Week ending Jan 19, 2024 - Portland startup news

Portland, Oregon, startup news - Silicon Florist

This week, we lost a member of the startup community, PitchBlack sells out, Lewis & Clark Winterim 2024 winners, the Silicon Forest Tech Summit, and AI startup WiseOx powers a new AI Portland startup community concierge named Rosie 🌹 PORTLAND STARTUP AND TECH NEWS 2024-01-19 00:00 Portland, Oregon, startup and tech news 00:26 RIP John Skelly https://gofund.me/5e05c02e 01:10 Portland winter weather impacts events 01:30 PitchBlack 2024 is sold out — but there's a waitlist https://pitchblackpdx.com 02:32 Inaugural Silicon Forest Tech Summit https://www.steamcircuit.com/ 03:53 Winners from Lewis & Clark Bates Center Winterim 06:13 An AI concierge answers Portland startup questions https://sflo.me/rosie 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