New web startup to call Portland home
I haven’t been very good about reading the paper recently. Mornings are usually spent working on my projects, then off to my job, then home with family and maybe a little more work at night. But, today...
View ArticlePutting Platial on the map
One of the perks of developing the Web 2.0 map has been the response from other Web 2.0 companies, both well known and those that had escaped my radar previously. I was amazed at some of the people...
View ArticlePortland Web Innovators
Adam got the ball rolling with his post. I’ll spread the word a little more here. We’re looking to start a new, more informal group for Portland web types to get together. Inspired by groups in Boston...
View ArticleOEF PubTalk: Seed Oregon
Wednesday night was a very rare night for me with two events in one night (more about PDX Web Innovators in the next post). As is often the case with OEF events, I heard about the Seed Oregon PubTalk...
View ArticlePDX Web Innovators
After rushing downtown to make the OEF PubTalk, I then rushed over the river for the first PDX Web Innovators meeting. It was interesting going to the PubTalk first because part of the vision I had for...
View ArticlePortland is #1
Portland is the best place to live. How do I know? Men’s Journal says so. Shhh… don’t tell anyone. Unless of course you want to move or launch your web startup here, I don’t mind having more of those...
View ArticlePortland Technology/Entrepreneur groups
Now that Portland is the best place to live, some people may want to move here. Because of that (but really because a couple people have asked recently), here are the various technology/entrepreneurial...
View ArticleAnother Portland entrepreneur’s group
Came across Starve Ups today, an interesting looking group focused on start-ups. Here’s the twist Unlike other organizations, Starve Ups membership is only open to the founders, management and core...
View ArticlePDX Web Innovators
The next PDX Web Innovators is tomorrow night, April 5. It will be great to catch up with everybody and meet the new faces. See ya then…
View ArticleWebvisions
I really enjoyed last year’s Webvisions with some interesting talks by Stewart Butterfield, BJ Fogg, Molly, Thomas Vander Wal and more. It looks like this year’s is rounding into form as well with Dan...
View ArticleAttensa a connected innovator (and other Portland thoughts)
How ironic that Attensa came up in a conversation I had today and then saw that it was named a connected innovator at this week’s SuperNova conference. Congrats Attensa! As you can see from the Web 2.0...
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Site9 lands funding
A couple weeks back, I noticed a piece in the Biz Journal feed about a web development firm called Site9 moving its corporate headquarters to Portland. I’ve never heard of them and from what I could...
View ArticleList of Seattle startups
Here’s a list of Seattle internet startups ranked by Alexa traffic (via Mike Davidson). Wow, that’s a long freakin’ list! P-town has a long way to go, and this is a great example for my point at the...
View ArticleMySpace founder from Portland
Along the same lines as the UserPlane founders, turns out Chris DeWolfe, one of the founders of the vaunted MySpace, grew up in Portland (via John Cook), before ultimately migrating south to make it big.
View ArticlePDX Web Innovators tonight
I wish I’d gotten to this sooner, but better late than never. Tonight is the night for the September PDX Web Innovators meeting. Check out the details at Upcoming.org. Would you look at that, we have a...
View ArticlenPost.com entrepreneur networking event
nPost.com is coming to town again next week with their second Portland networking event. I went to the first one in August and had a good time. This is a general entrepreneur event, along the lines of...
View ArticlePortland version of Bare Naked App
Zack Jenks, a portland web developer, is chronicling his experience building a web business. Much like the Carsons’ Bare Naked App, Zach shares his status and frustrations as the site comes together....
View ArticleNew Portland Web 2.0 startup
It’s rare that I get to use the Portland and Web 2.0 categories on this blog, so this is big news. The newest Portland Web 2.0 startup, stikkit, will be publicly unveiling at the Web 2.0 conference...
View ArticleMore Portland sites
I’ve got such a backlog of half-written posts, who knows when they’ll ever get completed. Does every blogger have long list of partially completed stuff? Here’s a quick link list though. This week has...
View ArticleNew features on OregonStartups.com
The OregonStartups site is beginning to come into the modern age. Up until now, the biggest value of the site is their weekly email newsletter, which includes the most extensive local business event...
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