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In the context of startup weekend, ‘mentors’ are folks who have graciously given up their weekend to come and offer advice to the participating teams.  Mentors come in all shapes, sizes, and degrees of real world experience. As such, tal...

Saturday Morning 9 (ish) am: I arrive at PSU Business Incubator with the intention of joining the ’12 carrots’ team. I do a walk of shame (unnoticed)  past the room of my former team in search of Marcie , the … Continue reading &r...

I remember telling my friend last Friday about how I was going to spend the coming weekend. After explaining what I imagined Startup Weekend to be all about, he said ‘It sounds like work!’ And in a sense, he was … Continue reading ...

Is you meet people willing to give you a Starbuck’s card just for putting the hashtag #pdxsw in your blog! Thanks hashtraffic!...

From what I’ve experienced, there are three businesses here in Portland, Oregon that ostensibly were granted a license to print money. One is Voodoo Doughnut. Witness the half hour long line in front of their store on any given day, … Co...