TechfestNW 2021 Goes Online in May—This Time With a $125K Prize for PitchfestNW Winners

TechFest organizers are partnering with Oregon Entrepreneurs Network to co-produce Angel Oregon Tech, an education program and investment event.

Sick of Working From Home? Take a Tour of Portland’s Virtual Cafes. 

In March, those “third places” closed—and Workfrom lost 95 percent of its business.

The Winner of This Year’s PitchfestNW Is a Portland Zero-Waste Footwear Company

Portland company Hilos makes made-to-order, digitally manufactured shoes. Because the company recycles its materials, doesn’t mass produce and creates its products with 3D printing, Hilos is a waste free operation.

Portland Tech Executives Talk About Decreasing the $4 Trillion Racial Equity Gap

Portland TikTok Star Alyssa McKay Is Staying Home and Getting Famous

“I stay home, I work from home and I do school from home. Most people I know are partying and traveling to L.A.”

Entrepreneur Kevin Rose Has a Plan. It Involves Failing a Bunch.

Murmurs: Budget Raises Booze Tax Flap

In other news: No charges yet in Thanksgiving vandalism.

Tektronix Planted the Silicon Forest. Tami Newcombe Plans to Keep the Trees Growing.

“I think business is a sport,” Newcombe says. “We have a scorecard.”