Politics

Portland Mayor Candidates

by Ken Westin

No matter your political affiliation the importance of startups to the Portland economy cannot be overstated. Our friends at Meet the Startup interviewed the...

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Development

Key Metrics In Software Development That Matter

by Mark Lawler

As a senior engineering manager what metrics do you use to measure the performance of your software engineering organization? As I’ve walked in to various ...

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Meet the Startup

Meet the Startup – Eric Ries

by MeetTheStartup

In episode 27 Eric Ries, author of the very popular book "The Lean Startup", joins us via video chat to talk more about his message.

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Meet the Startup

Meet the Startup – Crowd Compass

by MeetTheStartup

In episode 25 Dave Shanley, cofounder of CrowdCompass, visits the studio to talk about how they are making your next conference more interactive. View all...

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SAO

Skip Newberry On Future of SAO

by Skip Newberry

I’ve been at the Software Association of Oregon  (SAO) now for about a month-and-a-half now, and Ken Westin asked me if I would be willing to write about ...

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Meet the Startup

Meet the Startup – Revisu

by MeetTheStartup

Brad Heller, cofounder of Revisu, visits with us at PIE and gives us some more information on this collaborative proofing tool for designers.

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Getting Started

How much money do you *really* need to start your company?

by Scott Kveton

I keep hearing startup entrepreneurs tell me “We need funding. If we just had $XXXk of investment, we’d be killing it right now.” I press them with one...

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Marketing & PR

Hack the Press – Ken Westin

by Ken Westin

I had a great opportunity to keynote Startup Weekend this month. My presentation was titled "Hack the Press: PR Strategies for Startups" where I discussed ho...

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Getting Started

Burn the Ships

by Scott Kveton

One of my all-time favorite movies is “The Hunt for Red October”. There’s something about Sean Connery as a Russian talking with an English Scottish ...

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Sales

9 Practices for Doubling Revenue

by Nitin Khanna

Revenue and profits are, of course, the lifeblood of any business. One of the primary goals for entrepreneurs when they start a company is to reach a sustain...

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