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ActiveTrak (formerly GadgetTrak) lands first round of funding for thief-nabbing technology
March 9, 2010 | Filed under Blog, Startups
One of the most interesting boostrapped companies I’ve followed during my tenure here on Silicon Florist has to be ActiveTrak (the startup formerly known as GadgetTrak). And honestly, I always saw them as a dark horse around here.
They have a compelling consumer-focused product that helps people recover stolen laptops and mobile phones. They get major [...]
Reminder: Oregon Film, Beam Development, Hive-FX Lunch 2.0 is Wednesday
March 8, 2010 | Filed under Blog, Startups
Friendly reminder, this Wednesday, March 10, Oregon Film, Beam Development and Hive-FX will be co-hosting Lunch 2.0 at Hive’s offices in the SE waterfront from 12 to 2 PM.
Hive is easy walking distance from AboutUs where we were last month, in case you need some geographical perspective.
This lunch should be interesting, since it theoretically combines several different local [...]
Reminder: Oregon Film, Beam Development, Hive-FX Lunch 2.0 is Wednesday
March 8, 2010 | Filed under Blog, Startups
Friendly reminder, this Wednesday, March 10, Oregon Film, Beam Development and Hive-FX will be co-hosting Lunch 2.0 at Hive’s offices in the SE waterfront from 12 to 2 PM.
Hive is easy walking distance from AboutUs where we were last month, in case you need some geographical perspective.
This lunch should be interesting, since it theoretically combines several different local [...]
Reminder: Oregon Film, Beam Development, Hive-FX Lunch 2.0 is Wednesday
March 8, 2010 | Filed under Blog, Startups
Friendly reminder, this Wednesday, March 10, Oregon Film, Beam Development and Hive-FX will be co-hosting Lunch 2.0 at Hive’s offices in the SE waterfront from 12 to 2 PM.
Hive is easy walking distance from AboutUs where we were last month, in case you need some geographical perspective.
This lunch should be interesting, since it theoretically combines several different local [...]
OEN’s Angel Oregon 2010 and the state of startups and capital in Portland from Carolynn Duncan of Portland Ten
March 8, 2010 | Filed under Blog, Startups
[Editor's note: Thanks to Carolynn Duncan, Director, Portland Ten, for her assistance in covering OEN's Angel Oregon, last week. Her recap and insights follow.]
This year, I was invited to attend OEN’s Angel Oregon, chaired by Angela Jackson, and the Oregon Entrepreneurs’ Network, and to write a guest article highlighting the experience. My hope is that you’ll [...]
OEN’s Angel Oregon 2010 and the state of startups and capital in Portland from Carolynn Duncan of Portland Ten
March 8, 2010 | Filed under Blog, Startups
[Editor's note: Thanks to Carolynn Duncan, Director, Portland Ten, for her assistance in covering OEN's Angel Oregon, last week. Her recap and insights follow.]
This year, I was invited to attend OEN’s Angel Oregon, chaired by Angela Jackson, and the Oregon Entrepreneurs’ Network, and to write a guest article highlighting the experience. My hope is that you’ll [...]
memePDX 027: Platial, Portland Lunch 2.0 with Oregon Film, ShopIgniter funding, Webtrends Facebook analytics, and a whole bunch of patents
March 6, 2010 | Filed under Blog, Startups
It’s Thursday. Oh yes it is. And It’s a post Ignite Portland Thursday at that. So you’re probably dragging a little. Looking for something to make you “appear busy.” Well, if watching people talk about the hottest tech stories in Portland and beyond will help you look that way, you’re in luck.
This week on memePDX, [...]
Open Source Bridge opens registration for 2010 event
March 5, 2010 | Filed under Blog, Startups
If you like open source—and I’m betting you do—there’s no better or more affordable conference than Open Source Bridge, the entirely volunteer run conference designed for open source citizens. And the four-day event—held June 1 – 4, 2010 at the Portland Art Museum—is even more affordable if you act now.
That’s right. Registration just opened. And [...]
memePDX 027: Platial, Portland Lunch 2.0 with Oregon Film, ShopIgniter funding, Webtrends Facebook analytics, and whole bunch of patents
March 4, 2010 | Filed under Blog, Startups
It’s Thursday. Oh yes it is. And It’s a post Ignite Portland Thursday at that. So you’re probably dragging a little. Looking for something to make you “appear busy.” Well, if watching people talk about the hottest tech stories in Portland and beyond will help you look that way, you’re in luck.
This week on memePDX, [...]
memePDX 027: Platial, Portland Lunch 2.0 with Oregon Film, ShopIgniter funding, Webtrends Facebook analytics, and whole bunch of patents
March 4, 2010 | Filed under Blog, Startups
It’s Thursday. Oh yes it is. And It’s a post Ignite Portland Thursday at that. So you’re probably dragging a little. Looking for something to make you “appear busy.” Well, if watching people talk about the hottest tech stories in Portland and beyond will help you look that way, you’re in luck.
This week on memePDX, [...]
Ignite Portland 8: How to win at Ignite or Tips and tricks for getting the most out of your Ignite experience
March 3, 2010 | Filed under Blog, Startups
Sometimes this content is so easy, it practically writes itself. Especially when I’m just repeating stuff I’ve written before. Again and again. But it bears repeating.
So you’ve reached that special time in your life. And you’re headed to Ignite Portland 8, tonight. Exciting isn’t it? You may be experiencing some funny feelings about Ignite.
That’s okay. [...]
We have ignition: Portland’s ShopIgniter secures $3 million in venture capital, snags new CEO from lead investor Madrona
March 3, 2010 | Filed under Blog, Startups
Well, well, well. Seems like today is an Ignite Portland day in more ways than one.
