Silicon Florist 🌹 LO Love, Glory+Sephora, Bye bye Bailey's 🍻
Issue 578
A revered startup meeting spot calls it quits
Every startup community has a few iconic meeting spots. Places where the community seems to naturally aggregate and gather. And where you’re more likely than not to see familiar faces or collections of coworkers from startups in the area. In Portland, we were lucky to have a few of these spots… More
LO, Olympics, and NBA star Kevin Love invests in mental health startup
Yes. Given half the chance, I actually can make a random Portland connection to practically any startup story. So when I saw that NBA player Kevin Love — who was named Gatorade National Male Athlete of the Year his senior year at Lake Oswego — was an investor in mental fitness app Coa, I had to post something about it… More
Portland’s Glory selected to participate in Sephora incubator
As more and more consumer brands look to support and inspire innovation in their industries, we’ve watched the incubator and accelerator market grow and diversify, creating highly targeted and focused opportunities for talented founders. Nike, Chobani, Mars Petcare, and any number of other brands have entered the fray. Now, Portland startup Glory has the opportunity to collaborate with Sephora as part of their incubator program, Accelerate… More
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Jobs 💼
Full Stack Software Developer at Marmoset
Sr. Product Operations Specialist at BeFunky
Principal Product Manager at Playful Software
Backend Engineer - Data Systems at Ride Report
Project Manager at Riot New Media Group
Climate Impact Fund Fellow at VertueLab
Sales Account Executive at Caravel
Machine Learning Engineer at Caravel
Software Engineer at Caravel
Strategic Account Executive at Episerver
Senior Mid Market Account Executive at Episerver
Senior Account Executive at Episerver
Sales Enablement and Onboarding Manager at Episerver
Mid Market Account Executive at Episerver
Enterprise Account Executive at Episerver
Digital Account Executive at Episerver
Developer Advocate at Edify
Senior Software Engineer at Edify
Relationship Specialist at Oregon Entrepreneurs Network
UI/UX Design Lead at Mapbox
Senior Mobile Engineer (iOS and/or Android) at Straightaway
Full Time Assistant or Associate Professor in Animated Arts at PNCA
Chair of the MFA in Collaborative Design / MA in Design Systems at PNCA
Hiring? Every single day a bunch of super talented and interesting people check the Silicon Florist job board in hopes of finding the best companies for which to work, either in Portland or remotely. So if you’re looking for incredibly intelligent and charming folks to join your company, you probably should be posting your job openings there.
Events 🗓️
Realizing you’re overly busy… here’s a curated selection of interesting events.
Sunday (All day) Happy Valentines Day 💝
Wednesday (5:00PM) PDXWIT Virtual Happy Hour
Friday (All weekend) PyCascades 2021
How was that for you? Please let me know what you like, what you hate, and what I could be doing differently. Feedback, as always, is welcomed. Begrudgingly or otherwise.
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