Rick Turoczy

Rick Turoczy

@turoczy.co

More than mildly obsessed with connecting dots in Portland, Oregon… and often elsewhere #pdx #portland #startups https://youtube.com/@turoczy_

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Sylvia at Tono Latino
@tonolatino.bsky.social

This year I’m treating Nov. 3 like a civic holiday. Here are some ideas for you (#1 is not negotiable!) 1. 🗳️ Vote 2. 🤝 Volunteer 3. 🚗 Help a neighbor get to the polls 4. 🏫 Serve as a poll worker 5. 🎉 Participate in your community Sign the pledge and join me at election.holiday

Rick Turoczy
@turoczy.co

Quickly climbing the excuse charts… 1. I overslept. 2. The bus was late. 3. My Claude Code session ran long.

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Portland Civic Lab
@portlandciviclab.bsky.social

Trying something new: wish you could analyze the campaign finance data yourself? Feed this link to your AI of choice (Claude, ChatGPT, etc) and tell it to download the data. Then ask it any question you want. You can even have it make you graphs and charts. www.portlandciviclab.org/deep-dives/c...

portlandciviclab.orgOregon campaign-finance data: download & analyzeDownload 332,944 Oregon campaign-finance records in one compact analysis kit. Explore donations yourself or with AI. Free, with sources and definitions.
Rick Turoczy
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While it's incredibly difficult to recreate the town square of Twitter, our friends at @graze.social and @flipboard.com are using AT Proto magic to extract the latest midterm info from @bsky.app siliconflorist.com/2026/10/20/s...

siliconflorist.comStressed about the midterms…? Election Night 2026 from Graze will keep you up-to-date on Bluesky chatter – Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and communityIn two weeks, we’ll be on Election Day for the 2026 midterms. All of which will decide governors, city councilors, and the balance of power at the federal level. There’s a lot on the li…

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Jason Lengstorf
@jason.energy

CASTING CALL: I had a team drop out, so I need 2 devs on short notice to join an episode of Web Dev Challenge in Portland on Oct 21–23 TimescaleDB and sensor data challenge. if that sounds like fun, grab a friend and slide into my DMs ASAP! 💜

Rick Turoczy
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Can't carve out time to go see the drone companies in Pendleton…? No worries. The Oregon UAS Accelerator is bringing the latest cohort to you. siliconflorist.com/2026/10/15/o...

siliconflorist.comOregon UAS Accelerator cohort to take the stage in Portland – Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and communityYou already met the 17 startups in the Oregon UAS Accelerator’s Fall 2026 cohort back in August. Nine are from Oregon. The rest are from Washington, Texas, Oklahoma, Virginia, and South Korea…
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Mueon Corporation's "cubelets" concept commands $65M more in investment, with local investor Oregon Venture Fund in the mix. siliconflorist.com/2026/10/15/p...

siliconflorist.comPortland startup Mueon raises $65 million Series A with OVF and Intel Capital in the mix – Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and communityWith this whole Silicon Forest renaissance, Mueon is one of those Silicon Forest stories I’ve been keeping an eye on. Modular compute. Stackable building blocks. That sort of thing. Now the P…

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Scott Hanselman 🌮
@scott.hanselman.com

Let’s goooooooo! I worked the Polycade booth today as a volunteer and brought Nolan over to visit Interim Computer Museum! Two of my great joys together - classic arcades and computers. And two class acts, Stephen Jones and legend Nolan Bushnell. Shout out to Polycade for making this meetup happen!

SDF@sdforg.bsky.social

Nolan Bushnell visited our booth and signed a mini computer space. #prge #gaming

Rick Turoczy
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Curious about tech in the 'Couv'? There's no better opportunity to explore what's what than the North Bank Innovations Vancouver Tech Crawl organized by Dave Barcos siliconflorist.com/2026/10/09/t...

siliconflorist.comTake the opportunity to crawl your way around the tech community in Vancouver, Washington – Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and communityMaybe you work in tech in Vancouver. Maybe you’re curious about tech in Vancouver. Or maybe you’re simply interested in what’s happening in VanWa these days. Whatever the case Nor…
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Always enjoy getting the opportunity to help people with their pitches. Yesterday, I had the opportunity to do just that with the current OEN Angel Oregon Tech cohort. Here were the things I found myself repeating (which I thought might be helpful for you, as well) siliconflorist.com/2026/10/07/p...

