Silicon Florist 🌹 Mighty quin? Edify-ing Techstars, Booking podcasts 🎙️
Issue 576
A financial solution to help people through times like these: quin
The once flourishing Portland startup fintech community has had some unfortunate setbacks, as of late. Acorns, Simple, and Azlo are no longer here. And while companies like Expensify and Bumped continue to grow, we haven’t seen a great deal of activity of up and comers, lately. Until now. Created by startup fintech veterans with more than 60 years experience as a team, we now have a new Portland fintech startup to watch: quin… More
Portland startup Edify joins latest cohort of Techstars Seattle
Global startup accelerator program Techstars has grown to the size that there always seems to be an application period open or a new class starting. But there’s one Techstars program in particular that often has a Portland startup among its cohort: Techstars Seattle. And the 2021 cohort is no different. Portland’s Edify is part of this class… More
A Kids Book About podcasts… or is it A Kids Podcast About?
As reported by the Portland Business Journal, Portland startup A Kids Book About is going to be more than about books. The company is now branching out to develop a podcast network, as well… More
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