Silicon Florist 🌹 Meet 27 startups at PIE Demo Day 🤝

Issue 664

PIE Demo Day 2022: Meet 27 startups

This year, you will have the opportunity to speak directly with the founders at the event — and to connect with others in the community. No sitting through pitches or anxiously awaiting the opportunity to talk to a company that has piqued your interest. The whole event is now designed to enable you to get connected to the startups that interest you, immediately. Or, you’re welcome to wander the virtual tradeshow floor to meet a variety of founders and startups. On October 12 at 3:14PM PDT, we highly encourage you to join these 27 startups from PIE, PIE for Our Neighbors, PIE Shop, and Slice of PIE at the PIE Demo Day virtual tradeshow… More

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Rick Turoczy @turoczy

Portland could really use some of this, right now. Again. It used to be here. In droves. So maybe it's not so much lost as it is buried. Or temporarily misplaced. Whatever the case, I'm confident that we, as a community, can bring it back. #pdx

bigthink.comAn end to doomerismOr why I’m coming out as an impatient optimist.

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💼 Jobs

• Transaction Specialist at Portland State University Center for Entrepreneurship

• Software Engineer at Clarity Innovations, Inc.

• Senior Devops / Site Reliability Engineer at Kiva

• Sales Development Lead at Radious

• Curtiss-Wright's PacStar Business Unit

  • Software DevOps Engineer

  • Software Development Engineer

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Rick Turoczy @turoczy

As always, an honest and insightful thread from @MacConwell. Well worth the read if you're a startup founder considering pursuing VC, whether you identify as underrepresented or not. Just solid facts.

MacTheVC.eth @MacConwell

🧵 1/ I regularly hear founders, especially underrepresented founders, getting upset that they have to show traction and work so hard to raise. Compared to a White guy from Stanford who's done far less than them but can raise money with just a deck. well here's the secret

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🗓️ Events

• Wednesday (3:14PM) PIE Demo Day 2022

• UPCOMING

  • Portland Surveillance Technologies Policy (Oct 17)

  • Coffee w/ Co-Founders (Oct 18)

  • Built Festival 2022 (Oct 21)

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Photo by Asya Vlasova