Silicon Florist 🌹 SPAC IPO prep, EPIC startup accelerator 🚀
Issue 623
Company formerly known as ID Experts to be acquired by ZeroFox
A Portland company is one ingredient sweetening a pending SPAC deal. ZeroFox, which is intending to go public, snapped up IDX, the Tigard based company formerly known as ID Experts… More
Need support building your startup? Apply to Startups for All EPIC!
If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a million times: Being a founder is hard. And lonely. And challenging on any number of fronts. So I’m always a huge fan of organizations that help founders feel empowered and connected. Like Startups for All and their EPIC! program… More
Identifying BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ challenges in the digital landscape
Portland agency Avenue, an immigrant, BIPOC, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and woman-owned business, is gathering information and insights from BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ owned businesses with the hopes of using the results to help guide its efforts in addressing bias in digital marketing… More
🌟 Community kudos
Has someone in the Portland startup community been helpful and deserving of recognition? Please take a few moments to share some kind words about them and let them know they’re valued as community members. Give them the kudos they deserve.
💼 Jobs
Tiny Startup Seeking React Frontend Developer [Quote Us / Freelance / Remote] at Hyacinth Tech
Backend Developer at DeepSurface Security
iOS Developer at Kiva.org
Senior Backend Engineer, Protocol at Kiva.org
Senior Backend Internal Tools Engineer at Kiva.org
Backend PHP/Symfony Engineer at Vacatia
Hiring? Every single day a whole bunch of super talented and interesting people check the Silicon Florist job board in hopes of finding amazing companies like yours. So if you’re looking for incredibly intelligent, informed, and charming folks to join your company, you should be clicking the “Post a job” button. And since you’re a newsletter reader, please feel free to take 15% off your next long-term job post. Just use the discount code “iamawesome.”
🗓️ Events
I know that you’re busy. Here are events that are worthy of your consideration, this week.
Take a break during the holiday slowdown
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