Week ending December 5, 2025 - Oregon startup news

This week, I share the most consistently underrated, undercapitalized, and under-resourced startups that could save the Oregon economy, the Oregon governor reveals the Oregon Prosperity plan, Demolicious Champion of Champions is almost here, Seattle hates AI, build the thing because you want to, and a few secrets. Let’s get into it…

OREGON STARTUP NEWS

• 00:00 Portland startup news
• 00:43 My Peoples Market Holiday Market
• 01:50 Jason Lengstorf
• 02:40 Oregon AI Accelerator
• 03:50 Oregon Prosperity Plan
• 06:22 An open invitation to Governor Kotek
• 10:00 My rant
• 11:45 Why food and beverage startups?
• 14:23 Demolicious Champion of Champions 2025
• 15:45 Meet me at Demolicious
• 17:10 Some interesting posts
• 22:07 Be the life of your holiday parties

OREGON STARTUP LINKS

• My People’s Market https://www.mypeoplesmarket.com/
• Jason Lengstorf https://www.addevent.com/event/fszfvjryt0qg
• Oregon AI Accelerator https://oregonaiaccelerator.com
• PBJ on Oregon Prosperity plan https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2025/12/03/prosperity-roadmap-kotek-business-leaders.html
• Demolicious https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/32941153/demoliciouschampion-of-champions-portland-mcmenamins-mission-theater
• Seattle hates AI https://jonready.com/blog/posts/everyone-in-seattle-hates-ai.html
• Brittany Ellich https://brittanyellich.com/build-the-thing/
• Patreon (Code: 89D3E) https://patreon.com/turoczy
• Silicon Florist job board https://jobs.siliconflorist.com/

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