RSVP required: https://ti.to/maxogden/data-rescue-pdx
Calling all computer programmers, scientists, librarians, data hoarders and civic technologists! Let's work towards supporting Internet Archive, Data.gov, University of Pennsylvania and the California Digital Library on various projects to back up open government and scientific datasets as part of the #datarefuge initiative.
Let max@maxogden.com know if your company would like to sponsor dinner!
We will be focusing on contributing to backup efforts for Climate Mirror as well as Data.gov.
This event is a volunteer effort to contribute to data back up efforts. By attending you agree to our Code of Conduct http://confcodeofconduct.com/ which we will enforce. Mozilla requires all attendees to provide their name a photo to enter their office.
This event is being organized by Max Ogden (Donut.js, The Dat Project), Danielle Robinson (OHSU/Mozilla Science Lab), Gabriela Rodríguez Beron and the rest of the Science Hack Day Portland and Donut.js communities.
Coderetreat.org is a self-organized, volunteer-led organization dedicated to enabling software developers to help each other improve their craft and teaming skills. Software developers of all sorts gather with their machines, IDEs and the ready-to-code Conway's Game of Life. A Coderetreat facilitator assists the developers during several 45-minute sessions throughout the day. Tanya Crenshaw and Jean Richardson will be teaming up to facilitate this Coderetreat. Tech Academy is donating space and providing breakfast and lunch for the event.
Come along for a day of codeplay in a supportive environment and help Coderetreat follow the sun during the global celebration of software development!
If you were there in October, we look forward to seeing you again. If you missed that event, grab your laptop, your favorite IDE, and come along. In response to feedback from the last session, we’ll be starting at 9am this time. Yes, we listen.
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PDXWIT is a community-based non-profit organization. Our purpose is to strengthen the Portland women in tech community by offering: educational programs, partnerships, mentorships, resources and opportunities. We are unifying a supportive environment for current and potential women in tech, all of whom are committed to helping each other. Our goal is to bring together and empower women in tech and to encourage others to pursue tech careers. This is our step towards reducing the gender imbalance in the industry and addressing the current negative effects of that imbalance on women.
The folks at Tinfish are offering up office hours.
You’re building something brilliant, but how do you get it in front of the people who want it? How do you connect with them in a meaningful way? How do you communicate the awesomeness that is your creation, in a way that is evocative to them?
If you want to succeed, if you want to bring the gloriousness you’re building to the people who want it, you have to connect with them. And in order to connect with them, you have to communicate with them about who you are, what you’re all about, and what you’re building. And you have to do it in a way that is evocative to them, that will resonate with them, inspire them.
During Startup Week, you can get expert advice on branding and communication strategy for your startup. Janet Hager of Tinfish Initiatives is offering free 45-minute one-on-one sessions during Startup Week. We’ll talk about what you’re building and who it’s for, and talk about ideas for how you can communicate, effectively and evocatively, with the people who matter most.
Book your session here: https://calendly.com/tinfish/tinfish-startup-week
Swing by the Pregame PDX Clubhouse in the Pearl to plug in, grab coffee, meet new people, and check out Portland's new HQ for entrepreneurs and growing businesses. You'll get a complimentary print edition of Pregame Magazine's Best of 2016 issue.
Sign up at http://www.pregamehq.com/open-events/
Are you building a business, a brand, or movement? Do you believe in making the world a better place, starting here in Portland? If so, please join us February 6 at Vacasa!
Innovate and Advocate is a full-day summit that brings together community leaders, local business success stories, and startup founders to talk, learn, and act on making the world both a more interesting and a better place. Join us!
You'll hear from 9+ amazing (local!) speakers, including Stephen Green, Beth Duckles, Ciara Pressler, Susan Shephard and may more! Topics covered during Innovate and Advocate will focus on laying a sustainable, ethical foundation for your business, growing your business well, and using tools to engage your customers.
