The Oscars are coming up. And while the biggest stories are always about who won what, there’s always a subplot—a techie subplot at that—that arises every year. Academy members get to vote on the movies to determine who wins. But in order to see all of the movies, the Academy members have to get “scr

As a wise person once said, “A rolling PIE gathers no moss.” Wait what? No one ever said that. I don’t think. Maybe they did. But I’ve no idea why. Well anyway, right on the heels of launching eight new startups into the Portland startup scene, PIE (Portland Incubator Experiment) has announced that t

It’s always nice to have your investors highlighting the fact that that they’re putting money into your company. And that’s why it was great to see the Keiretsu Forum Northwest championing their investment in a couple of Oregon tech startups, 4-tell and CrowdCompass. “In has been a banner year for Ke

Earlier this month, PIE (Portland Incubator Experiment) graduated eight new startups into the Portland tech scene—as each company took the stage to tell their stories. If you want, you can catch all of the PIE pitches in their entirety. But if you’d like a Cliff’s Notes version, the folks at Meet the Start

Molly Young of The Oregonian highlighted Bend’s VentureBox today, a new accelerator in central Oregon. The new accelerator takes the typical startup accelerator models—like Portland Seed Fund, Upstart Labs, and PIE—in a different direction. Like 180 degrees different. Now, before I say anything more, it

In just a two weeks, Portland will be hosting NodePDX—a software conference for the Node.js community. Over the last few months there have been major releases, advances, and products delivered around Node.js. From increased support across dozens of platforms, integration into PaaS… even full Windows Server and Windo

If you’re in an early stage startup, you’ve probably heard of AngelList. If you haven’t, you should check it out. It’s the best way for early stage companies to get in front of early stage investors. In a way that makes it both comfortable and natural for both parties. Well, now, Angel List has relea

If you look really closely at a recent CNN post entitled “50 new tech tools you should know about,” you’ll see a little glimmer of Portland in there. No, not there. Right there. Yep, Portland’s Gramfeed gets a mention and Vizify gets a nod in that list of 50. For their work on Tweetsheet among

It’s that time again. Well, yeah. Time for slaughtering Fight Club quotes to make goofy headlines. But it’s also time for another Pitch Club, this Thursday. That’s right. Every startup’s favorite way to practice their pitch in front of their peers—and to get the feedback they need to hone their

Continuing our discussions with Portland mayoral candidates, we sit down today with Jefferson Smith. Folks know Jefferson as a born and bred Portlander, a member of the Oregon legislature, and a the founder of the Bus Project. But there are a few things you might not know about Jefferson, including his view on the Portland

The Ignite format is a popular one with the tech types. And why wouldn’t it be? Presenting twenty slides in five minutes, conveying a topic about which you are exceptionally passionate? That’s awesome for both the presenter and the audience. And that’s why SAO has adopted that format for SAO TechIgnite. An

It’s a well-known fact that Portland has a ton of open source activity, from projects to user groups to events. And one of the best events is our own homegrown conference, Open Source Bridge. What makes the OS Bridge so good? Well, the talks for one thing. And now, you have a chance to be

If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times: Given Portland’s aggressive humility, we often fail to do an adequate job of celebrating our startup successes. But that—happily—is beginning to change. Now, mayoral candidate Eileen Brady would like to help the Portland startup scene celebra

It’s been a busy week for Portland’s PIE startups what with PIE Demo Day and a trip down to Google. But it seemed the perfect time to catch up with Alexis Peterka of Stayhound, one of the startups that just graduated from PIE. What’s Stayhound? Well, why don’t we let Alexis give you the story?

