Week ending Jan 24, 2025 - Portland startup news

You can't go buying ads on Bluesky… or can you? Graze is your answer. Plus a $53 million startup exit, a sold out Silicon Forest Tech Summit, and Oregon Startup Center hiring a new executive director. It's short week in the US, but it's still chock full of Portland startup news.PORTLAND STARTUP NEWS LINKS- Graze for Bluesky https://graze.social- Become a Graze launch partner https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1bSnp0YX7qSM1s-sOtdpdx-PsgYihPF7RIKR3BY0gAtI/edit- April 8 Save the date https://www.meetup.com/pie-portland-startup-community/events/305535888/ PORTLAND STARTUP NEWS00:00 Intro00:57 Biggest story of the week03:11 Buying ads on Bluesky06:15 Silicon Forest Tech Summit 2025 is sold out09:45 $53 million startup acquisition12:23 Lead a local startup support organization FIND ME ON THE INTERNET AT… - https://bsky.app/profile/turoczy.bsky.social - https://linkedin.com/in/turoczy - https://siliconflorist.substack.com/ - https://patreon.com/turoczy ABOUT SILICON FLORIST ---------- For nearly two decades, Rick Turoczy has published Silicon Florist, a blog, newsletter, and podcast that covers entrepreneurs, founders, startups, entrepreneurship, tech, news, and events in the Portland, Oregon, startup community. Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur, a startup or tech enthusiast, or simply intrigued by Portland's startup culture, Silicon Florist is your go-to source for the latest news, events, jobs, and opportunities in Portland Oregon's flourishing tech and startup scene. Join us in exploring the innovative world of startups in Portland, where creativity and collaboration meet. ABOUT RICK TUROCZY ---------- Rick Turoczy has been working in, on, and around the Portland, Oregon, startup community for nearly 30 years. He has been recognized as one of the “OG”s of startup ecosystem building by the Kauffman Foundation. And he has been humbled by any number of opportunities to speak on stages from SXSW to INBOUND and from Kobe, Japan, to Muscat, Oman, including an opportunity to share his views on community building on the TEDxPortland stage (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj98mr_wUA0). All because of a blog. Weird. https://siliconflorist.com #pdx #portland #oregon #startup #entrepreneur