Innovate and Advocate is for you if:
Tickets are free, but there are only 60! If you are an underrepresented person in tech or startups (POC, Trans, LGBTQ, veteran, woman, disabled, or other), please use code "inviteonly" - we have intentionally reserved 30 tickets to ensure that Innovate and Advocate is a diverse environment. We are developing our code of conduct, but are using Stumptown Syndicate as our model.
RSVPSeven Peaks Ventures — an active early stage fund from Bend, Oregon — will be traveling up to Portland to host open Office Hours, graciously hosted by our friends at Silicon Valley Bank.
It's Portland Startup Week! What better time to get the startup community together?
That's why Built Oregon, PIE, and Silicon Florist is using Startup Week as an opportunity to kick off a new year of Community Hour[s], our ongoing gatherings for all of the people who make up the entrepreneurial fabric of our community. We'll also be joined by our friends Cascade Angels. There is no agenda, panel, or discussion. It’s a time to relax and network with old friends and make new connections with your peers and across industries.
As much as we all love technology, we realize that community relationships are built through personal connections and shared stories. So we hope you’ll join us for a few minutes — or a couple of hours.
This will be a combined event with the XXcelerate Fund Meet 'n' Greet.
"Beer of Trust" is a key signing party with beer, and a chance to hang out and talk about PGP, encryption, and other related things!
What's a key-signing party?A key-signing party is a get-together with PGP users for the purpose of meeting other PGP users and signing each other's keys. This helps to extend the "web of trust" to a great degree. Also, it sometimes serves as a forum to discuss strong cryptography and related issues.
What if I don't have a key yet?If you don't have a PGP key yet, this is a good chance to get your feet wet. If you bring a computer, you can generate a test key at the event and experiment with sending messages to others there. It can be helpful to have someone present to walk you through the process the first time. It is recommended that you only generate a test key at the event, and later generate your real key in private. See below for links to some helpful resources for securely generating a key.
What do I need for this party?If you are bringing a key to sign, then make sure you bring:
At the event, you'll meet others, confirm their key ID in person, and swap key IDs with them. Later when you get home, you can download the full keys and sign them, then upload the signature to the keyserver or email it to them directly.
Part hackathon, part geek social, these biweekly meetings are a time for you to come join others for insight, inspiration or just insanity.
Bring your toys for others to see, or come see what others have been painstakingly chipping away at in their spare time.
Whether it's code or chips, hacking of all sorts is encouraged. But we also like to hear your crazy ideas, so please come join us and bring your willingness to share your brilliance.
We'll be the kids with all the coolest stuff on the table. Hope to see you there.
Designed for tech executives, but welcome to anyone, this meetup is a birds-of-a-feather discussion group for those who are looking to benefit from the shared experience of Vancouver’s tech community. Why so early? Because when you run a company or manage a team, your free time either happens before employees show up for work or at the end of the day (and the last thing you want to do after a day of meetings is entertain a group discussion).
Feel free to bring your breakfast and a mug; we will bring the coffee, creamer, and sugar.
RSVPWake-up and get your creative juices flowing! Join us on Tuesday, February 7th as Shashi Jain takes us through an interactive workshop where you will create a viable concept in about one hour!
Shashi will walk us through a couple of creative strategies designers utilize during the process of invention. This is your opportunity to match your “bugs” with your “passions” and turn it into a viable concept that you can take with you to expand on.
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NOTE: There is a cost to attend this session.
The folks at Tinfish are offering up office hours.
You’re building something brilliant, but how do you get it in front of the people who want it? How do you connect with them in a meaningful way? How do you communicate the awesomeness that is your creation, in a way that is evocative to them?
If you want to succeed, if you want to bring the gloriousness you’re building to the people who want it, you have to connect with them. And in order to connect with them, you have to communicate with them about who you are, what you’re all about, and what you’re building. And you have to do it in a way that is evocative to them, that will resonate with them, inspire them.
During Startup Week, you can get expert advice on branding and communication strategy for your startup. Janet Hager of Tinfish Initiatives is offering free 45-minute one-on-one sessions during Startup Week. We’ll talk about what you’re building and who it’s for, and talk about ideas for how you can communicate, effectively and evocatively, with the people who matter most.
