It’s rare that I get to use the Portland and Web 2.0 categories on this blog, so this is big news. The newest Portland Web 2.0 startup, stikkit, will be publicly unveiling at the Web 2.0 conference (via evhead). Looks like a lot of familiar names behind this project, so it should be interesting. Good luck guys.
See previous discussion of the Portland web startup scene here and here.
Not just rich people buy Playstations and Xbox’s
This is just ridiculous. It sickens me to see people advocating the use of credit to buy these types of things. If you need credit to buy a HDTV and gaming system, then you don’t need a HDTV and gaming system. Use cash or save for it. Period.
Zack Jenks, a portland web developer, is chronicling his experience building a web business. Much like the Carsons’ Bare Naked App, Zach shares his status and frustrations as the site comes together. Being in a similar situation, I always appreciate getting a window into another devrepreneur’s mind, so this should be interesting to keep an eye on.
We’ll have to get Zack out ot the PDX Web Innovators next month.
I haven’t been keeping up with the money blogs very well lately, but I did catch a couple of personal finance bits of note lately.
Dilbert’s 9-point financial plan
I think this is some very sound advice. You really don’t need to get that complicated with how you manage your money.
Moneyhacks and Get Rich Slowly
J.D. started Get Rich Slowly about six months ago and has quickly risen to the top tier of the money bloggers (see pfblog.org to learn more about money blogs). He happens to be from Portland, so it’s great to see the locals doing well. He recently added another blog, moneyhacks, focused more on tools and tips. J.D. was kind enough to include NetworthIQ last week.
CRP: Personal Financial Disclosure Reports
The Center for Responsive Politics has published a fascinating look at what lawmakers are worth. Make of it what you will. But, with elections around the corner, it’s an interesting data point to consider.
Last month I mentioned Cambrian House as a place to share business ideas and possibly have them devloped by a crowdsourced team. The idea I submitted there was a social network for health type thing and it got shot down pretty good unfortunately. The idea was in the middle of my idea list, and it was more an experiment with Cambrian House, but I still thought it wasn’t that bad.
Well what do you know, today I discovered OrganizedWisdom, which is a social network for health information (via Mashable). Time will tell I suppose, but maybe my idea wasn’t that bad after all, and what does that say about Cambrian House? Goes to show there’s probably always somebody out there thinking about the same thing. This also reminds of when Minti came out.
nPost.com is coming to town again next week with their second Portland networking event. I went to the first one in August and had a good time. This is a general entrepreneur event, along the lines of an OEF event, but with a youger crowd. Their site is also a great resource for entrepreneurs, featuring many great interviews and a northwest focused job board.
I’m adding nPost to the Portland Technology/Entrepreneur group list.