How would you like to spend Superbowl weekend building applications that change the way people follow sports and interact with their favorite teams and fellow fans?
We're gathering developers, data crunchers and sports fans from across the Pacific northwest to converge on Portland to hack on sports themed projects. We will wrap things up early on Sunday and then set-up for an (optional) group viewing of the Superbowl!
Join PDX Code Guild for Startup Week Open House Party!
We’ll have refreshments, live acoustic blues, student demos, and hacking.
2626 SW Corbett Ave
Portland OR 97201
(next door to the Portland State University Business Accelerator)
PDX Code Guild harnesses the power of code to empower career-seekers, entrepreneurs and startups through a trio of services that include bootcamps for career-seekers and startup founders and a consulting team that turns ideas into exceptional software.
PDX Code Guild Bootcamps are immersive hands-on developer training programs. Students build their portfolio and receive individualized attention. Small class sizes and intensive instruction ensure students get the maximum results in the shortest amount of time.
PDX Code Guild serves the Portland Tech community by:
Keep this number in case you need directions: (541) 602-6215
The next PowerUp event is scheduled for February 3rd and the topic is TALENT. It’s going to be an open discussion with leaders from the start-up, growth-stage, investor, and non-profit communities. The panel for this event: Mat Ellis (Cloudability), Diane Fraiman (Voyager Capital), John Friess (Journey Fitness, Starve Ups), Janet LaBar (Greater Portland Inc.)
A few examples we are going to discuss:
Start-Up Company: How to get talent to “buy in” to the vision and join the team (with little or no funding)?
Growth-stage Company: How to keep talent – especially when other companies are trying to woo the talent?
Investor perspective: How does talent come into play when looking to place money and how to motivate talent when investment does comes in?
Community: How do we attract talent to PDX?
This event is part of the Startup Week PDX and we have a limited amount of seats available. The attendance is invite-only.
If you would like to attend, please email katrina.cunningham@immixlaw.com and she will put you on the RSVP list. There is already a wait-list, so if you want to attend, email her ASAP and we’ll get you in. The event is free.
Bios of the panel can be found here: http://powerupevents.org/
Epicodus is a 20 week, full time, in-person class on programming. You'll learn everything you need to know to get a job as a web developer or build your startup's app.
At Epicodus, you'll learn how to build web applications from top to bottom with modern technologies and practices. More importantly than any particular skill, though, you'll learn how to think like a programmer, write good code, and pick up new languages and technologies in this fast-changing industry.
We currently offer two courses: one covering PHP, JavaScript, and Drupal, and one covering Ruby, JavaScript, and Rails.
Stop in to meet our staff, see the classroom and ask lots of questions. And if you're working on the pre-class homework from learnhowtoprogram.com we can help with that!
Check out our FAQ: http://www.epicodus.com/faq.html
Demolicious returns for 2015 on February 3. Doors open 6:00, Demos start 7:00. Stick around afterwards for dinner, drinks and discussion.
Portlanders in web and mobile tech are creating cool new apps, services and companies. But we aren't sharing them nearly enough. Demolicious shines a well-deserved spotlight on some of the best work. Previous presenters have gone on to raise money from PIE, the Portland Seed Fund and other investors.
Demolicious is a free event open to the public, but for planning purposes we ask that you register your place. There are also booster and investor tickets that give you some special access and the extra-special feeling of supporting your tech community.Show Off Your Project
What are you working on? We all have our projects, sometimes on the side or othertimes taking up our every waking thoughts (and lots of our sleeping thoughts, too). If you have something cool to share, a new company to launch or a passion to promote, you will want to apply to demo at Demolicious.
Vote For Your Favorite Demos
Everything at Demolicious is good, but let's face it--one is just a little bit better than all the rest. The audience votes in a winner, who gets unprecedented glory. And a trophy.
Boost Your Tech Community
The most important thing you can do to support innovative technology in Portland is to come out to the Mission Theater and see Demolicious in action. If that's not enough, become a Demolicious Booster. Put your money on Demolicious and receive a drink ticket and special recognition at the event.
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/demolicious-portland-tickets-15447061577Join us at the Coworking space that is home to the six winners of the 2014 Startup PDX Challenge. Come to learn more about the annual startup competition and the six startups growing their companies.
