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This week in Portland startup news, a stealth startup comes out of stealth, Demolicious Champion of Champions, Sightglass secures $3M, a resource for all of your gift giving needs, an open source satellite project survive 10,000 Gs, and more. Last week in Portland startup news https://youtu.be/8baxGl0ZHck PORTLAND STARTUP LINKS - Oregon Makers gift list https://www.findthebizpath.com/gift-guide-2024 - Save the date https://www.meetup.com/pie-portland-startup-community/events/304781723/ - UpStart Collective https://upstartcollective.org/ - PSU cubesat https://www.oresat.org/ - 25 hard questions https://review.firstround.com/25-hard-questions-every-founder-should-ask-themselves/ PORTLAND STARTUP NEWS 00:00 Portland startup news 00:10 Oregon Makers gift list 01:12 Save the date 01:41 Portland startup Fairly is full of Vacasa alums — and $10M in funding 04:45 Sightglass raises $3M 07:55 Demolicious Champion of Champions crowned 11:25 UpStart Collective expands to Bend and Eugene 15:37 PSU cube satellite survives 10,000Gs 20:50 25 hard questions founders need to ask themselves 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 #startup #entrepreneur #entrepreneurship #portland

This week, the episode devolves into a short rant on Portland's RSVP culture, plus Portland startup news like Instrument and Vanport Studio collaborate to help three Portland startup product companies, two "save the date" reminders for January 2025, an Oregon Battle of the Books (OBOB) training assistant, your last reminder for the 2024 Demolicious Champion of Champions event, and more. Last week in Portland startup news: https://youtu.be/ubP1T1V8iFo PORTLAND STARTUP LINKS - Save the date for a Portland startup community gathering https://www.meetup.com/pie-portland-startup-community/events/304781723/ - Silicon Forest Tech Summit 2025 https://www.steamcircuit.com/ - Instrument Build Week https://www.instrument.com/latest/build-week-2024 - My take on the Vanport Studio and Instrument collab https://siliconflorist.com/2024/12/03/build-week-instrument-steps-up-to-help-the-portland-startup-community-and-plans-to-continue-doing-so-in-2025/ - OBOB Dog https://obob.dog - Demolicious Champion of Champions https://www.meetup.com/demolicious-portland/events/301736791/ - Oregon Makers Gift Guide 2024 https://www.findthebizpath.com/gift-guide-2024 PORTLAND STARTUP NEWS 00:00 Portland startup news 01:31 Silicon Forest Tech Summit 2025 07:05 Instrument collaborates with Vanport Studio 12:25 Oregon Battle of the Books trainer 15:45 A rant about Portland's RSVP culture 19:08 Demolicious Champion of Champions 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 #startup #entrepreneur

Starting off with a heads up about some important US startup and small business paperwork (BOIR) that's due by the end of the year to the US Federal Government. Other Portland startup news includes an upcoming Portland startup community gathering, a game show casting call from  @learnwithjason  , Demolicious Champion of Champions competition, and more… PORTLAND STARTUP LINKS - Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Beneficial Ownership Information https://www.fincen.gov/boi - Save the Date: Portland startup community gathering https://www.meetup.com/pie-portland-startup-community/events/304781723/ - Leet Heat casting call https://learnwithjason.notion.site/Web-Dev-Game-Show-Casting-Call-14622b3cab02803f9590ec00287fc50f - Learn with Jason https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnty0z0pNRDgnuoirYXnC5A - Digital Quality of Life https://om.co/2024/11/25/the-best-digital-city-in-america-is/ - Smaller states' VC https://news.crunchbase.com/venture/smaller-state-startup-scenes-gain-2024 - Demolicious Champion of Champions https://www.meetup.com/demolicious-portland/events/301736791/ PORTLAND STARTUP NEWS 00:00 Portland startup news 00:12 Due January 1, 2025: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network Beneficial Ownership Information 04:22 Save the date: Portland startup community gathering January 14, 2025 08:00 Casting call for web dev game show 12:45 Portland has a good "Digital Quality of Life" 15:55 Oregon VC is doing okay 19:12 2024 Demolicious Champion of Champions event 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 #startup #entrepreneur