Book your session here: https://calendly.com/tinfish/tinfish-startup-week
Portland Startup Week is happening again Feb. 6-10th and, as we did last year, Coffee w/ Co-Founders will meet during this incredible event.
The format is pretty laid back. Come by, grab a cup of coffee, and network with other business owners who are working on incredible projects. We can't wait to hear what you're working on!
Please be aware that we will need to be sensitive to Coava's normal customer traffic. As such, we'll do our best to confine ourselves to the wall in the back side of the shop.
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About Coffee w/ Co-Founders: As a business owner you are faced with many challenges. You're forced to make decisions every day that could make or break your business. Coffee w/ Co-Founders is a way to network with other Entrepreneurs to allow free flowing information with the intent to collaborate and help each other. So often we're challenged and there's very little we can do to express our challenges with the people we work with or the people we care about. Think of Coffee w/ Co-Founders as your own personal support group for business owners. We're all here to help!
The Portland Startup Women’s group recently launched a skillshare series called PowerUp Lunches designed to help you level up your skills and confidence as a kick-ass business women. Why lunch? It’s hard to fit everything into a day and you need to re-fuel anyway.
For Portland Startup Week, we’ll be hosting a public event open to all humans interested in leveling up and connecting with kick-ass women founders and entrepreneurs. Doors open at 11:30 and the session will start at noon and run an hour. Bring your own lunch.
Bonus: CENTRL East is offering free coworking for Startup Week, so you can stay and get work done after the lunch hour.
RSVPOur February meeting will focus on Entrepreneurial Innovation in Oregon and How to Fund It. We will have featured speakers panel of Maggie Finnerty, President and CEO of Oregon Entrepreneurs Network to discuss some of the trends one entrepreneurs in Oregon and Jon Maroney of the Oregon Angel Fund to discuss how Angel Investing in Oregon are funding many of these trends. Quests that will be addressed by this panel include: What are the areas prime for entrepreneurs? What resources are available to innovators? What policies could be enacted locally, regionally and statewide to encourage entrepreneurship and investing? What will be the next big thing both in innovation and in funding innovation?
They will also be discussing Angel Oregon 2017 where Early Stage or Concept Stage businesses have an opportunity to compete for cash awards (not loans, not equity, all cash) of up to $15,000 and a loan program of up to $250,000 not to mention hundreds of thoughts of dollars in in Angel Investing. Register today.
RSVPJoin Cole Reed of greenHAUS gallery and NXT Industries for a discussion on inspiring and supporting people who are interested in building activism and community service into their brand identity and business culture.
During Portland Startup Week, join us for a Happy Hour at OTBC in Beaverton. Meet some of our companies (including some of our 2017 Beaverton challenge companies), have a brew, and learn a bit about what we do out here are OTBC.
It’s easy to get to – just hop on MAX and get off at Beaverton Central, walk for 1 minute, and you’re here. Or drive – we have lots of free parking. Directions showing where to park (and where we are relative to MAX) are here.
Join The Tech Academy for a fun evening of networking and socializing!
Come test your skills at Foosball and ping pong with other great tech enthusiasts! There will be free beer, pizza and fun! Who doesn't love fun?
All are welcome!
We hope to see you there!
RSVPFighting Pretty creates “Pretty Packages” for women who are undergoing treatment, as well as for those who have completed treatment for breast cancer and need a beauty “pick me up.” Pretty Packages include beauty products, scarves, inspirational items, a journal and more. Most important, are our signature mini pink boxing gloves. We will be assembling the care packages with the volunteer staff.
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VanTechy is the social starting point for the Vancouver Tech scene.
The beginning of a startup is about people and ideas. VanTechy, is our local meeting point for meeting each other in a relaxed, casual format. Our goals include:
For beginners, VanTechy is where you should start.
For veterans, VanTechy is a place to share and mentor others.
