Week ending Dec 6, 2024 - Portland startup news

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