Week ending Feb 2, 2024 - Portland startup news

This week, we talk celebrating Black founders throughout Black History Month, GeekWire and TAO Oregon Tech Awards nominations, westside expansion for UpStart Collective, startup accelerators from VertueLab and RAIN Catalysts, and the Portland Winter Light Festival. PORTLAND STARTUP NEWS (FEB 2, 2024)

00:00 Portland Oregon startup and tech news

00:52 Black History Month "One founder each day"

02:10 PitchBlack 2024

02:44 First Friday at UpStart Collective

03:30 2024 GeekWire Awards nominations open

04:31 2024 TAO Oregon Tech Awards nominations open

05:50 UpStart Collective confirms westside expansion plans

07:42 Portland Winter Light Festival (PWLF) begins

08:43 RAIN Catalysts launches virtual startup accelerator

09:10 VertueLab launches 45 Camp Jumpstart accelerator

10:31 Oregon Trail, ChatGPT edition

11:35 Senator Ron Wyden calls out NSA purchasing data on citizens ABOUT SILICON FLORIST ---------- For nearly two decades, Rick Turoczy has published Silicon Florist, a blog and podcast that covers 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 #portland