Women Who Code is partnering with +Citizen, an experience and technology company, to host a panel on applying the principles of scrum and agile to our personal lives.
Our amazing panelists will be digging into the ways that they use software development methodologies to organize their lives outside of the office.
RSVPThe folks at Tinfish are offering up office hours.
You’re building something brilliant, but how do you get it in front of the people who want it? How do you connect with them in a meaningful way? How do you communicate the awesomeness that is your creation, in a way that is evocative to them?
If you want to succeed, if you want to bring the gloriousness you’re building to the people who want it, you have to connect with them. And in order to connect with them, you have to communicate with them about who you are, what you’re all about, and what you’re building. And you have to do it in a way that is evocative to them, that will resonate with them, inspire them.
During Startup Week, you can get expert advice on branding and communication strategy for your startup. Janet Hager of Tinfish Initiatives is offering free 45-minute one-on-one sessions during Startup Week. We’ll talk about what you’re building and who it’s for, and talk about ideas for how you can communicate, effectively and evocatively, with the people who matter most.
Book your session here: https://calendly.com/tinfish/tinfish-startup-week
Every week we have a new local entrepreneur building an amazing company here in Portland. They give a short presentation followed up with a great Q&A session where you get to ask questions and ask about the real challenges and triumphs behind the business.
As always we welcome everyone interested in startups and founders building great companies here in Portland.
Come and check it out and bring a friend.
NOTE: Event location is on the second floor
In today’s startups and emerging tech companies, we are asked to do more with less, be available 24/7, and act as “team players” as the company finds its market. Within these fast-paced, often male-dominated, environments — with few policies and often unclear reporting hierarchies — our ability to negotiate what we need to be successful is more important than ever.
Join Elizabeth Robillard, local Portland startup leader and VP of Partnerships & Operations at Lytics, for practical advice on how to manage your own career and how to negotiate for yourself more effectively.
Whether you are looking for new opportunities such as a promotion, better work/life balance, buy-in on a new project, more support, or credit for your work, this talk will offer concrete strategies on how to reach your goals.
NOTE: Men are welcome to attend, as well.
Coffee and bagels will be provided.
Can we buy lunch? Join Portland Lunch 2.0 sponsor StackPath and the rest of our community at CENTRL Office for a bite to eat, seeing old friends, and meeting new folks in our community. RSVP
As featured in the HTC press suite at CES 2017, dotdotdash and VRsenal are providing hands-on demonstrations of their amazing adaptions of peripheral tracking within VR. Experience the next generation of VR immersion within an amazing world exploration experience using a tracked camera and the most high impact gaming experiences coming to market with a tracked gun controller.
Welcome to attendees of PDX Startup Week!
dotdotdash: https://youtu.be/j3dRGoD_EXQ
vrsenal: https://youtu.be/Cpsv2CWObG0
Join us at CENTRL Office in the Pearl for an old fashioned Workfrom Wednesday in honor of Portland Startup Week.
Look for folks with Workfrom laptop stickers and spread out on the community tables. Come get some work done anytime between 1:30pm and 5:00pm.
Workfrom meetups are open to everyone working on anything. Bring your laptop, books, sketchpad ... whatever you need to be productive. Don't forget to clock in when you get here! There may just be a surprise waiting for you.
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Our PubTalk PitchFest is on! Featuring one-minute pitches from applicants to our OEN Angel Oregon Program, our PitchFest will introduce you to exciting new ideas from up-and-coming entrepreneurs.
The OEN PubTalk™ is our flagship monthly happy hour — a perfect starting point for new community members and a great place for established members to make new connections.
RSVPThe Write The Docs NA conference returns to Portland in May, and the deadline for proposals is February 10 (midnight PST).
For the third year, we'll give people who want to propose a chance to test things out, either by speaking briefly, or by brainstorming their proposals.
FYI, O'Reilly has an excellent guide to creating conference proposals, "Propose, Prepare, Present". If you navigate to http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920027096.do, you can get the eBook version for free.
We'll start with a brief networking session from 6-6:30.
