Startups: Get Legally Aware; Tips From Tricia Meyer
When you have a bright idea with a ton of promise, it’s hard to imagine all the things that could go wrong… legally. Tricia Meyer has been an attorney and has been advising the start-up community in Chicago for more than a decade to help entrepreneurs cover their bases. The reason she understands an entrepreneur’s [...]... Read More
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Portland Seed Fund Parties Down After Demo Day
BY: Kathryn HoughPortland Seed Fund’s Demo Day and after party this week drew many startup fans away from their laptops for a few hours of celebration. After launching six startups on stage at the fund’s third demo day, the companies, their fans, and mentors converged at the after party at Base Camp Brewing Co.
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Vizify And BrandYourself Partner To Clean Up Your Google Search Results
BY: Kathryn HoughPortland-based Vizify, a graphical bio tool for showing the best of you online, is partnering with BrandYourself, an online reputation management service, to make sure that your beautiful Vizify bio ranks higher than the embarrassing Florida mugshot of someone you unfortunately share the same name with.
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How To Develop Customers Before Writing A Single Line Of Product Code
BY: Kathryn HoughIf you want to test your hypothesis and develop customers before writing a single line of product code, you’ll have to get out of your workspace and in front of real people who have real problems that your startup could potentially solve.
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Rick Turoczy Spotlights Portland’s Startup Scene At Bright Lights Talk
BY: Kathryn HoughLast night, Rick Turoczy of the Portland Incubator Experiment took that stage at Bright Lights: Discussions on the City to discuss the Portland startup scene. Turoczy has been living in Portland for 20 years.
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Oregon Venture Activity Down A Whopping 55 Percent
BY: Kathryn Hough2012 has been a bad year for venture activity in the city of Portland, which is just starting to step out of the shadows of northwest technology behemoths San Francisco and Seattle. Venture funding was down statewide in Oregon 55% so far in 2012.
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Vizify Redesigns Mobile Experience To Help You Look Better At A Glance
BY: Kathryn HoughPortland-based personal data visualization startup Vizify rolled out real-time analytics and a redesigned mobile experience this week based on feedback from Vizify fans.
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Post To Instagram And Get Paid With Portland-Based Chirpify
BY: Kathryn HoughPortland-based Chirpify launched a new feature this week that allows people to monetize their Instagram feeds. Chirpify allows in-stream transactions by integrating with PayPal and taking 5% of each transaction.
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Treehouse Doubles Down On Scholarship Funding By Offering $6 Million To Students
BY: Kathryn HoughTreehouse, and web-based platform that teaches users technology skills like web and mobile development, just doubled down on their $3 million scholarship giveaway. Now, the company is offering a total of $6 million to students who want to learn to code while enrolled in school.
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Geoloqi Becomes Esri Research and Development Center in Portland Following Acquisition
BY: Kathryn HoughGeographic information systems giant Esri announced this week that it has acquired Portland-based location-based services startup Geoloqi. The terms of the deal are not available to the public.
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Portland-Based Prestobox Automates Brand Identity For Small Businesses
BY: Kathryn HoughWhen it comes to branding, small business owners often have no clue where to start. But where should they turn for help? Enter Prestobox, a company that automates brand identity.
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Celebrating Ingenuity At Portland’s Mini Maker Faire
BY: Kathryn HoughThe Mini Maker Faire events happen in cities across the world as part of the larger Maker Faire movement based on the original faire held in San Mateo, California in 2006. Unlike art fairs where the work is available to purchase and not to touch, Maker Faires are meant to be experienced.
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Smart Cars Go Mainstream With Car2go
BY: Kathryn HoughIf you’ve ever seen a smart car zipping around town, it can be hard not to point and laugh. But a new service called car2go is actually making smart cars look cool thanks to their technology forward user experience.
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