Week ending Jul 19, 2024 - Portland startup news

This week in Portland startup news… a new startup studio provides services for Portland startups, Prosper Portland opens an Office of Small Business, VC Diane Fraiman sits down with TAO, Oregon Venture Fund explains their process, and ways to get connected in the Portland startup community. Last week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA-Myn8KBh0&list=PLr9gWRSfZqd5MCHp_nvvcsxXKRdqVtexz&index=1&pp=gAQBiAQB LINKS - Vanport Studio https://vanportstudio.com - TAO: Diane Fraiman https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpGC7R5AfJc - Oregon Venture Fund https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUPL3W8owFA - Connect with the Portland startup community https://siliconflorist.com/2024/07/17/summer-refresh-engaging-with-the-portland-startup-community/ PORTLAND STARTUP NEWS 00:00 New startup studio to support Portland startups 06:30 Prosper Portland Office of Small Business seeks leader 11:10 TAO talks with Diane Fraiman of Voyager Capital 12:32 Oregon Venture Fund process 14:27 Connecting with the Portland startup community 16:47 Demolicious is next week at UpStart Collective 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 #oregon