Silicon Florist 🌹 Startup community cheat sheet, Xcelerate seeks new leader

Issue 687

Mar 18, 2023

Contribute to the Portland startup community resource cheat sheet

No single one of us is as smart as a bunch of us. That was my thinking when I originally threw together this cheat sheet on Github to help document resources in the Portland startup community. The idea was that it would make it easier for folks to understand what was happening in Portland, what organizations supported startup activity, and potentially serve as a way to finally capture and quantify the actual startup activity around these parts — that allowed everyone to contribute… More

Nonprofit Xcelerate Women is hiring a new executive director

We’ve seen a lot of leadership changes in local nonprofits that interact with the startup community. Business for a Better Portland, OEN, TiE Oregon, and others have all had fairly recent shifts at the top. And now Xcelerate Women is joining the list as they seek new leadership… More

Advancing Portland: Reputation… morale - Portland Business Journal 🔒

Portland has lost its groove. Its mojo. Its luster. Take your pick.

We see it in the humanitarian crisis on the streets, the soaring gun violence, the social media posts of small businesses fixing broken windows day after day.

It has taken its toll on the collective consciousness and morale of the city… More 🔒

Rick Turoczy @turoczy

Twitter continues to taste like sad, lately. It's tough to get motivated to engage. And it's definitely fallen out of habit for me. But that may just be me. Hope it's working better for you.

💼 Jobs

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Rick Turoczy @turoczy

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