One of the biggest stories to come out of PIE Demo Day, yesterday, was VendScreen securing $12 million in Series A financing. That’s a huge amount of money for a startup coming out of an incubator. And if you watch VendScreen’s pitch, you’ll understand why. Using the Android operating system to revolutioni

September 1, 2011, doesn’t seem terribly long ago. But a whole crop of PIE (Portland Incubator Experiment) startups has come into being since then. And now, they’re ready to share their stories with you out there in TV land or livestream land or whatever. Tune in at 2:30 PM Pacific Time right here to catch

News came this week that Portland’s Urban Airship was simplifying its service offering by incorporating SimpleGeo functionality into its high performance push offerings and shuttering the separate SimpleGeo service. In the interim, they were helping customers transition to new services using Factual as a stop gap. Wel

A little over three months ago, a group of aspiring entrepreneurs joined in an experiment called PIE, the Portland Incubator Experiment. After three months of mucking, mentoring, and molding, these eight startups are prepared to take the stage and launch their companies, on January 17. And you’re invited join them. A

Our Senator Ron Wyden is doing his part to stop SOPA—the incredibly inane bill that would cripple the Internet we know and love—but what can you, ordinary concerned citizen do? Well, you can change your Twitter avatar to reflect your Stop SOPA leanings, for one thing. That’s right. You can join thousands o

And the hits just keep on coming. Fast on the heels of Portland Seed Fund alum Vizify closing a round, PSF alum 4-Tell announced today that they had closed a $1 million round. Erik Siemers at the Portland Business Journal broke the news. Individual investors in the round include Craig Froude, former CEO of WebMD;

Good news for all of you startups who applied for the Portland Seed Fund. The PSF now has more funding for, um, funding. According to The Oregonian, the Portland Development Commission has allocated an additional $200,000 in funding for the PSF. The Portland Development Commission voted unanimously Wednesday to approve a $2

Sometimes, side projects become startups. But what happens when a startup has an interesting side project? That’s what happened to Ken Westin and his company GadgetTrak. The result? Their latest product, CameraTrace. Part of Ken’s role with GadgetTrak involves teaching law enforcement how to use the types of inf

It’s been an amazing run for Portland startups over the last few months. And that activity has raised the visibility for the town, the entrepreneurs, and the investors. It’s also got a lot of folks asking, “How do I get involved?” and “How can I invest?” Well, if you’re asking those

While green energy may be a little out of my range, I couldn’t resist covering this. ClearEdge Power—which makes onsite power systems—has signed a $500 million deal with Güssing Renewable Energy GmbH, a provider of carbon-neutral energy solutions. Headquartered in the Austrian town of Güssing, the first

One of the biggest backchannel conversations of 2011 was the drama around Silicon Lumberjack, a blog designed to cover the Portland tech scene without pulling punches. First it was on Tumblr. And then it was on WordPress. But it was always anonymous. Until now. Robert Wagner, creator of the popular Portland Sucks podcast an

It’s a well known fact that the Internet was created for two reasons: 1) To share videos of embarrassing moments and 2) To share pictures of cats. A close third is telling people what you had for lunch. But we’re not discussing that here. So given 1 and 2, what if there were a site

If I said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times. Portland loves it some Instagram. So much so that I would venture a guess that we have more Instagram users per capita than any city in the world. I mean, it’s probably installed on every single iPhone in town. Bar none. Well now, Instagram

News out of Portland-based Janrain today, that might not be shocking but it’s definitely telling. A new social identity study by Portland’s Blue Research indicates that four out of five folks hate having to create new logins at new sites. As luck would have it, Janrain fixes that. The findings indicate that cons

While we love chatting with startups, we also enjoy getting to know the folks who provide foundational support for the startup scene, here in town. One of those companies who helps startups—and sponsors Meet the Startup—is Silicon Valley Bank. For more information, visit Silicon Valley Bank, follow @SVB_Financia

It’s been awhile, hasn’t it? Well, get ready. Because Ignite Portland is back. And is it just me or are there a lot of tens today? Anyway, Ignite Portland 10 has announced the speakers for the next event. And here’s who will be sharing their burning ideas in five minute presentations. Clifton B – Wha