At 6:30, I'll make a few announcements. Anyone who wants to try out a "preview" of a conference talk (5-10 min), or just present their draft proposal for comments, can speak to the group (or ask questions) after that.
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A Hack the Dot is a two-hour hackathon where coding school students, junior developers, experienced developers, marketers, designers and curious web people come together to build ideas around a domain name. Our events are meant to be a quick and fun way to build a humorous (and functional) product quickly while meeting people in your tech/startup community.
There will be pizza. And beer.
RSVPThe folks at Tinfish are offering up office hours.
You’re building something brilliant, but how do you get it in front of the people who want it? How do you connect with them in a meaningful way? How do you communicate the awesomeness that is your creation, in a way that is evocative to them?
If you want to succeed, if you want to bring the gloriousness you’re building to the people who want it, you have to connect with them. And in order to connect with them, you have to communicate with them about who you are, what you’re all about, and what you’re building. And you have to do it in a way that is evocative to them, that will resonate with them, inspire them.
During Startup Week, you can get expert advice on branding and communication strategy for your startup. Janet Hager of Tinfish Initiatives is offering free 45-minute one-on-one sessions during Startup Week. We’ll talk about what you’re building and who it’s for, and talk about ideas for how you can communicate, effectively and evocatively, with the people who matter most.
Book your session here: https://calendly.com/tinfish/tinfish-startup-week
This 60-minute workshop is all about GOALS: why we need them, what we're doing wrong, and how to crush your challenges. Created specifically for startups, Pregame founder Ciara Pressler shares best practices from over a decade of working with hundreds of entrepreneurs and executives on creating their Game Plan.
You'll walk away with:
Pregame is your headquarters away from the hustle to work out your ideas, pump up your strategy, flex your knowledge, get expert perspective, overcome your obstacles, and meet like-minded players. Our members are entrepreneurs, executives, designers, creators, and experienced professionals who believe in creating our own success. If you're working toward extraordinary goals, we'll show you how to elevate your game.
Sign up at http://www.pregamehq.com/open-events/
Brahma Capital invites you to join a panel discussion on how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning have and will continue to will impact the legal profession. If you have ever used a form to draft a document for a client then you need to understand how advanced in AI will soon impact your practice. AI is poised to be the biggest disruptor of the legal world in recent history and firms willing to adopt this technology are poised to make tremendous financial gains and deliver better service to their clients.
If you are not a lawyer but interested in AI and machine learning applications this panel will discuss how natural language processing, text mining and sentiment analysis are being used to generate high level analytical reports previously considered impossible. Brahma is actively hiring and interviewing qualified programmers.
In March 2017, Brahma will be announcing their new AI platform which will handle several routine areas of simple and complex litigation and transactional work.
Come get a sneak peek into their approach and learn how AI can allow innovative firms to focus on higher dollar transactions and deliver better value to their clients. This interactive panel will feature attorneys John Grant of Fisher Phillips and Riley Gombart of Kell, Alterman & Runstein and Brahma Capital partners Arun Joshi and Rob Bart.
You have a big idea, maybe even a co-founder. Now you're ready to Pitch for a Beer and get frank and fast feedback from Portland Seed Fund managers, investors and alums!
How it works: No sign-up required. First 12 entrepreneurs to arrive will get 5-min power sessions with PSF managers Jim Huston, Angela Jackson and Jenn Lynch. Ringler booths will be filled with PSF alumni founders and mentors, so additional rotations give you extra feedback.
Everyone gets pizza (and a beer!)
Join Nike Digital for the next event in our Nike Tech Talks series on Thursday, February 9th from 4:30-6:30pm!
The Shape of Revolutions: How Things Change Ellen Friedman | MapR Consultant, Author, and Apache Software Foundation Committer @ellen_friedman
There’s a revolution underway in how people work with data. For one thing, streaming data is no longer seen as a special use case – and that’s a good thing because streaming is a better fit to the way life happens. Stream-first architectures are useful even beyond real-time processing. Another big idea has to do with where data lives: the big data revolution showed us that data structures spanning more than one machine are a good thing. But a new revolution involves data structures that span more than one continent (geo-distribution) and that go from on-premise to cloud.
