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Oregon Women Are Inventing Better Orgasms

But entrepreneurs here are proving that some niche markets might not be so niche after all. They just serve populations that have never been taken seriously.

ReachNow Burns Rubber Out of Portland, Abruptly Removing 350 BMWs From City Streets.

The car-sharing service ReachNow is “immediately” shutting down and will close its Portland, Seattle offices.

After Stripping Oregon-Made Orgasm Robot of Award, Technology Show Creates New Sex Tech Category

In January, news quickly spread of the Consumer Technology Association’s decision to take back an award it had given an orgasm robot designed by Bend, Ore.-based company Lora DiCarlo.

Is Oregon Home to the Next Billion-Dollar Company?

This spring, Oregon almost saw its first unicorn. A “unicorn” is a company that sells for $1 billion. In May, an Oregon company almost did just that: Cura Cannabis was acquired by a Canadian company for $949 million in stock.

Who Owns Your Fingerprint? You Don’t.

In Oregon, there are no laws governing the collection, use and retention of biometric data. This void scares the hell out of Chris Dresel.

“The Most Powerful Thing I Can Do Is Pass the Mic,” Says Founder of Women-Run Co-Working Spaces on Workplace Equity

There are more Fortune 500 companies run by men named John than there are companies run by women. Aileen Lee, founder of the venture capital firm Cowboy Ventures, says of this fact at TechfestNW that we need to change “corporate cultures built by men, for men.”

Sarah Jeong Is Watching the Web From Portland. She Sees a Pile of Garbage.

Sarah Jeong has a warning: Fix the internet before it destroys America.

Scott Roth Wants to “Make Possible the Impossible Products of the Future.” Hear How at TechfestNW.

Scott Roth is the youthful leader of Jama Software, one Oregon’s fastest growing tech startups.

Portlander Who Founded App That Helps Plus-Size Diners Find Comfortable Restaurants Gets National Attention

Portlander Rebecca Alexander wants to make it easier for plus-size people to eat out comfortably.

Ralph Greene Is Helping Revolutionize the Sports Tech Industry. Learn About His Work Using Hematology to Predict and Reduce Injuries at TechfestNW.

In everything he does, he centralizes aspiration, the “high-end athlete in all of us,” and overcoming adversity: “When someone sets a goal, goes through hardship and achieves it, I like that.”

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