For more information, visit Startup PDX Challenge.What better week to return downtown than for Portland Startup Week? http://portland.startupweek.co
We'll be meeting at Floyd's -- conveniently off the Max, near the bus and with plenty of bike parking and a short walk over the bridge for folks who like to park for free. There's also street & lot parking. It's also a short jaunt from the new Crowd Compass, where they're hosting this month's Lunch 2.0.http://www.meetup.com/Portland-Lunch-2-0/events/218705519/
More about Floyd's on Workfrom.co @https://workfrom.co/floyds-coffee-old-town
Find us sitting in the back room tables and booths. And if it's nice out, a few of us may sit outside. (There's power out there!) You'll recognize us by the Workfrom.co stickers on our laptops -- and friendly smiles.
This meetup is organized by the fine community of Workfrom.co members who believe in the freedom of choosing their workspace and supporting local business owners. If you haven't yet, join the community at https://workfrom.co/join
Can't make Wednesday or want to organize a meetup on a different day? Hit up Darren or Jewel and they'll hook you up.
How does the gaming and tech scene in Eugene effect what happens in Portland? How can Portland companies tap into the momentum in Bend? Is Roseburg the next entrepreneurial hub in the state? How can PDX startups connect more to the Gorge?
Oregon is a big state -- this we know. But what sometimes gets lost is how connected we all are.
Join Built Oregon as we host a panel discussion on the state of entrepreneurship around Oregon during Startup Week PDX. We will look to discuss how collaboration and awareness of what is happening in other regions can effect what happens in Portland, and vice versa.
Hot Lips Pizza will be served, and there will be a cash bar for beer, wine and soda
NOTE: This event is designed specifically for product managers. RSVP required.
Welcome to 2015! This is our first meetup of the year and I'm looking forward to meeting a number of new members in the group. In case you didn't notice we've passed 250 members and the vast majority are active PM's. I'm delighted to see the growth in the group and the conversations at each meetup are great. I've learned about a lot of new opportunities at various companies as well as had some great chats about product strategy.
For those of you new to the group, Pints with PDX Product Managers is a way to meet other PM's, product marketers, or product owners. Come to network, learn from other PM's, talk shop, and of course have a beer (on me!). As always, it'll be great to hear what everyone is working on these days, especially your thorny PM issues.
We're back at the wonderful Ex Novo Brewing Company. Ex Novo is a relatively new brewery located just north of the Rose Quarter in NE Portland. It's a non-profit brewery so the good news is the money spent there goes to a great cause. The beer is great and they have a meeting room upstairs that'll be perfect for us. There's street parking near the pub.
When you arrive, aim for the right side of the pub and head up the stairs. I'll try to have a sign or two for us to direct traffic.
Talk. Present. Talk some more.
If you'd like to present a connected project you're working on, or would like to work on, or wish someone else would work on, let me know and I'll add you to the agenda.
In the absence of presenters, this will just be a time to mingle and meet other people interested in the Internet of Things.
Want to launch your idea,startup and need the support of your community? Crowdfunding might be the solution. Join us for a discussion around crowdfunding.
Lets explore what crowdfunding is and what it is not. We will explore the good and the bad of crowdfunding.
We ask for a 15$ donation to cover venue and refreshments.
Name.com is heading to Portland Startup Week from Feb 2-6! To honor our Portland adventure, we're going to be taking over a coffee shop. What does this mean?! It means that you walk into the coffee shop, high five us, and we give you free coffee. Besides making high fives the official currency of coffee drink purchasing, we really just want to meet you, hang out, and give you some name.com (free t-shirt and/or domains anyone?!).
RSVP, let us know you're interested in going, and we'll email you once we've nailed down the location.
This information session is intended to provide an overview of the new law, and then spend time answering attendees' questions about how entrepreneurs might use Oregon's new Community Public Offering (CPO). Entrepreneurs may raise up to $250,000 from Oregon residents. This meeting is in preparation for our second Hatch Oregon cohort of entrepreneurs to make use of the CPO law.
Amy Pearl, Founder and Executive Director of Hatch Innovation, the non-profit community innovation lab behind Hatch Oregon, the web platform through which businesses can list their offerings and through which investors can view and invest in those offerings, will be leading this session, and then will be available for half-hour one-on-one sessions to answer specific questions.
The information session will take place from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. There will be an hour break for lunch, and then the afternoon will be spent in one-on-one sessions.
The cost to participate in the information session is $50. Each half hour one-on-one session with Amy is an additional $50.
Join us for a lively discussion on the challenges of building a world-class tech team in the Portland market. Hear the “been there, done that” stories from a panel of Portland area experts.
We will discuss;
Your host and moderator:
The Panel:
NOTE: This will not be a catered, lunch event so feel free to bring a brown bag if you’d like.
Forge Portland wants to disrupt the traditional outdoor apparel start-up model. This panel discussion will be centered around accelerating the start-up process through a revision of old methodology that commonly focuses on raising a large amount of money, and instead applying kick-starter to fund start-ups currently in the pre-concept stage.
