Every February, Stephen Green celebrates a series of amazing folks for Black History Month by posting one post a day for the entire month. This year, he focused his efforts on folks who participate…

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Kivo keeps a pretty low profile. Even though they are composed of a number of experienced alums from the Portland startup community. Which is likely the reason that investors have decided to invest…

It’s that time of year. When we’re all thinking about how to make the next 52 weeks better than the last 52 weeks. Often, that means you’re overcome with a desire to get more enga…

If you’re at anyway online, you’ve encountered your fair share or “bots.” And with the advent of accessible AI solutions, we’ve seen an exponential increase in bots — …

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You know me. I always love when startup founders get back on the startup path and start building something new. Experience matters. Even if it’s a whole new AI world. And that’s why I&#…

Typical startup accelerator programs usually have an average of 10 startups in a single cohort. The Oregon UAS Accelerator…? Slightly more for this batch. They just revealed the 34 companies that w…

The Portland startup community has its fair share of “firsts.” Those early concepts — from coining “Web 2.0” to the earliest versions of what would become SaaS — didn’…

Twelve startups took the stage last night at the Mission Theater. Each pitched their heart out for 5 minutes. Some even attempted to pitch longer. But when the dust settled and the votes were tabul…

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It always nice to see local founders getting an exit. But seeing one Portland startup acquire another Portland startup is a rarity. So that’s why it was really interesting to see that Brian F…

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Last reminder. If you’ve already submitted your application to the Oregon UAS Accelerator, then you can stop reading now. But, if you still have “Apply to the drone accelerator” o…

Paxton AI has been well recognized in the legal tech space for its innovative applications of AI. And yet, its founder, Bend’s Mike Ulin, felt the urge to do something else. So he left Paxton…

Have an event you’d like the Portland startup community to attend…? Well if it’s an event you can hold somewhere between May 11 and May 16, 2026, you may want to submit it to the Portla…

You know how it goes. You built that one presentation ages ago. And it kind of worked. But it requires customization everytime you want to share it with a new client — or VC. So you create a copy a…

We’ve definitely seen an uptick in investments for physical hardware companies that are working to innovate on computing — and address the lack of power for the needs of AI. The latest? Vanco…

If you’ve ever talked to me about startup accelerators, you know that my current take is that they need to have a focus. The “generic startups accelerator” game is over. Today&#82…

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There’s a champion. And then there’s the champion of champions. You know that champion that was named the champ once and then goes on to become the champion that defeats all the other c…