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Mentoring the mentors: Advice and inspiration for startup mentors

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Covering the blossoming startup industry in Portland, Oregon, and the Silicon Forest. Related posts Cloudability’s day in the sun: Portland company lands $8.7 0) Just hack it: Nike launches Nike+ Accelerator powered by TechStars in Portland. Name (required). Ignite Portland 10 at Bagdad Theater and Pub.

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Who Just Raised A $225 Million Financing in North Carolina?

Feld Thoughts

When we started Foundry Group in 2007, we stated that we would invest in companies throughout the United States. We are very interested in investing in fast growing companies in different geographies.

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One More Time: No NDAs

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There are folks who dont like me, or who are annoyed by me, but if Id broken somebodys trust in regard to their work, I guarantee itd be just about the first thing youd find when you Google my name. I would love to be plagiarized and embroiled in a lawsuit--the curiosity factor alone would boost my sales and name recognition exponentially.

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The 10 Best Brick-And-Mortar Store Experiences

YoungUpstarts

Macy’s also has a notable store in downtown Chicago, which it took over from Marshall Fields in 2007. Niketown is the retail name for global athletic brand Nike, and their stores have been popping up around the world since the first opened in 1990 in downtown Portland, Ore.

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Pricing experiments you might not know, but can learn from

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This mental process has a name. In the 1970s by two psychologists by the names of Tversky and Kahneman theorized that suggesting an initial figure to a test subject caused that subject to use that number as a starting point for estimating unknown quantities. They also changed the name. Right next to a $12 000 watch.

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Fenwick VC Survey: Q2 Funding Valuations Shoot the Moon

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Fenwick said that VC fundraising is still lower than 2007 levels, noting that “venture capital continues to be a tale of two cities, where the Internet/digital media and software industries dominate other industries, and venture capitalists with proven track records can raise large funds but fundraising for others is much more problematic.”