NOTE: Lunch is NOT catered, but feel free to brown bag it.
Portland Startup Week is happening from Feb. 2-6th. It's a week full of amazing panels, talks, and events. Coffee w/ Co-Founders X (can't believe this is the 10th one!) will bookend the week with a great informal morning get together of the area's most incredible Entrepreneurs.
Come by, have some coffee, bring lots of business cards, and be ready to meet Portland's next big idea!
This webinar is intended to provide an overview of the new law, and then spend time answering attendees' questions about how entrepreneurs might use Oregon's new Community Public Offering (CPO). Entrepreneurs may raise up to $250,000 from Oregon residents. This information session is in preparation for our second Hatch Oregon cohort of entrepreneurs to make use of the CPO law.
Amy Pearl, Founder and Executive Director of Hatch Innovation, the non-profit community innovation lab behind Hatch Oregon, the web platform through which businesses can list their offerings and through which investors can view and invest in those offerings, will be leading this webinar.
Register now and you will receive a confirmation email prior to February 6th with the instructions on how to join in the webinar.
The cost to participate in this webinar is $50.
We'd like to invite you to a Design Thinking workshop from 12-3pm on Friday, February 6, at CENTRL Office in the Pearl. Weąll immediately follow it up with a mini-Happy hour sponsored by Intel, where you can learn more about what we do and how you can get engaged. Space will be limited, and this private invitation will guarantee you a spot.
For those who don't know, Design Thinking is a methodology for systematic innovation, much like Lean Startup. Our group at Intel is using this methodology to create new, engaging product concepts. This is your chance to experience it with us.
Hope to see you there!
FoodWorx is an exceptional annual event welcoming hundreds of food-focused people – business owners, consumers, thought leaders and industry experts – to come together and discuss the future of food and drink that is important to us all.
FoodWorx is different from other food issues events. First, FoodWorx takes a hard look at the combination of food with a major industry sector like transportation, technology, medicine and so on. FoodWorx discusses today’s issues and their impact on tomorrow, and presents food for thought how we can work together to solve – or celebrate – issues that affect us all. We all eat and drink. If you care about what you put in your body, then you cannot afford to miss FoodWorx!
FoodWorx was the first public event to explore the Future of our Food. We have continued to refine this approach each year to source and deliver the most relevant content for our audience. Thank you for your support!
Diversity and Education in Tech: Programming, Education, and the American Dream
The learn to code movement has popularized the idea that coding is a skill everyone can learn. It's the American dream: learn the desirable skill and you'll succeed financially. I'll discuss the history of the American Dream, how new programming education endeavors have repackaged it, and how the lack of awareness and analysis of this privileged rhetoric is damaging our culture and workforce.
Liz Abinante is an engineer living in Portland working for New Relic. Previously, she has served as co-leader for the Chicago chapter of Girl Develop It, where she taught and organized programming classes for women and minorities. She is infectiously enthusiastic about web development, teaching, learning, and feminism. She enjoys knitting, writing knitting programs and patterns, and hacking away on interesting problems. Her greatest dream in life is to spend her entire day surrounded by puppies while coding.
Janice is the Executive Director of ChickTech. She has a BS in Computer Engineering from Oregon State University and an MBA from Willamette University. She believes strongly that the diversity and strengths that women can bring will push high tech to even more impressive heights. Her inspiration for creating ChickTech came from her own experiences in computer engineering and the realization that the percentage of women in engineering isn’t going to get higher by itself.
Details
*note: no need to RSVP via Eventbrite
› Doors will open at 5:30 for a 30-minute networking happy hour! The food, beer and drinks are provided by Bellagios and New Relic.
› The presentation will begin right at 6p.
Welcome to FailPDX.
You're invited to join us for Portland's monthly Fail Talks meetup. FailPDX meets the second Monday of every month.
FailPDX was created out of direct response to a lot of the meetups and conferences that seemed to be focused on all of the good things about being part of startup and taking chances. The truth is, success is a unicorn. FailPDX was created to remind people that failure is inevitable. This group is a place where everyone can come together to listen and share their failure stories.
If you are interested in speaking at or sponsoring one of our events, please email us at: talk@failpdx.com.
Schedule:
6:00 PM: Food (Pending) and Networking
6:45 PM: First Speaker and Discussion (Zoey Landon, Fairwood Studios)
7:00 PM: Second Speaker and Discussion (Nick Lambert,Mountain Machine Studios)
7:30 PM: Clear out and head over to Rock Bottom Brewery for Crappy Hour!