It's difficult to deny that Bluesky is having a moment, but there's still plenty of Portland startup news to cover beyond Bluesky's meteoric rise. (Also, I've never understood the phrase "meteoric rise.") From pitch competitions to accelerator programs, there's plenty of Portland startup news this week.Miss Portland startup news last week…? I gotchu https://youtu.be/QK_GhDY_E2M PORTLAND STARTUP LINKS - Bluesky Starter Packs https://blueskydirectory.com/starter-packs/all - Portland starter packs - PDX Tech https://go.bsky.app/LYrfH44 - PIG (Portland Indie Game) Squad https://go.bsky.app/R9kkPYt - Portland https://go.bsky.app/Sr4hJBr - Portland! https://go.bsky.app/LLjy23m - Portland (PDX) https://go.bsky.app/72332w1 - Oregonians https://go.bsky.app/CE5vE5k - Rick Turoczy on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/turoczy.bsky.social - Silicon Florist on Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/@siliconflorist.com - Apply to the Oregon UAS Accelerator https://oregonuas.org/apply - My Peoples Market https://mypeoplesmarket.com/ PORTLAND STARTUP NEWS 00:00 Portland startup news intro 00:55 Bluesky feels like early Twitter 05:25 Oregon Startup Center Beaverton Startup Challenge 2025 09:55 Oregon UAS Accelerator applications 12:15 TiE Oregon Clackamas County Pitch 16:37 My Peoples Market 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 #startup #entrepreneur

This week in Portland startup news,  @AgilityRobotics  lands a new customer and investor, the winners of the 2024 OEN Entrepreneurship Awards, Radious offers Worksgiving, two hardware meetups, and more. PORTLAND STARTUP LINKS - Agility Robotics https://agilityrobotics.com/content/agility-robotics-announces-strategic-investment-and-agreement-with-motiontechnology-company-schaeffler-group - 2024 OEN Awards winners https://www.oen.org/2024/11/06/2024-oregon-entrepreneurship-awards-winners-announced/ - Radious Worksgiving https://hello.radious.pro/worksgiving - Portland Hardware Meetup https://www.meetup.com/portland-hardware-meetup/ - Hardware Happy Hour Portland https://www.meetup.com/hardware-happy-hour-3h-portland/ PORTLAND STARTUP NEWS 00:00 Portland startup news intro 00:20 Agility Robotics 02:50 2024 OEN Entrepreneurship Awards winners 06:05 Radious Worksgiving opportunities 10:34 Two hardware focused meetups 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 #startup #entrepreneur

This week… if you're a VC then Oregon could be your LP, Rogue Women reaffirms thesis, Oregon Venture Fund holds another pitch event, and Senator Ron Wyden sits down with AI Portland. PORTLAND STARTUP LINKS - Oregon seeks VC funds https://biznews.oregon.gov/acton/rif/14786/s-07ba-2410/-/l-0007:277e/l-0007/showPreparedMessage?sid=TV2:4g8sKYGlr - Caroline Lewis on Rogue Women https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7259972505296125952/ - Oregon Startup Center Nonprofit Incubator https://npi-b.org/ - Senator Ron Wyden at AI Portland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2v6sNQO_NI - Silicon Florist job board https://jobs.siliconflorist.com - OVF PDX AI Demo Night https://lu.ma/266jmzg1 - New [& Old] to Portland Tech Meetup https://www.meetup.com/portland-new-in-town-entrepreneurs-group/events/304382769 PORTLAND STARTUP NEWS 00:00 Portland startup news 01:05 Oregon seeks venture capital funds 03:33 Rogue Women fund reiterates focus 04:49 Oregon Startup Center Nonprofit Incubator 06:33 Senator Ron Wyden sits down with AI Portland 08:35 Leanpath is hiring 10:10 Oregon Venture Fund host AI pitch event 11:57 Portland tech meetup 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 #startup #entrepreneur