And it also seems that “can’t get funded in Portland” argument continues to spring leaks in 2010. First, Urban Airship found funding. And now Portland-based ShopIgniter—an open source ecommerce platform that’s betting on social media as the next big retail [...]
End of the road: Platial draws its social mapping pursuits to a close
March 2, 2010 | Filed under Blog, Startups
It’s never easy to write a story about a Portland startup shutting down. But it’s especially hard when it was one of the first of the new generation of startups—and one that secured funding. But that’s the post I’m having to compose right now.
You see, Portland-founded Platial—one of the first social mapping sites around—has reached [...]
Here, File File! Here file! Why are you so far away? C’mere file. Such a good file.
March 2, 2010 | Filed under Blog, Startups
We’ve all been there. That one document. The one you really needed. No, not that one. Not the one you grabbed. The one you actually needed. Yeah, that one. The one sitting on your Mac’s desktop at home, while you sit miles away at a meeting needing to access it.
What if getting to that file [...]
Top 10 Silicon Florist posts for February 2010
March 1, 2010 | Filed under Blog, Startups
While it’s a short month, there was a ton of big news that came out during February. Lots of stuff in bloom, to be sure. But one company, in particular, seemed to dominate the headlines: Urban Airship.
Why? Find out below as we recap the top stories for February.
Here are the top 10 posts according to [...]
Going to SXSW? Well then go to Beer and Blog Portland this week to see who else will be down there
February 25, 2010 | Filed under Blog, Startups
Every year about this time, you start to feel it. It’s drawing near. The largest geeky Web event of its kind. A sort of pilgrimage for the Web types. Where they all head down to, well, Texas of all places. To hang out, attend sessions, and socialize with other people of their ilk. That’s right. [...]
memePDX 026: Jive Software CEO, Dawn Foster joins MeeGo, Open Source Bridge, Yahoo! and Twitter, ngmoco raises $25 million
February 25, 2010 | Filed under Blog, Startups
Hey lookie there! It’s Thursday. And that means it’s time for another episode of memePDX. I mean, so you’ve got a little company during lunch. What’s more? It’s episode 26, which means we’ve reached a half a year of content. Yay for milestones!
This week, Cami Kaos and I talk about Jive Software’s new CEO, Dawn [...]
That new Tweetmeme follow button everyone is all gaga about? There’s some Portland-based Twitalyzer baked in there
February 23, 2010 | Filed under Blog, Startups
When it comes to Twitter, people get a little excited around these parts. In fact, we like to think of Portland as one of the most Twittery towns around. So when TweetMeme released a new “follow me” button that provides some interesting details about you and your Twitter account, it was no surprise that Portlanders—not [...]
That new Tweetmeme follow button everyone is all gaga about? There’s some Portland-based Twitalyzer baked in there
February 23, 2010 | Filed under Blog, Startups
When it comes to Twitter, people get a little excited around these parts. In fact, we like to think of Portland as one of the most Twittery towns around. So when TweetMeme released a new “follow me” button that provides some interesting details about you and your Twitter account, it was no surprise that Portlanders—not [...]
That new Tweetmeme follow button everyone is all gaga about? There’s some Portland-based Twitalyzer baked in there
February 23, 2010 | Filed under Blog, Startups
When it comes to Twitter, people get a little excited around these parts. In fact, we like to think of Portland as one of the most Twittery towns around. So when TweetMeme released a new “follow me” button that provides some interesting details about you and your Twitter account, it was no surprise that Portlanders—not [...]
Dawn Foster chosen to head up community management for MeeGo, the joint Intel and Nokia open source mobile platform
February 23, 2010 | Filed under Blog, Startups
You may remember some news last week that Intel had agreed to partner with Nokia to merge their two Linux-based open source mobile platforms—Moblin and Maemo, respectively—in the hopes of combining their efforts instead of working in parallel. The project was dubbed MeeGo. And I was intrigued. It’s kind of a startup of sorts. And [...]
Oh stewardess! I speak Jive: Tony Zingale replaces Dave Hersh as Jive Software CEO
February 22, 2010 | Filed under Blog, Startups
It’s no secret that one of the companies here in Portland that motivated me to start Silicon Florist was Jive Software. Back in 2007, it was on the cusp of something big—but still a bit rough around the edges. But as we watched, it grew and matured and focused and changed. Growing, shrinking, and then [...]
Your open source smarts needed in Portland: Open Source Bridge 2010 call for proposals now open
February 22, 2010 | Filed under Blog, Startups
Portland loves its events. And it loves its open source. And nowhere do those two things segue more nicely than with Portland’s own Open Source Bridge, the entirely volunteer run conference for open source citizens.
You may have heard that Open Source Brigde recently announced the dates for this year’s event would be June 1-4. Now, they [...]
Another Great Lunch 2.0 at AboutUs
February 18, 2010 | Filed under Blog, Startups
Yesterday, the great folks at AboutUs graciously opened their offices for the third time to Lunch 2.0, celebrating the second birthday of our Portland chapter.
I was curious, so I checked, and in the last two years, we’ve had 24 Lunch 2.0s, averaging one a month, just like I like it.
I always like going to AboutUs. [...]
Another Great Lunch 2.0 at AboutUs
February 18, 2010 | Filed under Blog, Startups
Yesterday, the great folks at AboutUs graciously opened their offices for the third time to Lunch 2.0, celebrating the second birthday of our Portland chapter.
I was curious, so I checked, and in the last two years, we’ve had 24 Lunch 2.0s, averaging one a month, just like I like it.
I always like going to AboutUs. [...]