In this talk, Ellen will tell a few stories that show how innovation with real impact can happen, including the shift in thinking and in engineering culture that underlie successful change. We’ll look at emerging technologies and how best to use them, new designs in architecture, and flexible practices such as a microservices style that have huge implications in IoT and other large-scale analytical workflows.
During the 10th installment of “The Perfect Pitch,” Tom Kingsley will cover the final installment – Exit and Ask
The Exit and Ask will consist of: How you expect to cash investors out, recent comparable examples, basic ask terms, the amount, form of investment, bullet points on use of funds.
Pitch Club is an ongoing series where entrepreneurs can practice their pitch and business plan. Tom Kingsley creates a dynamic and realistic environment to deeply understand what the investors are looking for and role-play being an investor to other entrepreneurs.
There is no need to have attended the other installments to attend this one – we look forward to seeing you there!
RSVPBring your computer and your Python projects and come hack with us from 6:30-8:30pm on second Thursdays!
Never written Python before? No problem. There will be Pythonistas at the ready to mentor beginners. Anyone at any level of Python experience is welcome and invited to join us!
**Note: Please RSVP if you're planning to come so we can set up the right number of tables and chairs. :)
NOTE: Entrance door is on the river side of the building.
Please join us for a colloquium reviewing and discussing results of the recent Augmented/Virtual Reality Residency held at Oregon Story Board. Participating artists will be attending via Skype or in person as schedule permits; the agenda includes both artist presentations as well as group discussion amongst all attendees.
The colloquium will combine a review of residents’ research and experimentation during the residency with discussion centered on topics such as: What does AR/VR allow artists to do that wasn’t possible before? Does the technology contribute positively, negatively, or neutrally to artistic practice? Are the technologies tools, mediums, subject matter or does it not matter? How does AR/VR expand and provoke artistic capabilities?
The objective of the colloquium is to share learning of the residents and organizers with a broader group, and to inject that group's experiences and questions into future iterations of the residency. Results will be summarized in a short record of proceedings for public release a few weeks after the colloquium.
Attendance is limited to approximately 30 participants. You are not required to attend for the entire day.
If your ability to attend changes, please send a note to welcome@upforgallery.com.
What better time to start our Bootstrap Startup community by having our first event during Portland Startup Week!
Our first event will be casual coffee and conversation. Come, meet fellow people passionate about bootstrapped tech startups.
Also, take this opportunity to help shape this community as it starts and grows!
Let's meet at Cup & Bar.
Please be respectful to this fantastic cafe...buy a cup of coffee...and their food is delicious!
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Join us for a free digital marketing strategy session with David Baer at NXT Industries the Lab. Drop in to have one on one or group discussion.
Coffee and tea provided.
Startups provide plenty of opportunities for high stress situations and miscommunication. Being able to communicate clearly and effectively is the only way to cut through confusion. During Jessica Macklin’s Cofounder Communication workshop, you’ll learn communication techniques you can blend into your daily emails, chats, and calls.
Jessica Macklin, MA, CADCI, LPC is a therapist specializing in counseling for non-traditional lifestyles. You can contact Jessica at OffbeatTherapy.com.
Calling the founders of Oregon startups! It is clear you deserve a break, a chance to network solely with other founders, to hear from some of the great new and existing startups in town, and not pay for food, drinks, or an entrance fee for once. Join your peers for Starve Ups Founders Happy Hour, once a quarter, at the Starve Ups offices at WeWork. We will be providing local eats, beverages, music, and as always proven peer mentoring. Sponsored in partnership with the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network, join us for an evening celebrating the close of 2017 Startup Week.
RSVPKick-off your year of entrepreneurship at PSU with a fun, intensive two-day session! Meet your peers, join a team, start a company.
Cost: $10 per student (includes 4 meals and snacks)