This week in Portland startup news, Agility Robotics ( @AgilityRobotics ) flirts with unicorn status and makes the cover of TIME, Trunknode causes some buzz, Oregon State University lands grant funding, SXSW ( @SXSW ) Pitch applications are due, and more. PORTLAND STARTUP LINKS - Agility Robotics https://agilityrobotics.com - TIME features Agility Robotics https://time.com/7099118/how-we-picked-best-inventions-2024/ - OSU lands NSF grant https://advantage.oregonstate.edu/feature-story/oregon-state-university-one-eight-universities-receive-nsf-i-corps-hub-grant - Trunknode https://trunknode.com/ - Salal https://salal.cognitivesurpl.us/ - Portland startup community docs https://github.com/portland-startups/docs/blob/master/index.rst - PIE Cookbook https://github.com/piepdx/pie-cookbook/ - TiE Oregon Clackamas County Pitch https://events.tie.org/Oregon/ClackamasCountyPitch - SXSW Pitch 2025 https://www.sxsw.com/pitch/Hat (not sponsored) by https://northleftlife.com/ PORTLAND STARTUP NEWS 00:00 Portland startup news 01:25 Agility Robotics 04:38 OSU NSF grant 06:53 Trunknode 10:19 Salal 14:20 TiE Oregon Clackamas County Pitch 18:11 SXSW Pitch 2025 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 #startup #entrepreneur #oregon #portland

What Venture Capital (VC) funds call Oregon home or invest in Portland startups? Platformr raises $2.5M, SXSW Pitch 2024, and the State of Oregon Joint Task Force on Artificial Intelligence. PORTLAND STARTUP LINKS - Venture Capital in Portland https://siliconflorist.com/2024/10/24/venture-capital-in-portland/ - Platformr https://platformr.cloud/platformr-secures-seed-round/ - SXSW Pitch https://sxsw.com/pitch - State of Oregon Joint Task Force on Artificial Intelligence https://apps.oregonlegislature.gov/liz/2023I1/Committees/JTFAI/Overview Not sponsored: Hat and caffeine by https://www.gayawakeningcoffee.com/ PORTLAND STARTUP NEWS 00:00 Portland startup news 02:30 Local Venture Capital funds that invest in Portland 18:10 Platformr raises $2.5M 20:05 SXSW Pitch 23:00 State of Oregon Joint Task Force on Artificial Intelligence 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 #venturecapital #startup

This week in Portland startup news, Bend Venture Conference and High Desert Innovation Week, Show Her the Money, Roux Portland, Portland Startups Slack social_beer, Demolicious, and more. PORTLAND STARTUP NEWS LINKS - Show Her the Money https://showherthemoneymovie.com/ - Roux Portland Map https://www.rouxportland.com/map - Portland Startups Slack https://pdxslack.com - Social Beer https://meetup.com/social_beer - Demolicious https://www.meetup.com/demolicious-portland/ PORTLAND STARTUP NEWS 00:00 Quiet week in the Portland startup community 00:18 Bend Venture Conference 01:12 Show Her the Money documentary on women and vc 3:03 Roux Portland map of women led food & beverage companies 4:27 Portland Startup Slack and # social_beer 07:15 Demolicious October 08:49 Willamette University is among the top 20 entrepreneurial MBA programs 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 #startup #entrepreneur #oregon

This week in Portland startup news, $60.5 million raised by Portland startups, Pitch Latino Portland 2024 names a winner — the crema of the crop — and Bend Venture Conference 2024 companies get ready to take the stage. (Sorry the video kept freezing. Like 5 different times. It's got a bit of a Max Headroom vibe going. At least the audio is solid.) PORTLAND STARTUP NEWS LINKS Latino Founders https://latinofounder.com TODOS Media    / @watchtodos   Crescendo https://crescendo.ai/ The Provenance Chain Network https://theprovenancechain.com Fordje https://fordje.com Bend Venture Conference https://bendvc.com OVF Fast Pitch https://lu.ma/slycvjk3 (Not sponsored) Hat by Altitude https://altitudebev.com/ PORTLAND STARTUP NEWS STORIES 00:00 Pitch Latino Portland 2024 05:46 Crescendo raises $50 million 08:26 The Provenance Chain Network raises $10.5 million 11:25 Fordje releases Code Clarifier 13:10 Bend Venture Conference 2024 competitors 19:00 Oregon Venture Fund Fast Pitch 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 (   • An introvert's guide to networking | ...  ). All because of a blog. Weird. https://siliconflorist.com#portland #startup #entrepreneur