siliconflorist.comPitching your startup soon…? Here’s the feedback I kept repeating – Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and communityI love getting the opportunity to work with startups on their pitches. It’s probably because my first startup gig was being the deck monkey, building slides for pitches and roadshows. And the…
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I’ve really enjoyed embracing the “be a tourist in your own town” vibe again. Thank you to each and every ridiculously awesome and unique neighborhood in Portland that makes that possible. #pdx

Rick Turoczy
@turoczy.co

I'm much more charming on YouTube than I am in real life. And I'm not even remotely charming on YouTube. So… yeah 😂

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I feel like we've wandered back into peak exit dreams of "get acquired by Google" all over again. Only, in this case, there's more than one "Google" doing the acquiring.

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ATProto PDX
@pdx.atproto.camp

We had a great time hanging out with @pfrazee.com tonight! His spiciest take of the night?? ✨ Optimism for the future ✨ (and we agree)

Rick Turoczy
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In 2009, on this day in Portland startup history… From Air Sharing to the Obama app to Zipcar: 40+ iPhone apps developed in the Silicon Forest siliconflorist.com/2009/10/06/s...

siliconflorist.comFrom Air Sharing to Zipcar: 40+ iPhone apps developed in the Silicon Forest – Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and communityI’m going to go out on a limb and say that Portland—and to some extent the entire Silicon Forest—has a predilection for building iPhone apps. No, it’s true. There are a numb…
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Curious about what's taking all of that space on your Mac…? Ben Parzybok has whipped up a free solution to your troubles siliconflorist.com/2026/10/06/t...

siliconflorist.comTired of hitting limits on your iCloud…? You could use a Cloud Diet – Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and communityWe’ve all been there. You’ve been saving stuff willy nilly to your laptop. A gig here and there. That one massive mp4 you’d forgotten about. The suboptimal pdf that is hundreds of…
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The Bend Venture Conference (BVC) competitors docket is now officially complete. See you Central Oregon soon…? siliconflorist.com/2026/10/05/b...

siliconflorist.comBend Venture Conference finalizes Growth Stage slate for 2026 – Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and communityBend Venture Conference is just around the corner. And until today, the last spots on the main stage were still up for grabs. Not anymore. EDCO has announced the Growth Stage finalists for BVC 2026…
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Just your weekly invitation to join the community for the premiere of the latest episode of the startup news recap. And this week, we've got an added bonus. I'll be giving a lucky attendee or three a copy of Anika Horn's new book, It Takes a Valley. siliconflorist.com/2026/10/02/r...

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What were folks reading in Q3 2026…? I'm glad I asked myself that question. Because it resulted in a post that may benefit you, too. siliconflorist.com/2026/10/02/t...

siliconflorist.comTop 10 Silicon Florist posts for Q3 2026 – Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and communityI never assume you have the time to keep up with every single thing I post around here. I barely do. So consider this your Q3 2026 cheat sheet. These are the most read Silicon Florist stories from …
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The debate between the Oregon governor candidates didn't really reveal anything new. Especially from a startup perspective. But I went ahead and did a breakdown for you anyway. Because I like you. siliconflorist.com/2026/10/02/m...

siliconflorist.comMy recap of the latest Oregon gubernatorial debate from a startup perspective – Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and communityLast night, Oregon gubernatorial candidates Tina Kotek and Christine Drazan participated in a debate at the University of Oregon. Sixty seconds an answer. Thirty for a rebuttal. Nothing shared in a…

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Zamafir
@zamafir.bsky.social

Always wild when these global (or country wide) indexes don't include affordability.

oxfordeconomics.com2026 Global Cities IndexThe Oxford Economics Global Cities Index ranks the world’s 1,000 largest cities, highlighting their strengths, weaknesses and future potential.
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Portland was in the top 50 — barely — last year. This year, we've dropped to #53. Seattle, for reference, is #4. (Includes a link to Joseph Cortright's in depth analysis of US metros in this year's report.) siliconflorist.com/2026/10/01/p...

siliconflorist.comPortland ranks 53rd in the 2026 rankings of top global cities. But unfortunately, that’s three spots shy of garnering a dedicated report. – Portland Oregon startups, tech, news, events, jobs, and comm...Oxford Economics ranks the world’s 1,000 largest cities every year. And Portland often tends to land somewhere in the respectable part of that list. The new Global Cities Index 2026 keeps tha…