to start the year than meeting new folks, connecting with old acquaintances, and feeling the growing buzz of energy in the Portland startup community…? Oh. Well yeah, I guess that does sound pretty cool. What’s that? Sure. Sure. That too. Okay. I get it. Just hold on a second. Because this could be an equally good way to do that too… More

Instrument steps up to help the Portland startup community

What if an award-winning, Portland-based creative agency — with a global client roster of companies like Google, Nike, Oura, and Uber, among others — found a way to get their employees more engaged in the Portland startup community by directly supporting startup founders…? Better yet, what if that support was completely free of charge…? (Because as every long-time Portlander knows, “Free is a very good price.”) That’s exactly the question that Instrument asked themselves. The answer…? Build Week… More

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Silicon Forest Tech Summit: Don’t miss the biggest tech event of the year

I mean, by default if you throw a huge event in January, it’s going to be the biggest tech event of the year. But based on how amazing and awesome the inaugural Silicon Forest Tech Summit was, it can probably hang onto that ranking throughout 2025. You should definitely go, either way… More

Helping your kid study for the Oregon Battle of the Books…?

If you’re the type of parent who ~~is overly competitive~~ wants to give your kid the greatest chance to succeed during the annual Oregon Battle of the Books — or OBOB as it’s affectionately known — and your standard Q&A sessions could use a little more pep, you might consider trying out OBOB Dog, an app designed to help kids practice their responses… More