Week ending Jan 3, 2025 - Portland startup news

2025 starts right now for Portland startups. (Fun fact: It actually started a couple of days ago.) Given the cyclical nature of startup communities, Portland startups can look to 2025 as a positive continuation of the momentum built in 2024. It's less of a prediction. And more of a "I've been through this cycle before. Several times." PORTLAND STARTUP LINKS - Portland startup community 101 https://siliconflorist.com/2024/12/31/how-to-portland-startup-community-2025-edition/ - Oregon UAS Accelerator https://oregonuas.org/pages/apply-to-the-oregon-uas-accelerator - Startup Conversations in the Couve https://www.meetup.com/northbankinno/events/305271320/ - Kickoff 2025: Portland startup community https://www.meetup.com/pie-portland-startup-community/events/304781723/ - Seattle VCs on 2025 https://www.geekwire.com/2025/investor-predictions-2025-seattle-vcs-sound-off-on-ai-remote-work-and-citys-tech-ecosystem/ PORTLAND STARTUP NEWS 00:00 Portland startup 2025 momentum 01:00 Portland startup community 101 03:25 Oregon UAS Accelerator applications are due 04:15 Startup Conversations in the Couve 06:45 Kickoff 2025: Portland startup community 10:40 Rebooting  @piepdx  11:50 What Seattle VCs think about 2025 14:00 What are you working on…? FIND ME ON THE INTERNET AT… - https://bsky.app/profile/turoczy.bsky.social - https://linkedin.com/in/turoczy - https://patreon.com/turoczy ABOUT SILICON FLORIST ---------- For nearly two decades, Rick Turoczy has published Silicon Florist, a blog, newsletter, and podcast that covers entrepreneurs, 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 #pdx #portland #oregon #startup #entrepreneur