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Grubwithus Introduces Meal Topics To Grow User Engagement

The addition of topics will allow Grubwithus users to share an idea, question, or trending news story with the community, opening an online discussion between users that can lead to real-life interaction.

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Celebrating Ingenuity At Portland’s Mini Maker Faire

The 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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Empact 100 Brings America’s Top Young Entrepreneurs To America’s Capitol

On September 28, America’s top young entrepreneurs will be honored in Washington D.C. in what Empact co-founder and CEO Michael Simmons calls “the Academy Awards of entrepreneurship”. The event showcases entrepreneurs in the US age 30 and under with revenues over $100,000.

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Cíbola: Incubator Looking To Host Chicago’s Underrepresented Entrepreneurs

Cíbola is a new startup incubator that’s taking aim at the underrepresented individuals in the Chicago startup scene by offering extremely affordable working space in a diverse, growing neighborhood.

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Portland Technologists Partner To Teach Women Ruby On Rails

In almost every technology hub, there are more programming jobs available than there are people to fill them. Portland is no different. Last weekend, the programming community decided to take action by offering a two day free workshop to teach women Ruby on Rails.

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RareWire Pitching WIRE As New Standard For Mobile App Development

While RareWire’s initial success came from creating apps, their ultimate goal is coming to fruition later this year as they prepare to release WIRE as an open source platform.

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RidePost Pulls Social Ridesharing Into The Mainstream

South Carolina startup RidePost is looking to bring an affordable transportation alternative into the mainstream with the beta launch of its new ridesharing service this month.

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Salt Firing Nerf Gun Strikes Fear Into The Hearts Of Insects Everywhere

Forget flyswatters and rolled up newspapers. If you’ve ever wished you could blast that annoying fly out of the air with your expert aim from far across the room, artist/designer Lorenzo Maggiore has just the solution for you.

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The Node.js Community Calls BS On Geotagged Strip Club Conference Venue

What would normally seem like a childish prank based on Portland’s culture takes on extra meaning thanks to the increasing misogynist sentiment from the geek community.

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Protean: All The Cards In Your Wallet, On One Smart Card

Protean hopes to market a smart card that can emulate any card in your wallet directly to consumers by this winter.

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